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    Debbie Nathan on the Dark Money Campaign

    2020-10-23 elrichiboy

    El Paso uber-journalist Debbie Nathan writes about the dark money campaign on Medium.com: Today, it’s dark, dark money time in El Paso. The situation is

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  • Your Freudian’s Slipping

    2020-10-21 elrichiboy

    Here’s Mayor Dee Margo talking about his regime: Under his regime? Pol Pot had a regime. Stalin had a regime. Pinochet had a regime. El

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  • The Suspense is Over

    2020-10-26 elrichiboy

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

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  • Retrovision: Amazon Is Coming

    2020-10-20 elrichiboy

    This article originally appeared on 26 July 2020. From the El Paso Times: Amazon, the giant online retailer, plans to open one of its distribution centers in

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  • Are the Elections Fixed?

    2020-10-20 elrichiboy

    Sometimes it feels like they are. We need exit polls. Those kids from Coronado High School were conducting exit polls back in the early aughts,

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  • Retrovision: City of El Paso #1 for Certificates of Obligation Debt in Texas

    2020-10-19 elrichiboy

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

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  • The Oligarchs are Trying to Steal This Election

    2020-10-19 elrichiboy

    First it was that dark money campaign to “Support Our Leaders”. Now it’s this email from Woody Hunt. From: Woody Hunt <Woody.Hunt@HuntCompanies.com> Date: October 12, 2020 at

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  • The Anonymous Political Mailer

    2020-10-15 elrichiboy

    You have probably heard about that campaign to support “El Paso’s Leaders”. Maybe you’re even gotten one of their flyers in your mailbox, or seen

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  • Retrovision: What Could We Do With $180 Million?

    2020-10-15 elrichiboy

    This article originally appeared on 18 September 2017. If we spend $180 million for a redundant arena, that’s $180 million we can’t spend on something

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  • Retrovision: What a difference an Election Makes

    2020-10-15 elrichiboy

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

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  • Retrovision: Rancho El Paso

    2020-10-14 elrichiboy

    This article originally appeared on 10 March 2017. Our City Fathers would have you believe that El Paso is a modern, dynamic city, but really

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  • Mayor Margo Tells Fibs

    2020-10-13 elrichiboy

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

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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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Billy Strings & Don Julin: 3 Songs

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Retrovision: Rancho El Paso

2020-10-14 elrichiboy arena, Borderplex Alliance, City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, economic development, Ethics, Slider 2 comments

This article originally appeared on 10 March 2017. Our City Fathers would have you believe that El Paso is a

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Brooklyn Funk Essentials: Dance or Die

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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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Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers: Jumpin Jive

2020-10-12 elrichiboy music Leave a comment
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Privilege and the Public Good

2020-10-12 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, Politics, Slider 4 comments

Imagine if you and I had proposed taking on half a billion dollars in public debt to “fix” El Paso.

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Sunday Matinee: The Third Visitor

2020-10-11 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Larkin Poe: Preacher Blues

2020-10-11 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment
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Saturday Documentary: The Mennonites — A Trip Back in Time

2020-10-10 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary One comment
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Mano Negra: Mala Vida

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Friday Short: Dirty Machines: The End of History

2020-10-09 elrichiboy Friday Short, Sci Fi Leave a comment
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Pokey LaFarge: Fuck Me Up

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The Cleverlys: She Ain’t there

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Justin Johnson: RumbleStrippin’

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What Has the City Done for You Lately?

2020-10-05 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Coronavirus, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, economic development, Slider, Technology, Tommy Gonzalez 4 comments

The El Paso Inc. reports that the City bought the County’s old 911 phone center building in downtown El Paso

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Sunday Matinee: Stanley Kubrick’s The Killing

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Leon Bridges: River

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Saturday Documentary: The Art of Effortless Living

2020-10-03 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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