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Sunday Matinee: A Company Man

2018-12-30 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

Have you ever had a bad day at work? Not like these guys. The company the company man works for

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Our Dirty Little Secret

2018-12-30 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, City Management, Mayor Dee "Don't You Know Who I Am?" Margo, Media, Slider, The Arena 4 comments

Imma let you in on a little secret. In El Paso, we don’t get the best and brightest. Look, for

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El Paso in the Guardian

2018-12-28 elrichiboy Art, Brand El Paso, How to Live in El Paso Leave a comment

Lately El Paso has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. But here’s something nice. Here’s a story

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Comedy Council

2018-12-18 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, City Management, Ethics, Slider 4 comments

From KVIA, here’s Representative Henry Rivera, addressing the leak of a draft of City Manager Tommy “Great Wolf” Gonzalez’ new

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Slomo

2018-12-10 elrichiboy Video, Welcome to Monday One comment

Do what you want. Watch this video on YouTube And try not to be an asshole.

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Retrovision: More Rate Increases

2018-12-08 elrichiboy Cost of Living, Retrovision, Slider Leave a comment

[This article originally appeared on May 18, 2017.] El Paso’s English language daily reports that Texas Gas, i.e., the gas

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Millenials Are Broke

2018-12-06 elrichiboy Economic Development, Politics, Quality of Life Projects, Slider 3 comments

Did you see this story? This version came from NPR, but a lot of news outlets picked it up. Since

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Life is Subject to Change

2018-12-02 elrichiboy City Management, Slider, Trolley 4 comments

Here’s an ad for the trolley in this week’s El Paso Inc. Here’s a closer look. Lemme bring it in

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The Big Question: Why?

2018-11-28 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Great Wolf Resorts, Media, Slider, The Arena 6 comments

Y’all probably heard this story from NPR the other day: The Malheur Enterprise was founded in 1909, and, like many

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El Paso vs. Phoenix: An Economic Development History

2018-11-25 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Economic Development, Public Private Partnerships, Slider 5 comments

Our recent municipal expenses are based on the (secret) idea that Phoenix outpaced El Paso in economic development since 1950

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El Paso Disposal Sucks

2018-11-20 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso One comment

I’ve got a dumpster on the sidewalk in front of my house. [Across the street.] The dumpster is for the

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US Army Supports $100 Million Great Wolf Lodge Swindle

2018-11-20 elrichiboy Great Wolf Resorts, Slider 6 comments

A civilian representative of the United States Army threatened to close Fort Bliss if the $100+ million swindle that will

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It’s Like They Quit Caring

2018-11-19 elrichiboy Breaking News, Media, Slider Leave a comment

Here’s a screen grab I just took of the El Paso Times Opinion page. It looks like El Paso’s English

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Really?

2018-11-19 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso One comment

Isn’t the middle of November late for mosquitos? I squashed this one yesterday.

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Tuesday, November 6, 2018

2018-11-06 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Economic Development, Elections One comment

Today is an inflection point in the evolution of El Paso. Today, voters in the state either will or won’t

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The City’s War Against Poor People

2018-11-05 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, City Management, Economic Development, Slider 6 comments

City Council has turned public policy into a war against poor people. Which is weird, because El Paso is poor.

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“The True Cost of Corruption”

2018-11-04 elrichiboy ballpark, Brand El Paso, City Council, Economic Development, MountainStar Sports Group, Quality of Life Projects, The Arena 2 comments

Oh, the irony. Here’s a great interview from the September 8, 2009, issue of the El Paso Inc. with an

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The Hippest Resto-bar in Town

2018-11-03 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, Slider, What to Do 2 comments

Maybe you’ll think you’re in Barcelona. After all, most of the rock is en español. Or maybe Mexico City. Or

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Abraham Considers Camino Hotel

2018-11-02 elrichiboy It wouldn't surprise me., It's a joke., Just Kidding. 3 comments

Did you read that the prime contractor at the Camino Real Hotel project has left the job? Here’s the story

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Back Away From The Computer

2018-10-30 elrichiboy Education, School Districts, Slider 4 comments

Remember when our good friends on the Board of the El Paso Independent School District were selling us that $668

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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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