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El Paso’s Impending Civil War

2019-11-28 elrichiboy Politics, Slider, Welfare for the Rich One comment

Here’s an article I found on Salon.com, parts of which correspond to our situation in El Paso. The current issue

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The Effects of China Tariffs on South El Paso Street

2019-10-31 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Politics, Slider Leave a comment

You better get down there before the tariffs ripple through the supply chain. How long will it take for the

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A Changing of the Guard

2019-10-16 elrichiboy arena, ballpark, Boondoggles, Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, economic development, Politics, public private partnerships, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich 3 comments

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

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Good Neighbor Sam

2019-10-09 elrichiboy City Council, elections, Law Enforcement, Politics, Sam Morgan, Slider 3 comments

Look, it was all a simple misunderstanding. She just wouldn’t shut up. Do you think Rep. Morgan will lose his

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The Great Divide

2019-09-27 elrichiboy elections, Politics, Slider 5 comments

El Paso is fractured. Culturally. Geographically. Economically. Politically. And linguistically. According to the most current estimates from the U.S. Census

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How Stockton Went Bankrupt

2019-09-25 elrichiboy Boondoggles, economic development, Politics, Slider, Taxes One comment

Here’s a familiar tune. Only some of the words have changed, and our numbers are bigger. Daniel Berger, a senior

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Nothing to See Here

2019-09-09 elrichiboy Politics, Slider Leave a comment

Lookie here. This advert in the El Paso Inc. says that State Representative Joe Moody is the new General Counsel

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“I Was Hacked!”

2019-09-03 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, Slider 9 comments

I guess District 3 Representative Cassandra Hernandez hasn’t been keeping up with current events. “I was hacked” seems to work

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Bar Wars

2019-08-27 elrichiboy City Council, Law Enforcement, Politics, Slider 5 comments

I went to City Council last week to watch the Veto Theater. Chambers was packed with bar owners and employees

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Political Theater

2019-08-21 elrichiboy Boondoggles, City Council, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Henry Rivera, Politics, Sam Morgan, Slider, Taxes 2 comments

Yesterday City Council overrode Mayor Margo’s veto, allowing the city to raise tax rates for the third year in a

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Passing the Buck

2019-08-14 elrichiboy arena, City Council, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Politics, Slider, Taxes 4 comments

KVIA reports that Mayor Dee Margo vetoed the tax increase that City Council approved. El Paso Mayor Dee Margo on

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Unintended Consequences

2019-07-12 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, elections, Los Gallos Negros, Media, Politics, Slider 3 comments

Sometime in the murky past, the City moved the date of local elections to coincide with state and national elections.

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Quote du Jour: Henry James

2019-06-21 elrichiboy Art, Politics, Slider Leave a comment

“Life is, in fact, a battle. Evil is insolent and strong; beauty enchanting, but rare; goodness very apt to be

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The Trouble With The Trouble With Term Limits

2019-06-18 elrichiboy City Council, Corrections, elections, Politics, Slider Leave a comment

Way back at the end of May, I made the argument that term limits restrict the electorate’s ability to retain

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The Trouble With Term Limits

2019-05-31 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, elections, Politics, Slider 2 comments

Currently, El Paso’s elected officials are limited to two terms in office. That means that once they figure out what’s

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Los Gallos Negros

2019-05-07 elrichiboy Los Gallos Negros, Politics 16 comments

We are Los Gallos Negros, a collective of people fighting to retake control of City Government. Los Gallos Negros are

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Cissy, Puhleeze

2019-04-25 elrichiboy Boondoggles, City Council, Politics, Slider, trolley, Wolf Lodge Resort 7 comments

An alert reader forwarded me the latest update from District 8 Representative Cissy Lizarraga. Serving the public is not easy;

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Millenials Are Broke

2018-12-06 elrichiboy Boondoggles, economic development, Politics, quality of life projects, Slider 3 comments

Did you see this story? This version came from NPR, but a lot of news outlets picked it up. Since

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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 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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