Ted Houghton is the principal of Houghton Financial Partners, Chair of the El Paso Mobility Commission, and Vice-Chair of the Medical Center of the Americas. In previous years, he served as Chair…
Category: Blogs
The latest from the border blogosphere.
El Chuqueño Blog – The Failure of the 2012 Quality of Life Projects
They promised us economic development. They promised us a vibrant downtown. They promised us a minimal increase in property taxes. In a recent email, former City Manager Joyce Wilson tries to deflect…
The Border Chronicle – The Bipartisan Border Consensus Moves Right: A Q&A with Media Analyst Adam Johnson
Subscribe now Hear ye, hear ye! Save the date for February 29 at noon Pacific, 1 p.m. Mountain, 2 p.m. Central, 3 p.m. Eastern. You don’t want to miss this discussion thread!…
El Chuqueño Blog – What Joyce Said
Here’s the email that former City Manager Joyce Wilson sent to Mayor Oscar Leeser last week: Even though I’ve been retired from city government for 10 years and spend some of my…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – JOYCE WILSON CALLS CURRENT ARENA PROPOSAL “LIPSTICK ON A PIG”
Former City Manager Joyce Wilson wrote a guest column criticizing the City’s current proposal to build the Arena at the Union Depot, and Max Grossman responded with a guest column of his…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – OUR CANDIDATE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY ELECTION
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The Border Chronicle – It’s Not Trash, It’s Peoples’ Belongings: A Q&A with Noah Schramm from the ACLU
Two dumpsters with items that Border Patrol required asylum seekers to leave behind in Yuma, Arizona, in April 2022. (Photo credit: Melissa del Bosque) Subscribe now So much of the national debate…
El Chuqueño Blog – “I think we deserve a 14,000 seat arena.”
That’s what District 6 Representative Art Fierro was quoted as saying in this ElPasoTimes.com article. Why? Have we been misbehaving? “But a 14,000-seat venue would cost somewhere between $500 million and $600…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – MAX GROSSMAN RESPONDS TO JOYCE WILSON IN OP-ED FOR EL PASO MATTERS
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The Border Chronicle – Eagle Pass Residents Shocked by News that Governor Abbott Will Build Operation Lone Star Base
(Used with permission.) Share In a surprise announcement on Friday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said the state has already broken ground on a new military base dedicated to housing up to 2,300…