elrichiboy, Author at El Chuqueño

Late to the Party

2019-10-09 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, City Management, Commissioners Court, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, It's All Good, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 6 comments

I hate to say I told you so, but . . . From the El Paso Times: Data show El Paso’s

Make Yourself Heard

2019-10-06 elrichiboy Uncategorized 2 comments

You know how our City Government doesn’t like to be bothered by the citizens at their meetings. Well, now they

Retrovision: They’re Bullies

2019-10-05 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, Retrovision, Slider, Taxes, The Arena, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

This article originally appeared on 14 August 2018. Did you see this story on KVIA? Texas oilman J.P. Bryan, one

Friday Short: Cropped

2019-10-04 elrichiboy Friday Short One comment

Opportunity Costs

2019-10-04 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Great Wolf Resorts, Opportunity Costs, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez, Water Parks 4 comments

The City of El Paso is spending hundreds of millions of dollars on stuff we don’t need. City Council [will

Retrovision: The City’s Plan Sucks.

2019-10-03 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Public Private Partnerships, Quality of Life Projects, Retrovision, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich One comment

This article originally appeared on 03 May 2018. The City of El Paso is implementing a plan that some rich

Tejon Street Corner Thieves: Whiskey

2019-10-03 elrichiboy Music, Video One comment

The ROI of Campaign Donations

2019-10-03 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 9 comments

Deciphering what’s happening at City Hall is like trying to see the truth through a cracked crystal. From CBS4Local.com: The

Shank Shank Shank Went the Trolley

2019-10-02 elrichiboy Dionne Mack, Law Enforcement, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez, Trolley 5 comments

First they said it was a bus stop, then they said it was a Sun Metro stop, but I think

Champions League

2019-10-02 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, What to Do One comment

Okay, I’m a little late to the party here, but there’s still lots to play. The first week of UEFA

Naysayers, Malcontents, and Crazies

2019-10-02 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 3 comments

Back in 2012, when our city leaders were selling their plan to pimp El Paso, those of us who raised

Down the Economic Development Rabbit Hole

2019-09-27 elrichiboy City Management, Economic Development, population, Public Private Partnerships, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 2 comments

Brutus had a good post at ElPasoSpeak.com yesterday. His post included this slide: Perhaps you’ll remember this article titled Whose

The Great Divide

2019-09-27 elrichiboy Elections, Politics, Slider 5 comments

El Paso is fractured. Culturally. Geographically. Economically. Politically. And linguistically. According to the most current estimates from the U.S. Census

It’s Not Too Late To Get Those Tomatoes In The Ground

2019-09-26 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Slider Leave a comment

Lookie here. The National Weather Service says there a real good chance that this winter will be warmer than usual.

Retrovision: EL PASO’S BLEAK FUTURE: A CONTRARIAN VIEW

2019-09-26 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, City Management, Economic Development, Retrovision, Slider One comment

This article originally appeared on 26 December 2012. If any of our current elected officials claim that they couldn’t have

The Future Revealed!

2019-09-25 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 2 comments

I can’t imagine the City of El Paso keeping next year’s budget under an amount that won’t require at least

How Stockton Went Bankrupt

2019-09-25 elrichiboy Economic Development, Politics, Slider, Taxes One comment

Here’s a familiar tune. Only some of the words have changed, and our numbers are bigger. Daniel Berger, a senior

RIP Chet

2019-09-24 elrichiboy Law Enforcement, Music, Slider 7 comments

Chet first came to El Paso playing drums for Big Jack Johnson. Two months later he showed up at Wildhare’s

The Arena Saga That Wouldn’t Die

2019-09-24 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Ethics, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes, The Arena, Tommy Gonzalez 4 comments

I lifted this from David Crowder’s article about the Downtown arena that appeared in the El Paso Inc. this weekend.

Our Political Class

2019-09-23 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, City Management, Corruption, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, The Arena 6 comments

Somehow, El Paso developed professional politicians. Okay, the development of professional politicians was intentional. Corrupt power brokers recruited electable candidates