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  • Retrovision – Things Are Great. Just not for Taxpayers.

    2021-01-11 elrichiboy

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

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  • The Gift That Keeps On Giving

    2021-01-09 elrichiboy

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

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  • I Am a Capitalist

    2021-01-07 elrichiboy

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

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  • Are Office Buildings Obsolete?

    2021-01-06 elrichiboy

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

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  • Serving the Community?

    2021-01-04 elrichiboy

    Here’s a Letter to the Editor of the El Paso Times: It was reported that “hardly anyone” in El Paso recycles and therefore it is

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  • It’s Who You Know

    2021-01-04 elrichiboy

    From a Letter to the Editor in the El Paso Times: Last week, KFOX News reported on a vaccination event at the El Paso Zoo

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  • The Failing Health of Government By Spin

    2020-12-30 elrichiboy

    El Paso has a long history of catering to private interest in the name of public good. That worked before the internet became a public

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  • A Message From the Local Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America

    2020-12-22 Xavier Miranda

    Greetings All, My name is Xavier Miranda, and I am the new Chair of the DSA of El Chuco Electoral Committee. I am reaching out

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  • Better Candidates = Better Government

    2020-12-21 elrichiboy

    El Pasoans don’t vote. In the most recent mayoral runoff, only 13% of the registered voters cast a ballot. Yeah, it was a runoff, but

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  • Retrovision: Our local public Private Partnerships

    2020-12-17 elrichiboy

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

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  • What’s Wrong With the Ballpark

    2020-12-16 elrichiboy

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

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  • Retrovision: The Master Plan

    2020-12-12 elrichiboy

    This post originally appeared on 22 October, 2017. How MountainStar Wants to Get You to Pay for Their Futbol Stadium Now it’s a futbol stadium.

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American Exceptionalism?

2012-06-06 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

You do not have to believe in the superiority of your country over others to love your country. The globalization

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Cartel rumors or brain tumors?

2012-06-06 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

This story comes to us from the Arizone Republic via Molly Malloy at Frontera List. “Although the grisly deaths were

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The 16th District from 20,000 feet

2012-05-21 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

The Economist wrote about the 16th Congressional District of Texas primary campaign between Beto O’Rourke and Silvestre Reyes. While they

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El Clausurado

Trouble in Paradise

2012-05-21 elrichiboy Uncategorized One comment

  Last week I went to Juarez to see which bars were being closed. (read more)

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Never let a crisis go to waste

2012-04-21 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

The building that burned down on a Friday in April was not particularly important, despite the gnashing of teeth over

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In Defense of Flea Markets

2012-04-19 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

  Admittedly, they could have come up with a better name for the flea market. Over the past decade, various

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