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On Roads and Debt

2019-01-17 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Slider, Taxes One comment

Here’s a piece from StrongTowns.org about how to deal with deteriorating roads and increasing municipal debt. The story is from

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The Future of the El Paso Times

2019-01-15 elrichiboy Media, Slider One comment

From Bloomberg: MNG Enterprises Inc., the owner of the Boston Herald and Denver Post that’s backed by hedge fund Alden

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About the Wall

2019-01-14 elrichiboy Economic Development, Law Enforcement, Slider, The Arena 2 comments

From the El Paso Times: AUSTIN — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday told President Donald Trump that the

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City Saves $2.3 Million

2019-01-09 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Economic Development, Great Wolf Resorts, Mayor Dee "Don't You Know Who I Am?" Margo, Quality of Life Projects, The Arena One comment

By spending $161.3 million. From KVIA: El Paso City Council Tuesday authorized the City to borrow $161.3 million for street,

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Ask Not For Whom the Bell Tolls

2019-01-08 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Management, Economic Development, Slider 6 comments

Do y’all remember REDCo? Sure you do. If you’re not old enough to remember REDCo, you’ve already left El Paso

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Meet the New Liar: City Attorney Karla Nieman

2019-01-05 elrichiboy City Management, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena One comment

Lying must be a job requirement for City employees to speak to the press. Here’s our recently minted City Attorney

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All The News They See Fit to Print

2019-01-04 elrichiboy Media, Slider 4 comments

Maybe it’s malicious compliance. Yesterday Dr. Max Grossman got another restraining to prevent the City of El Paso from demolishing

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John Oliver on Stadiums

2019-01-01 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Mayor Dee "Don't You Know Who I Am?" Margo, Slider, The Arena 5 comments

Here’s John Oliver on Last Week Tonight talking about publicly funded stadiums (and arenas). Watch this video on YouTube El

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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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