PLAN TO CONVERT SUNSET HEIGHTS MANSION INTO A B&B MAY FACE UPHILL BATTLE
David Crowder of the Oligarchy Gazette (aka El Paso Inc) just published a report on the plan to convert a Trost-designed mansion in Sunset Heights into a bed & breakfast…
SEGUNDO BARRIO NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT TO BE ESTABLISHED BY SEPTEMBER 24! (MEDIA)
Dear Media and Friends, Roberto Carrillo of El Diario de El Paso has published an excellent report on the Segundo Barrio National Register Historic District that will be created by…
CITY OF EL PASO POPULATION IS STAGNANT. IT’S THE TAXES!
The 2020 US Census has revealed that the population of Texas increased 15.9% between 2010 and 2020, by a total of 3,999,944 people, while the population of the City of…
SEGUNDO BARRIO NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT TO BE ESTABLISHED BY SEPTEMBER 24!
Dear Media and Friends, I just received word from the Texas Historical Commission that their Executive Director has signed off on El Paso County’s nomination of Segundo Barrio to the…
CITY EXPENSES TO EXCEED PROPERTY TAX REVENUES BY $60 MILLION IN FY 2025
David Crowder of the El Paso Inc published a report in which he analyzed a PowerPoint presented by City CFO Robert Cortinas–yes, the same CFO who recently told me that…
IS THE POPULAR BEING CONVERTED INTO A GROCERY STORE? (Part 2)
Yesterday I posted my observations below on the Facebook page of the El Paso History Alliance, which has more than 63,000 followers. That is a lot of people, and two…
IS THE POPULAR BEING CONVERTED INTO A GROCERY STORE?
Yesterday I was walking downtown when I saw something interesting on the north entrance of the Popular Department Store Building, which was designed by Trost & Trost and completed in…
PLAN TO CONVERT TROST MANSION IN SUNSET HEIGHTS INTO A LUXURY B&B AND “BRUNCH CAFE”
Dear Friends and Media, Yesterday I learned about a plan to convert the Mathias Residence at 607 W. Yandell Drive in Sunset Heights into a luxury bed & breakfast. The…
FIRE IN DURANGUITO: DON LUCIANO’S TENEMENT
A 121-year-old tenement in Duranguito owned by Don Luciano caught fire this afternoon, but it was put out quickly by the fire department. Built in 1900, it is located at…
CITY MANAGER GONZALEZ GRILLED BY EL PASO TAXPAYERS
On Friday morning at 7:30am, City Manager Gonzalez was hosted by City Rep. Joe Molinar of District 4 at a Denny’s in Northeast El Paso. Gonzalez, who is set to…