EL PASO INC: COUNTY VS. KEMP SMITH LAW FIRM
Dear Friends and media, David Crowder of El Paso Inc published a report this past weekend on the County’s ongoing effort to create a National Register Historic District in our…
CITY LEGAL ANNOUNCES THAT CONTROVERSIAL CITY ORDINANCE WILL NOT IMPACT NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT
Dear Media and Friends, Assistant City Attorney Russell T. Abeln is legal counsel to the City’s Historic Landmark Commission. During yesterday’s City Council meeting, he made a presentation under agenda…
ORDINANCE HINDERING DOWNTOWN NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT: CITY COUNCIL MEETING TODAY
Dear Friends, Today’s City Council meeting starts at 3:30pm. Item 35 on the agenda calls for discussion and action on the City ordinance that purports to regulate National Register properties.…
EL PASO INC: CONTROVERSIAL ORDINANCE ON THE TABLE TOMORROW
Dear Media and Friends, Tomorrow our City Council is taking up the controversial ordinance which, according to some, stands in the way of establishing a National Register District in our…
CITY HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION VOTES 6-0 TO AMEND CONTROVERSIAL CITY ORDINANCE
Dear Media and Friends, This past Monday, the City’s Historic Landmark Commission, under agenda item 6, approved sweeping changes to the City’s Historic Preservation Code, (Chapter 20.20). These changes include…
DOWNTOWN NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT: COUNTY URGES MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL TO TAKE ACTION TUESDAY
Dear Media and Friends, Here is the latest news about the County’s effort to establish a National Register historic district in downtown El Paso that would confer generous federal and…
VIDEO OF ABC-7 XTRA: DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT
Dear Media and Friends, Here is the video from my discussion last night with Richard Dayoub and Saul Saenz about the proposed Downtown National Register Historic District. I was given…
TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION: STATE HISTORIC TAX CREDIT HAS GENERATED $2.6 BILLION AND 54,000 JOBS SINCE 2015
Dear Media and Friends, There has been much talk about the potential economic impact of historic tax credits on National Register districts in Texas, much like the ones that the…
THE FIGHT FOR THE DOWNTOWN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT
Dear Friends and Media: As I warned a few weeks ago, there is an effort underway by a local law firm, Kemp Smith LLC, to cancel the establishment of the…
EL PASO INC: “ARENA” WOULD COST MORE THAN $400 MILLION!
Dear Friends and Media: On Page 8A of today’s El Paso Inc, David Crowder states that “the multipurpose center, or the arena as it’s often called, is regarded by major…