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…
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…
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…
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…
Dear Media, The Trost Society’s architectural walking tour of the Segundo Barrio, scheduled for Saturday at 9:00-11:00am, is sold out. About 80 will be attending, plus Trost Society staff and…
Elida S. Perez just published an excellent report on the City’s abuse of certificates of obligation. It is rare for El Paso Matters to delve into government financial matters, so…
In preparation for confiscating even more of our wealth, our City Council heard a presentation yesterday from CFO Robert Cortinas in which he affirmed that in FY 2022 the total…
