HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE ON REGULATING TIRZS
Houston, like most major cities, has journalists with the requisite skills for investigating complex financial matters and the time and patience to conduct open records requests for key documents. As…
BONART: GREAT WOLF LODGE LAND SWAP HAS COST THE TAXPAYERS $24 MILLION SO FAR!
The Great Wolf Lodge land swap (which Karla Nieman told City Council was impossible but happened anyway) has cost the taxpayers of El Paso $24 million so far, according to…
CONSTRUCTION BEGINS IN TIRZ 13, THE LARGEST CORPORATE HANDOUT IN EL PASO HISTORY
Vic Kolenc of the El Paso Times and the Staff of the El Paso Inc have both published reports announcing that Paul Foster and his business partner Lane Scarborough have…
NIEMANWATCH EPISODE 1: THE GREAT WOLF LODGE RIP-OFF
Dear Media, Of all the stories you missed in the last five years, by far most significant was the Great Wolf Lodge land swap debacle. Most of you reported (uncritically)…
REP. ISABEL SALCIDO’S HORRIFIC VOTING RECORD
City Rep. Isabel Salcido of District 5, who assumed office on January 8, 2019, is running for reelection. She is the only incumbent candidate who has voted repeatedly to raise…