El Paso Inc.: City knew more than 500 comments supporting arena were bogus

When city officials started asking residents last spring how they would improve El Paso, more than 5,000 comments poured in.

Now a close look at comment cards and a database of all 5,000 responses reveals what could be called cheating, ballot stuffing and maybe even fraud.

Those suspect cards pushed the apparent desire for an arena or stadium to the top of requests for Downtown signature projects, and helped land a $180-million multi-purpose arena on the bond ballot.

Read the full article at http://www.elpasoinc.com/news/top_story/article_25080eae-ffdd-11e1-be2c-001a4bcf6878.html