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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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Life is Subject to Change

2018-12-02 elrichiboy Boondoggles, City Management, Slider, trolley 4 comments

Here’s an ad for the trolley in this week’s El Paso Inc. Here’s a closer look. Lemme bring it in

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The Big Question: Why?

2018-11-28 elrichiboy arena, Boondoggles, City Council, City Management, Great Wolf Resorts, Media, Slider 6 comments

Y’all probably heard this story from NPR the other day: The Malheur Enterprise was founded in 1909, and, like many

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El Paso vs. Phoenix: An Economic Development History

2018-11-25 elrichiboy Boondoggles, City Council, City Management, economic development, public private partnerships, Slider 5 comments

Our recent municipal expenses are based on the (secret) idea that Phoenix outpaced El Paso in economic development since 1950

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US Army Supports $100 Million Great Wolf Lodge Swindle

2018-11-20 elrichiboy Boondoggles, Great Wolf Resorts, Slider 6 comments

A civilian representative of the United States Army threatened to close Fort Bliss if the $100+ million swindle that will

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It’s Like They Quit Caring

2018-11-19 elrichiboy Breaking News, Media, Slider Leave a comment

Here’s a screen grab I just took of the El Paso Times Opinion page. It looks like El Paso’s English

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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 War Against Poor People

2018-11-05 elrichiboy Boondoggles, Brand El Paso, City Council, City Management, economic development, Slider 6 comments

City Council has turned public policy into a war against poor people. Which is weird, because El Paso is poor.

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The Hippest Resto-bar in Town

2018-11-03 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, Slider, what to do 2 comments

Maybe you’ll think you’re in Barcelona. After all, most of the rock is en español. Or maybe Mexico City. Or

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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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Back Away From The Computer

2018-10-30 elrichiboy Boondoggles, Education, School Districts, Slider 4 comments

Remember when our good friends on the Board of the El Paso Independent School District were selling us that $668

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The 3 Kinds of Lies

2018-10-28 elrichiboy Boondoggles, economic development, Slider, Wolf Lodge Resort One comment

“There are three kinds of lies,” Mark Twain allegedly said. “Lies, damned lies, and statistics.” Economic analysis is a particular

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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 3 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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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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Downtown Development Won’t Lower Your Property Taxes

2018-10-10 elrichiboy Boondoggles, Slider, Taxes, TIRZs One comment

Downtown is covered by Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone #5. You remember those TIRZs. Here’s what the Texas Comptroller says about

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