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Asia’s El Chapo

2021-11-04 elrichiboy Crime, Drugs, Slider Leave a comment

Here’s a story from Toronto Life that sheds some light on Mexico’s criminal operations. Triads or the mafia or biker

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Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado – Same Old Lies

2021-11-03 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Redistricting Update – City Council Cheats Again

2021-11-02 elrichiboy City Council, Redistricting, Slider 2 comments

KTSM tells us that the City is inviting the public to attend, either virtually or in person, the meetings of

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Sunday Matinee – The Tijuana Story

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Blues Counsel with Phil Keaggy – The River is Rising

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Death By a Thousand Cuts

2021-10-30 elrichiboy Commissioners Court, Slider, Taxes, University Medical Center 6 comments

The word on the street is that University Medical Center will open a new hospital on the east side. The

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Saturday Matinee – Murder Incorporated: Contract Killers for the American Mafia

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Friday Short – Two Strangers Who Meet Five Times

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Blame It On the Firemen

2021-10-28 elrichiboy Certificates of Obligation, City Council, City Management, Cost of Living, Law Enforcement, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes Leave a comment

And the cops. That’s what other cities have done when their fiscal profligacy has run their finances into a ditch.

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Who Will Isabel Salcido Represent?

2021-10-26 elrichiboy City Council, Elections, Isabel Salcido, Politics, Slider, Welfare for the Rich 5 comments

If she’s re-elected? This notification appeared in today’s City Council meeting agenda: For notation pursuant to Section 2.92.080 of the

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The Onion – Has Halloween Become Overcommercialized?

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Sunday Matinee – Nazi Agent

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Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra – Lord Don’t Forsake Me

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Saturday Matinee – The Challenges of Income Inequality

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The 9.9% vs. Housing for the Rest of Us

2021-10-23 elrichiboy Inequality, Welcome to Monday 2 comments

Here’s another take on housing and social mobility from the guy who wrote that book about the 9.9 percent. From

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El Paso is a Third World Country

2021-10-22 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Public Health, Slider, The Environment 4 comments

Since August 15, El Paso has been pouring raw sewage into the Rio Grande. From BorderReport.com: Between 3 million and

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Friday Short – Swing for the Fences

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Friday Short – Sparks!

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Vote No on Prop 2

2021-10-21 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Slider, Taxes, TIRZs, TxDOT 6 comments

Did you know that blight was a condition to creating a Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone in Texas? From the Texas

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Grandpa’s Cough Medicine – The Murder Chord

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