Downtown Orlando has been dead for about six months now. It used to be a vibrant and active community with office workers in the daytime and party goers at night. Restaurants abounded […]
Covid-19 Killed Smart Growth
The Progressive Battle for Mayor
El Paso progressives are battling among themselves for the mayoral race. On one corner you have Verónica Carbajal and on the other you have Carlos Gallinar. Carbajal and Gallinar are two of […]
The Carlos Gallinar Problem
Carlos Gallinar, who is running for mayor in the upcoming elections, wrote an opinion piece on Bob Moore’s El Paso Matters a few days ago. In his piece, Gallinar argues that although […]
Cluster Secrets Is About El Paso Debt Crisis
Government officials may not want to accept this and they may not even comprehend it intellectually, but keeping Covid-19 clusters secret is about staving off the debt crisis facing El Paso. As […]
Armchair Quarterbacking the Vince Perez Loss
There were four primary runoff elections that dominated the election cycle this time around. Two were somewhat low key in that little controversy, if any, emanated from their respective political camps. Those […]
Where Did Everything Go?
There seems to be some confusion about my archive of El Paso news and information that I have maintained for over the last two decades. No, none of it has disappeared and […]
Time To Get Out of Your Comfort Zone
One of the problems with dealing with issues such as racial topics or police problems is that many people have a problem with leaving their comfort zones of all appears well. Tackling […]
This Is Why It Is Important To Revisit El Paso History – The Holocaust and The El Paso Bath Riots
Author’s note: this article was updated to clarify that the author of the telegram and mayor of El Paso was Thomas Calloway Lea, Jr. and the artist is Thomas C. Lea III. […]
Bowie High School Is Named After a Slave Master
Now that America is starting to reconcile with its historical record, it is time to start having serious discussions about El Paso’s historical legacy. Today we will focus on Bowie High School. […]
Symbols Matter
There is much discussion across the nation about whether Confederate statues and symbolism belong in America. Those opposed to the Confederate iconography argue that they represent slavery in America and thus have […]
What Other’s Are Saying