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Author: Rich Wright

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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Cousin Lemp’s Whack-A-Mole Bad Habit

2018-08-29 Rich Wright Boondoggles, Meta Blog, Slider, TIRZs 5 comments

There’s this fallacy circulating that TIRZ 12 means that only the people who buy land up there on the mountain

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The Freeway Is Open

2018-08-19 Rich Wright Breaking News 2 comments

Or at least it will be momentarily. The work on the utility bridge is done. Now all we lack is

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Reasonable People

2018-08-14 Rich Wright political advertisement, Slider One comment

I think reasonable people will agree that El Paso’s property taxes are too high. El Paso’s property tax rates are

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A Public Obscenity

2018-08-03 Rich Wright arena, ballpark, Boondoggles, City Council, political advertisement, quality of life projects, Slider, Taxes 5 comments

I think it’s obscene that the City of El Paso asks the working poor to pay for luxury amenities for

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Deus Ex Machina Redux

2018-08-02 Rich Wright Boondoggles, City Council, City Management, economic development, quality of life projects, Slider One comment

When Representative Dr. Sam Morgan talked about Operational Security and him knowing things that we didn’t know, I hope he

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The Central Appraisal District Responds

2018-08-01 Rich Wright cost of living, Taxes 4 comments

Yesterday a loyal reader sent one of my articles to Dinah Kilgore, the Executive Director and Chief Appraiser of the

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Mo’ Taxes, Mo’ Problems

2018-07-31 Rich Wright Boondoggles, City Council, City Management, cost of living, Taxes 2 comments

If you’re happy with the way things are going at City Hall, you’re not paying attention. The El Paso Times

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What Is El Paso’s Comparative Advantage?

2018-07-25 Rich Wright economic development, Slider 3 comments

Development economists like to talk about an economy’s comparative advantage. Investopedia says this about Comparative Advantage: Comparative advantage is an

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City Council Raises Taxes! Again! And Again!

2018-07-24 Rich Wright Boondoggles, quality of life projects, Taxes One comment

At a Special Meeting on Monday, City Council approved an additional $20 million in Certificates of Obligation for the Children’s

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More Lies From Our Friends In City Government

2018-07-12 Rich Wright Boondoggles, economic development, Slider, Taxes, TIRZs 2 comments

Here’s the City’s Economic Development Director spinning the TIRZs: City Council voted to approve the creation of Tax Increment Reinvestment

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Budget Theater

2018-07-12 Rich Wright City Council, Taxes Leave a comment

The City is in the midst of budget talks. Here’s the almost latest from the El Paso Times: Homeowners could

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A Better Site for the Mexican American Cultural Center

2018-07-09 Rich Wright Boondoggles, City Council, economic development, Slider, Taxes 9 comments

I think the City spends our money poorly. The City spends our money courting out-of-town businesses that compete with our

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