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Induced Demand

2021-10-07 elrichiboy Slider, The Trench, TxDOT One comment

Here’s a story from Bloomberg CityLab about the futility of trying to reduce traffic congestion by widening freeways. “We know

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Eventually You Run Out of Other People’s Money

2021-10-07 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Slider, Taxes 3 comments

In this illuminating story from Monica Ortiz Uribe and the El Paso Times, headlined Texas tax burden is heaviest on

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Retrovision: The Local Economy is Booming. For Contractors.

2021-10-06 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, Slider Leave a comment

This story originally appeared on 7 August 2017. Good news, sports fans. The El Paso economy is growing, according to

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Ray Davies – 20th Century Man

2021-10-06 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Andrew Yang and Hubris Syndrome

2021-10-06 elrichiboy City Council, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

From Politico.com, here’s former presidential candidate Andrew Yang talking about the psychological effects of running for president: The historian Henry

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“This is Extremely Dangerous to Our Democracy”

2021-10-05 elrichiboy Media Leave a comment
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The Con Man Who Ruined Portugal

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Something’s Rotten in Chucotown

2021-10-04 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Isabel Salcido, Sam Rodriguez, Slider 3 comments

Dr. Max Grossman and Brutus at El Paso Speak did the heavy lifting for this one. You remember the $413

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Sunday Matinee – The Enforcer

2021-10-03 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Mark Farner – Judgement Day Blues

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Saturday Matinee – A Secret Look at a Mexican Cartel’s Low-Tech Fentanyl Factory

2021-10-02 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Life Choices

2021-10-02 elrichiboy ballpark, Chamber of Commerce, City Council, City Management, Downtown Management District, Slider, The Arena 9 comments

Did you go to college? Have you/are you raising kids? Have you ever had a job? Can you imagine doing

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Cristina Vane – Travelin’ Blues

2021-10-01 elrichiboy Music 2 comments
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“I Was Scared.”

2021-10-01 elrichiboy City Management, El Paso Police Department, Law Enforcement, Slider Leave a comment

Things are not going well for the City of El Paso in a deadly force lawsuit filed by the family

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Friday Short – Spaniard

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The Bamboozlers and the Bamboozled

2021-09-30 elrichiboy MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, TxDOT 4 comments

An alert reader sent me to this story in New Mexico In Depth: Albuquerque voters will decide in November whether

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Climate Town – Fast Fashion is Hot Garbage

2021-09-30 elrichiboy Climate Town, Video One comment
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El Paso’s Failed Economic Development

2021-09-28 elrichiboy City Management, Economic Development, Slider 10 comments

Remember when El Chuqueño speculated that the recent shakeup in the City’s Economic Development Department might be because the proposed

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Where are the Whistleblowers?

2021-09-28 elrichiboy City Management, Corruption, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 4 comments

When City Manager Tommy Gonzalez leaves office, he’ll float away on his golden parachute. The rest of the six-figure carpetbaggers

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Sunday Matinee – That Uncertain Feeling

2021-09-26 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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