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Dee Margo’s Task Force

2020-04-23 elrichiboy Coronavirus, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Slider 15 comments

Good news, everybody. Sure, people are dying, and the economy’s in the pits, but our mayor has a plan. Dee

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“There are things more important than living.”

2020-04-23 elrichiboy Coronavirus, Quarantine, Slider One comment

Purple flowers are taking over my backyard. They’ve claimed a solid half of one of the raised beds, and they’re

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Ticked Off Vic

2020-04-22 elrichiboy Cost of Living Leave a comment
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In the Rough

2020-04-17 elrichiboy City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 4 comments

From the El Paso Times: El Paso’s award-winning, 18-hole Butterfield Trail golf course will be closed at the end of

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About J.P. Bryan

2020-04-15 elrichiboy City Council, Peter Svarzbein, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 7 comments

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPVNuRwOXsE District 1 City Representative Peter Svarzbein called J.P. Bryan a “Houston billionaire” during Monday’s City Council work session. Like

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Breaking News vs. Broken News

2020-04-13 elrichiboy Law Enforcement, Media, Slider 3 comments

The first person listed on the El Paso Times’ weekly feature, El Paso’s Most Wanted, is a 61 year-old man

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Sunday Matinee: Luis Buñuel’s El Rio y La Muerte

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Dee Margo in His Own Words

2020-04-11 elrichiboy Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Slider, Taxes 3 comments

From the May 29, 2017, El Paso Inc.: [Mayoral candidate Dee Margo] says he’ll take what’s broken at City Hall

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Friday Short: The Beacon

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Watching Our Wasteline

2020-04-10 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Public Transportation, Slider, Taxes 10 comments

The trolley’s not coming back. Right? The City will break it out for special events, like Chalk the Block. Maybe

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At Least They’re Honest About It

2020-04-09 elrichiboy Media, Slider Leave a comment

From the ElPasoMatters.org About Us page: Our organization retains full authority over editorial content to protect the best journalistic and

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Mmm, Salsa!

2020-04-06 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso 2 comments

I know you know how to make salsa, because there’s no wrong way to make salsa. Chiles, tomatoes, tomatillos, onion,

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Will Tommy G Self-Quarantine?

2020-04-03 elrichiboy City Management, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 5 comments

Did you see the new directives for dealing with COVID-19? Especially this one? Except for Healthcare Operations in Section 5(c),

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We Should Fire Tommy Gonzalez

2020-04-02 elrichiboy Certificates of Obligation, City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 9 comments

He might be a nice guy. Maybe. He’s been here five years, and I’ve never heard anyone accuse him of

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Mingo Saldivar: Rueda de Fuego

2020-03-29 elrichiboy Music, Video Leave a comment
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Sunday Matinee: American Hot wax

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I Think I’ve Got the Coronavirus

2020-03-28 elrichiboy Slider 3 comments

On February 29th, I shook hands with someone who, unbeknownst to me, had just returned from Milan. A couple of

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Saturday Matinee: D.O.A.

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Friday Matinee: Charlton Heston and Sofia Loren in El Cid

2020-03-27 elrichiboy Movie Night Leave a comment
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About That Gran Logia del Lobo

2020-03-26 elrichiboy City Management, Economic Development, Great Wolf Resorts, Sam Morgan, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

Joel and Dr. Sam “She just wouldn’t shut up” Morgan think that people from Juarez and Chihuahua City will support

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The People Speak!

  • Carmen Rodriguez on Solving the City’s Budget Problem: Let’s Get Rid of the TIRZs
  • Cynthia J Gomez on Higher Border Water Rates, Donut Holes and a Thorny Divorce in Sunland Park and Santa Teresa
  • John G. Dungan on Solving the City’s Budget Problem: Let’s Get Rid of the TIRZs
  • Emillio Benitez on City of Dust: Contreras, New Mexico
  • Gary Cobb on La Fiesta, Downtown Juarez
  • Kent Paterson on Higher Border Water Rates, Donut Holes and a Thorny Divorce in Sunland Park and Santa Teresa
  • Lawrence Feltham on City of Dust: Dunlap, New Mexico
  • walter white on Can’t We Just Wait?
  • John G. Dungan on Thank the Taxpayers
  • John G. Dungan on Can’t We Just Wait?

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  • Shopping South El Paso Street
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