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Author: Rich Wright

The State of Politics

2018-11-15 Rich Wright elections, Politics, Slider 3 comments

I didn’t make the runoff. But Tuesday night, before the probability curve collapsed, I went to a meeting with a

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The Long (and Painful) Goodbye

2018-11-01 Rich Wright Boondoggles, City Council, City Management, Slider 6 comments

I’ve got this new theory that explains the machinations of City Government. Let me try it out on you. I

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Stockholm Syndrome

2018-10-30 Rich Wright Boondoggles, City Council, City Management, economic development, Great Wolf Resorts, public private partnerships, Slider, TIRZs 5 comments

Today, City Council decided to give the farm to Great Wolf Resorts, in the form of swathes of land, obscene

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The Great Wolf Swindle

2018-10-28 Rich Wright Boondoggles, City Council, City Management, public private partnerships, Slider, Taxes, TIRZs, Welfare for the Rich 4 comments

The City must have stayed up late figuring out how to swindle the taxpayers with that new Great Wolf Lodge.

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Trolley Follies

2018-10-25 Rich Wright Boondoggles, City Council, City Management, Slider, trolley 3 comments

No matter how you feel about the trolley conceptually, you have to admit that the execution has been disappointing. There

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Will The Cure Kill El Paso?

2018-10-23 Rich Wright Boondoggles, economic development, quality of life projects, Slider Leave a comment

El Paso suffers from Brain Drain. Since 2012 to 2017, the County of El Paso has seen a net domestic

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An Old Canard, Revived

2018-10-22 Rich Wright Boondoggles, City Council, downtown, economic development, Slider 4 comments

Here’s an entertaining post from District 3 Representative Cassandra Hernandez, hyping the benefits of the Children’s Museum. Which is curious,

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Clunk Clunk

2018-10-17 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, cost of living 2 comments

In a report that will surprise no one, tripnet.org informs us that the roads in El Paso are some of

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Future El Paso

2018-10-17 Rich Wright Boondoggles, Brand El Paso, City Council, City Management, downtown, economic development, quality of life projects, Slider, Welfare for the Rich 6 comments

Isn’t anyone else concerned that the City of El Paso is operating on a plan that was largely conceived in

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From the People Who Brought You “It’s All Good”

2018-10-15 Rich Wright Boondoggles, Brand El Paso, City Council, City Management, cost of living, economic development, It's All Good, Slider, Taxes 2 comments

If you needed more proof of El Paso’s corrupt, inbred, good old boy network, consider this: Bill Burton, the mastermind

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Those Gratuitous TIRZs

2018-10-03 Rich Wright Boondoggles, City Council, City Management, If it didn't probably happen, then I wouldn't have to talk about it, Slider, TIRZs 2 comments

The City of El Paso is going out of its way to develop some land on the fringe of the

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El Paso’s Finest

2018-09-26 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Dee Margo, Law Enforcement, Slider 2 comments

Those boys in blue cannot buy a break. No, I’m not talking about the Cowboys. Read this story from KVIA:

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City Council’s Abuse of Executive Session

2018-09-25 Rich Wright Boondoggles, City Council, City Management, Ethics Leave a comment

The El Paso City Council abuses Executive Session. A lot. There are reasons to use Executive Session. The Texas Government

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Breaking the Law

2018-09-24 Rich Wright Boondoggles, City Council, City Management, Dee Margo, Slider One comment

On August 21, 2018, at their regular meeting, City Council discussed the Mexican American Cultural Center in Executive Session. Their

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The City’s Decision Making Process

2018-09-19 Rich Wright Boondoggles, City Council, City Management, Politics, quality of life projects, Slider 2 comments

We saw it yesterday at City Council. City Council holds discussions behind closed doors, and then presents their decision to

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It’s All Good Ol’ Boys

2018-09-16 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Law Enforcement, Media, Slider One comment

The El Paso Police Department has a pretty sketchy record of self-policing. This week, the Center for Investigative Reporting’s Reveal

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Maybe They’re Sick

2018-09-14 Rich Wright arena, ballpark, Boondoggles, City Council, City Management, quality of life projects, TIRZs, trolley, Welfare for the Rich 2 comments

When you make decisions behind closed doors, without public input, you better be right. So far, our city hasn’t been

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Trolley News

2018-09-12 Rich Wright Boondoggles, Slider, trolley One comment

A couple of weeks ago I went to one of the “Trolley Safety Meetings.” The meeting was in the auditorium

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The Trouble With TIRZs

2018-09-11 Rich Wright Boondoggles, political advertisement, TIRZs Leave a comment

The City of El Paso is proposing another TIRZ. TIRZ 13 will be in Northeast El Paso, up against the

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Does Your City Council Representative Deserve A Raise?

2018-09-06 Rich Wright Boondoggles, City Council, City Management, Dee Margo, Slider, Taxes 5 comments

To tell the truth, we don’t know. We can’t know. All the decisions are made out of the public eye.

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