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Defending the Big River

2022-07-28 Kent Paterson The Environment, El Paso Water, Slider 2 comments

by Kent Paterson Every river searches for the seaEvery life runs its own destinyCanyons white and wild stretches calm and

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Why Your Taxes Are So High

2022-07-15 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez, Urban Planning 3 comments

Because the City won’t stop spending money. While we’re catching our breath (this is, after all, an election year) the

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What Gives?

2022-07-13 Rich Wright Cost of Living, How to Live in El Paso, Slider 2 comments

Sunday I went to Cloudcroft. The high temperature was 72. The low was 58. You should try it. Nowhere on

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Hard Times

2022-07-12 Rich Wright Media, El Paso Times, Slider One comment

The El Paso Times didn’t come out with a print edition on the 4th of July. They stopped printing a

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Cary Westin’s Lucrative Retirement

2022-07-07 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Col. (Ret.) Cary Westin, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 11 comments

You’ll remember that back in May, Col. (Ret.) Cary Westin retired from his position as Deputy City Manager for the

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Trouble in ChucoTown

2022-07-07 Rich Wright Taxes, City Management, Gensler, Robert Cortinas, Slider, Strategic Plan, Tommy Gonzalez 2 comments

The trouble with City Government is that the City Manager thinks that his job is to protect and promote the

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“Middle of Nowhere: New Mexico’s Multi-Million Dollar Blunder”

2022-07-07 elrichiboy Heritage Tourism, Slider, Video 2 comments
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Economic Indicators

2022-07-06 Rich Wright Downtown, Downtown Management District, Economic Development, Slider 3 comments

The El Paso Times reports that the Fallas Department Store in DWNTWN is closing: One of Downtown El Paso’s largest

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“Why Roads ALWAYS Fill Up, No Matter How Much We Widen Them”

2022-07-04 elrichiboy Deck Park, Slider, TxDOT, Widening I-10 4 comments
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Rent a Bullring

2022-07-02 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, Slider Leave a comment

Are you looking for a place to host your next bullfight? The banner on the Alberto Balderas Plaza de Toros

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Retrovision – The Economic Impact of Arenas: A Brief Survey

2022-06-28 elrichiboy Gensler, Slider, The Arena Leave a comment

This post originally appeared on 13 December 2021. The El Paso City Council recently approved the following motion: “To direct

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Retrovision – Blame It On the Strategic Plan

2022-06-22 Rich Wright City Management, City Council, Economic Development, Slider, Strategic Plan, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

This post originally appeared on 07 February 2022. If you want to know what’s wrong with governance in El Paso,

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More Good News From EPISD

2022-06-22 Rich Wright Taxes, EPISD, Slider 5 comments

From KVIA.com: The El Paso Independent School District board is expected to vote on increasing teachers’ salaries by 5% —

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The (Migrant) Season of Death is Upon Us

2022-06-21 Kent Paterson Migration, Mexico, Slider One comment

By Kent Paterson  Summer Solstice should be a time for celebration. But for many desperate migrants attempting to enter the

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San Antonio’s Development Problems

2022-06-20 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Downtown, Economic Development, Slider 4 comments

From the Washington Post: Visitors entering Rebecca Flores’s San Antonio home pass a sepia-toned photo of her large Tejano family

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“Towards an American Union”

2022-06-07 Vanessa Johnson Immigration, Slider 7 comments

by Vanessa Johnson From Frank News: In the spirit of the European Union and specifically the Schengen Agreement, I propose

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Place Your Bets

2022-06-07 elrichiboy Peter Svarzbein, Oscar Leeser, Slider 3 comments

District 1 Representative Peter Svarzbein filed a Code of Conduct complaint against Mayor Oscar Leeser today, according to this story

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Evaluating Our Priorities

2022-06-02 Rich Wright Tommy Gonzalez, Certificates of Obligation, Cissy Lizarraga, City Council, City Management, Claudia Lizette Rodriguez, Isabel Salcido, Slider, Taxes 5 comments

They are coming out of the woodwork (and maybe from under rocks) to weigh in on Tommy Gonzalez’ future. From

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Tommy Gonzalez Doesn’t Like El Paso

2022-05-30 Rich Wright Tommy Gonzalez, City Council, Slider 2 comments

Recently, Tommy Gonzalez applied for a job in Frisco, Texas, despite making more than $400,000 a year here. If he

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People Don’t Like Tommy Gonzalez

2022-05-27 Rich Wright City Council, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 3 comments

At least the taxpayers don’t like him. He’s been here since 2014, and I haven’t met anyone who tells me

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