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Economic Development for Whom?

2021-01-16 elrichiboy City Management, economic development, Slider, Taxes 4 comments

From an email from Max Grossman, informing his readers that the Texas Historical Commission approved the designation of the El

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Retrovision – Things Are Great. Just not for Taxpayers.

2021-01-11 elrichiboy ballpark, Boondoggles, economic development, quality of life projects, retrovision, Slider, Taxes, Welfare for the Rich 2 comments

This post originally appeared on 29 July 2019. This week there’s a column by the editor of the El Paso

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The Gift That Keeps On Giving

2021-01-09 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, City Management, Slider, Taxes, Welfare for the Rich 6 comments

For petty revenge, give your best frenemy a dog. Or, better yet, give it to their daughter. Make it a

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Retrovision: Our local public Private Partnerships

2020-12-17 elrichiboy arena, ballpark, economic development, Slider, Taxes, Welfare for the Rich Leave a comment

This post originally appeared on 08 February 2018. Public Private Partnerships are all the rage. The ballpark got one. The

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What’s Wrong With the Ballpark

2020-12-16 elrichiboy ballpark, City Management, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Taxes 4 comments

The baseball stadium is nice. Real nice. One of the nicest ballparks in the country, and one of the nicest

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Retrovision: The Master Plan

2020-12-12 elrichiboy arena, ballpark, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Taxes Leave a comment

This post originally appeared on 22 October, 2017. How MountainStar Wants to Get You to Pay for Their Futbol Stadium

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The City’s Hidden Tax Increase

2020-11-24 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Library, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 6 comments

The City made a big deal out of not raising the tax rate this year, despite losing revenue due to

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“Will You Support a Taxpayer Funded Soccer Stadium?”

2020-11-16 elrichiboy arena, ballpark, City Council, Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Joyce Wilson, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich 8 comments

That’s the question we should be asking candidates this election cycle. In the next four years, City Council will probably

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The Suspense is Over

2020-10-26 elrichiboy Cassandra Hernandez, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, elections, Henry Rivera, Politics, Sam Morgan, Slider, Taxes, Welfare for the Rich 7 comments

First it was the mystery mailers, and teevee ads, urging voters to support their “leaders”. Then it was that email

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Community First Coalition: Does El Paso City Hall Represent you?

2020-10-23 elrichiboy Cassandra Hernandez, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Sam Morgan, Taxes, Welfare for the Rich One comment
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Retrovision: City of El Paso #1 for Certificates of Obligation Debt in Texas

2020-10-19 elrichiboy Cassandra Hernandez, Certificates of Obligation, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, elections, Henry Rivera, Sam Morgan, Slider, Taxes One comment

This article originally appeared on 12 February 2020. Woohoo! Yeah, the Miners suck, again, those poor dears. And people are

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The Oligarchs are Trying to Steal This Election

2020-10-19 elrichiboy Cassandra Hernandez, Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, economic development, elections, Henry Rivera, Joyce Wilson, Media, Politics, Sam Morgan, Slider, Taxes 10 comments

First it was that dark money campaign to “Support Our Leaders”. Now it’s this email from Woody Hunt. From: Woody Hunt

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Retrovision: What Could We Do With $180 Million?

2020-10-15 elrichiboy arena, Cassandra Hernandez, City Council, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Henry Rivera, Joyce Wilson, Sam Morgan, Slider, Taxes 2 comments

This article originally appeared on 18 September 2017. If we spend $180 million for a redundant arena, that’s $180 million

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Retrovision: What a difference an Election Makes

2020-10-15 elrichiboy Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Slider, Taxes Leave a comment

This article originally appeared on 1 August 2017. The City is proposing raising taxes as high as it can without

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Mayor Margo Tells Fibs

2020-10-13 elrichiboy Cassandra Hernandez, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, elections, Henry Rivera, Jessica Herrera, Sam Morgan, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich 2 comments

Here’s part of a questionnaire the El Paso Times gave to Mayor Dee Margo: 17. Do you support tax breaks/incentives

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We Should Start Thinking What Bankruptcy Will Look Like

2020-09-27 elrichiboy Boondoggles, City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, quality of life projects, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 6 comments

El Pasoans aren’t getting any younger. True fact: We’re all either dead or getting older. (Today in the A Section

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You’re the Sucker

2020-09-21 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Library, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 8 comments

Are you getting value from your city tax dollars? I mean, really. Is the city doing anything for you besides

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The Problem With El Paso

2020-09-10 elrichiboy Borderplex Alliance, Brand El Paso, economic development, quality of life projects, Slider, Taxes, Urban Planning 8 comments

The problem is El Paso’s not growing. All the costs of those Quality of Life projects would be easier to

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Getting What You Pay for?

2020-08-03 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Great Wolf Resorts, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 5 comments

Here’s an article in Forbes titled Why Texas Is In Trouble—78,064 Public Employees With $100,000+ Paychecks Cost Taxpayers $12 Billion:

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The Winds of Change?

2020-07-16 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Commissioners Court, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, downtown, elections, Politics, Slider, Taxes 7 comments

The primary elections are over. Incumbent Vince Perez lost his Precinct 3 County Commissioners seat. And James Montoya, veteran District

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