Mónica Ortiz Uribe of the El Paso Times just published an extraordinary report titled “El Paso’s property tax rate is among the highest in the nation. Here’s why.” This is…
The City Council just voted 6-2 to issue another $96M in CO debt without voter approval, with Reps. Molinar and Rodriguez dissenting. This is in addition to the $93M in…
As you wake up to enjoy your coffee and read the paper, your City Council is preparing to convene for its regular meeting. Unbeknownst to 99.9% of El Pasoans, item…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
