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Just Like Democracy. Except not.

2019-06-11 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Corruption, Ethics, Slider 5 comments

Did you hear about the latest attempt by your favorite City Council to stifle any voice of dissent? From the

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Welcome to the Future

2019-06-11 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Slider 2 comments

I’m in downtown Ensenada. Downtown Ensenada on a Monday night is like Mexican Vegas after the apocalypse. The streets are

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Our Salvation is at Hand

2019-06-06 elrichiboy Breaking News, Media, News, Slider 7 comments

Good news from this week’s El Paso Inc. The El Paso Community Foundation and the former El Paso Times executive

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Status Update

2019-06-04 elrichiboy Navel Gazing, Slider One comment

They tell me my breathe is currently as hard as kerosene.

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Sunday Matinee: 22 Bullets

2019-06-02 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

Here’s a French gangster flick (with English subtitles) and lots of blood and gunfights. A motorcycle car chase. Another gunfight.

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Retrovision: Forget the Arena

2019-06-02 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, The Arena, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich One comment

This article originally appeared on 8 February 2017. Here’s a feel-good story from the El Paso Times about how few

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Local Government Is Absurd

2019-06-01 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Mayor Dee "Don't You Know Who I Am?" Margo, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, The Arena, Tommy Gonzalez 2 comments

Here’s a Letter to the Editor of the El Paso Times from Lower Valley resident Christopher Falk. Once again the

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What’s It For?

2019-06-01 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Liar Liar, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, The Arena, Tommy Gonzalez One comment

Why are we still trying to build an arena? MountainStar’s not hot on it anymore. They’re worried about their soccer

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The Trouble With Term Limits

2019-05-31 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Elections, Politics, Slider 2 comments

Currently, El Paso’s elected officials are limited to two terms in office. That means that once they figure out what’s

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More Debt Per Capita

2019-05-30 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Quality of Life Projects, Slider One comment

According to the slideshow that accompanies this story from the Austin American Statesman, El Pasoans owe more General Obligation debt

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More Gobbledygook From Our Friends at City Hall

2019-05-30 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Corruption, Liar Liar, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, The Arena 4 comments

You may have seen that the City refused to compromise on the downtown arena swindle. (Why do all the City’s

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Sunday Matinee: La Descarada

2019-05-26 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee 2 comments

Here’s a 2017 teevee flick en español that shares insights into narco life, at least as many Mexicans understand it.

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Mayor Margo, I Apologize

2019-05-24 elrichiboy Corrections, Ethics, Great Wolf Resorts, Liar Liar, Quality of Life Projects 2 comments

Yesterday I called the Mayor a liar because he made the following statement to his constituents regarding the City’s population

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Read ’em and Weep

2019-05-23 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, population, Slider One comment

The numbers we’ve all been waiting for have arrived, and they’re not pretty. Between 2017 and 2018, the population of

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The Mayor is a Liar

2019-05-23 elrichiboy Liar Liar 5 comments

At about 25 minutes into this Facebook video (recorded by Ben Carnevale) Mayor Dee Margo claims that “between 2012 to

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Riding the Decline

2019-05-22 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Chamber of Commerce, City Council, City Management, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich 3 comments

Our city leaders — all of them, the elected and the economic and the City staff — are managing El

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Spice Up Your life, Love

2019-05-21 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso 2 comments

Have you noticed that jalapeños aren’t hot anymore? Agronomists have Burbanked the heat right out of them. These days if

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A Private Letter To Paul Foster

2019-05-20 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development, Slider, Uncategorized 8 comments

If you’re not Paul Foster, please stop reading this. Pablo, Can I call you Pablo? I mean, it’s just us.

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Retrovision: The Bane of QoL: O & M

2019-05-18 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, City Management, Quality of Life Projects, Retrovision, Slider, Taxes One comment

This article originally appeared on 18 December 2014. El Paso is a cash-strapped town. Nobody foresaw that our boom years,

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Welcome to the Apocalypse

2019-05-17 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Trolley 5 comments

It’s happening. This was the sign taped to the door of the Pat O’Rourke Center today. Meanwhile the trolley glides

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