UNION DEPOT IS PROPOSED MPC SITE!
Item 43 on the City Council agenda for February 13 is “Discussion and action on a Resolution approving an alternative site for the Multipurpose Cultural and Performing Arts Center and…
81% OF BALLPARK EXPENDITURES COVERED BY SUBSIDIES IN 2023
El Pasoans were never given the opportunity to vote on whether they wanted a Ballpark in downtown El Paso or whether City Hall should be demolished to build it there.…
PROPOSAL TO BUILD THE ARENA AT ASARCO
Yesterday we reported that Betsy Keller, the County Administrator, suggested to the Commissioners Court that they should consider contributing to the cost of building the City’s planned arena. This made…
COUNTY MAY HELP PAY FOR CITY’S ARENA!
No, we are not joking. Earlier today we reported that the El Paso County Commissioners Court is poised to approve $500 million in new spending starting in FY2025, including up…
EL PASO TIMES: PIRG IDENTIFIES WIDENING OF INTERSTATE 10 AS AMONG WORST “BOONDOGGLES” IN THE NATION
Last month we reported that the Public Interest Research Group the U.S. Public Interest Research Group and the Frontier Group identified the project to widen Interstate 10 in Downtown El…
NATIONAL REPORT ON “HIGHWAY BOONDOGGLES” INCLUDES PLAN TO WIDEN INTERSTATE 10 IN DOWNTOWN EL PASO
Each year for the last eight years, the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) Education Fund and the Frontier Group collaborate on a publication called Highway Boondoggles. The Fall 2023…
CHIHUAHUA STREET HAS BEEN REOPENED
We visited the former “Arena Footprint” this past Saturday and verified that the City has reopened Chihuahua Street. The City has rightly left the buildings on either side of the…
EL PASO TIMES: CREWS REMOVING FENCING FROM “ARENA FOOTPRINT” IN DURANGUITO AFTER SIX-YEAR LEGAL BATTLE
“The fencing around Duranguito, the previously approved site for El Paso’s proposed multi-purpose arts and entertainment center, is coming down. The El Paso City Council moved earlier this year to…
WILL THE CITY’S PLAN FOR A DECK PLAZA OVER THE DOWNTOWN STRETCH OF I-10 RAISE OUR TAXES?
The Oligarchs of El Paso are very excited about the controversial $750,000,000 project to expand the width of Interstate 10 through downtown El Paso. They imagine the construction of a…
WORKERS REMOVING FENCE AROUND “ARENA FOOTPRINT” IN DURANGUITO
True to their word, the City of El Paso is in the process of removing the fences blocking access to Chihuahua Street in the former “Arena Footprint.” Today workers began…