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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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I Am a Capitalist

2021-01-07 elrichiboy economic development, public private partnerships, quality of life projects, Slider, Welfare for the Rich One comment

Even though I don’t own any capital, I am a capitalist. I still believe that capitalism is the most effective

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Are Office Buildings Obsolete?

2021-01-06 elrichiboy Coronavirus, downtown, economic development, Slider, Welfare for the Rich 3 comments

Before buildings had centralized refrigerated air conditioning, windows used to open. There was a little transition period, when the air

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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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The Bets are In

2020-12-11 elrichiboy City Council, Dee Margo, elections, MountainStar Sports Group, Sam Morgan, Slider, Welfare for the Rich One comment

The latest Campaign Finance Reports are interesting. MountainStar Sports Group has picked their favorites. Mayor Dee Margo received $23,031.48 from

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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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Pearl Clutching as a Political Strategy

2020-10-31 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Coronavirus, Politics, Quarantine, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich 4 comments

The old. The sick. And some other group, harder to define. Maybe you’re part of that other group. Maybe you’re

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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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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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Retrovision: Who Represents El Paso?

2020-05-10 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, retrovision, Slider, Welfare for the Rich 5 comments

This article originally appeared on 03 August 2015. If you only read the local newspapers, and maybe watch the City

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The Great Ongoing Land Swindle

2020-03-21 elrichiboy Boondoggles, City Council, City Management, Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Great Wolf Resorts, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich 3 comments

Way back on 30 July 2014, in a post titled Can El Paso Go Bankrupt?, I wrote: I mean, we’re

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The Alternate Realities of Living in El Paso

2020-03-17 elrichiboy Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, economic development, quality of life projects, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich 2 comments

The people running El Paso are delusional. They’re drunk. Drunk on power and ego. They latched onto this idea that

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Is a Gated Community a Public Good?

2020-03-02 elrichiboy City Council, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Slider, TIRZs, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich 8 comments

Will it benefit you? Tomorrow, City Council will consider amending the parameters of Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone 13, that TIRZ

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City To Give $2.4 Million in Cash to Fund Downtown Apartments

2020-02-07 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, downtown, public private partnerships, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich 2 comments

From the El Paso Times: Downtown El Paso’s slow-to-grow housing market is getting a new addition when a 13-story office

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Co-Sign

2020-01-07 elrichiboy Boondoggles, Chamber of Commerce, City Council, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, economic development, public private partnerships, Slider, Welfare for the Rich One comment

Can we get the members and board members of the Borderplex Alliance to co-sign on some of the bonds the

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Who Rules El Paso?

2019-12-20 elrichiboy Corruption, How to Live in El Paso, Slider, Welfare for the Rich One comment

I’ll give you a hint. Follow the money. There’s a new book out titled Who Rules El Paso? Give the

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“An Intersection of Possibilities”

2019-12-13 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, economic development, Juarez, New Mexico, population, Slider, Welfare for the Rich 5 comments

From the people who brought you the Glass Beach Study. Here’s a nice video promoting El Paso, Las Cruces and

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Bloodsuckers

2019-12-07 elrichiboy economic development, How to Live in El Paso, Slider, Welfare for the Rich 2 comments

Now in our “vibrant downtown!” From PopularResistance.org: Blood has become big business in the United States and there is no

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