CITY TO VOTE ON SPENDING $584,321 TOWARD $10.6M COST OF DEBT PLAZA DESIGN
Will City Council fund the design phase of the Debt Plaza even though it was denied $60M in grant funding and there is no way to pay for this pig…
GROSSMAN TO KTSM: DEBT PLAZA IS IN MAJOR FINANCIAL TROUBLE
Our own Max Grossman spoke to Tirza Ortiz of KTSM today about the insolvent Debt Plaza project, which has been denied $60 million in grant funding. https://www.ktsm.com/news/el-pasos-downtown-deck-plaza-faces-funding-gaps-as-city-revisits-project
$60 MILLION IN GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR DEBT PLAZA REJECTED
We filed an open records request with the City of El Paso to learn about the status of eight grant applications aimed at funding the Debt Plaza over Interstate 10.…
THE CITY’S FAVORITE WORD: TRIPLE
The Mexican-American Cultural Center was supposed to cost $5,750,000 but ended up costing $16,500,000, nearly triple. The Children’s Museum was supposed to cost $19,250,000 but ended up costing over $60,000,000,…
EL PASO COUNTY GOP TAKES AIM AT DEBT PLAZA
Sam Armijo is a Republican and former candidate for City District 1. He is one of the most fiscally conservative people we know (outside the Libertarian Party). He deserves the…
LETTER TO EL PASO TIMES: DEBT PLAZA WILL EASE ANXIETY, DEPRESSION AND STRESS
The El Paso Times published an essay claiming the proposed Debt Plaza over I-10 is a “strategic investment in our physical and mental well-being” that will encourage El Pasoans to…
J.P. BRYAN DISAPPEARED FROM DURANGUITO FILM
We wish to thank Dr. Oscar Martinez for standing up to his friends on the left and telling how J.P. Bryan was disrespected by those who should have been his…
MORE “DEBT PLAZA” PROPAGANDA
We took the liberty of editing one of their paragraphs “Imagine a place that burdens the taxpayers even more — where downtown becomes a conglomeration of massive capital improvement projects…
EL PASO POLICE OFFICERS FALLEN IN THE LINE OF DUTY
We visited the Police Headquarters at 911 N Raynor Street this morning and were moved by the display honoring 34 officers who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty.…
NO FIREARMS ALLOWED IN “LA NUBE,” ONLY ONE POLICE OFFICER ON DUTY
Today we made our first visit to “La Nube” children’s museum in downtown El Paso. It is an impressive amenity with many wonderful exhibits. Our only objections are that $20…