Corruption – El Chuqueño

A Rose By Any Other Name

2019-10-21 elrichiboy Boondoggles, Cassandra Hernandez, City Council, City Management, Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, El Paso Electric Company, Great Wolf Resorts, Liar Liar, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 2 comments

Here’s a story from KVIA: El Paso City Council members have approved spending more than a million dollars to renovate

Breaking News: The Ethics Commission Meets

2019-10-17 elrichiboy Corruption, Dee Margo, Ethics, Slider, Support El Chuqueño 2 comments

Today at 1:30, the City Ethics Commission will meet in City Council Chambers to discuss the Ethics Complaint filed against

A Changing of the Guard

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The power dynamic has subtly shifted at City Hall. The developers used to call the shots. But, since El Paso’s

Pay to Play

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Here’s a post from PayToPlayLawBlog.com, printed in its entirety. Trends regarding the enactment of pay-to-play legislation remain remarkably consistent and

The ROI of Campaign Donations

2019-10-03 elrichiboy Boondoggles, City Council, City Management, Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 9 comments

Deciphering what’s happening at City Hall is like trying to see the truth through a cracked crystal. From CBS4Local.com: The

Naysayers, Malcontents, and Crazies

2019-10-02 elrichiboy Boondoggles, City Council, City Management, Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, economic development, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 3 comments

Back in 2012, when our city leaders were selling their plan to pimp El Paso, those of us who raised

Our Political Class

2019-09-23 elrichiboy arena, ballpark, Boondoggles, City Council, City Management, Corruption, quality of life projects, Slider 6 comments

Somehow, El Paso developed professional politicians. Okay, the development of professional politicians was intentional. Corrupt power brokers recruited electable candidates

A Chance for a Do-Over

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And how often in life do you get a Mulligan? This was in this week’s El Paso Inc. It looks

Just Like Democracy. Except not.

2019-06-11 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Corruption, Dee Margo, Ethics, Slider 5 comments

Did you hear about the latest attempt by your favorite City Council to stifle any voice of dissent? From the

More Gobbledygook From Our Friends at City Hall

2019-05-30 elrichiboy arena, Boondoggles, City Council, City Management, Corruption, Dee Margo, Liar Liar, quality of life projects, Slider 4 comments

You may have seen that the City refused to compromise on the downtown arena swindle. (Why do all the City’s

The Trouble With TIRZs

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You might no be so pissed off when you wrote that property tax check if your money was going for

Retrovision: The Real Cost of the Quality of Life Projects

2019-05-03 elrichiboy arena, ballpark, Boondoggles, City Council, City Management, Corruption, Dee Margo, economic development, Mayor Dee "Don't You Know Who I Am?" Margo, public private partnerships, quality of life projects, retrovision, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich Leave a comment

This article originally appeared on 12 April 2017. Sure, half a billion dollars is a lot of money. Especially for

The Effects of Corruption

2019-03-28 elrichiboy Boondoggles, Brand El Paso, City Council, City Management, Corruption, Dee Margo, economic development, quality of life projects, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich, Wolf Lodge Resort 2 comments

Back in 2009, Woody Hunt talked about the effects of corruption in this interview with the El Paso Inc. Scholarly

Corruption: The Short Version

2019-03-28 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Corruption, Dee Margo, Great Wolf Resorts, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich Leave a comment

The City of El Paso is trading 2,313 acres adjacent to the golf course in Northeast El Paso to Paul