I went by the liquor mega-store this week and there were four cars in the parking lot. Inside there were
Author: elrichiboy
The El Paso Housing Bubble
The Central Appraisal District tells us that house values are up 7.6 percent this year. While the U.S. Census Bureau
Retrovision: A Failure in Branding
This article originally appeared on 24 August 2017. Here’s a letter to the editor from the El Paso Times: Here
Educating the Electorate
The media aren’t going to do it. Have any of them reported on El Paso’s abysmal population growth rate? Have
The Home of Predatory Capitalism
Here’s another killer essay about the decline of American civilization. A friend, recently, told me a very interesting and telling
If You Build It, Will They Come?
This, from KTSM: City Council approved a controversial proposal Tuesday to create a special taxing zone to spur development along
Sunday Matinee: Hard Boiled
Here’s director John Woo’s 1992 cops and gangsters classic, starring Chow Yun-fat. Lots of that bang bang shoot-’em-up choreography that
Another More Egregious Open Meeting Violation
From the Office of the Attorney General of the State of Texas’ Open Meetings Handbook 2018: 2. Section 551.072. Deliberations
More Businesses But Not More Business
Here’s a graphic I lifted from the City’s website, detailing what kind of businesses the City is expecting to move
The First Rule of Operational Security
. . . is that you don’t talk about Operational Security. I bet that they’ve revoked Major Morgan’s security clearance
The Link Policy is Back
That pesky “Link Policy” is back on the City’s website. Aesthetically, it clutters up the website’s menu. Practically, I’m not
“OpSec”
That’s the phrase District 4 Representative Sam Morgan used to justify his vote for TIRZ 12 at yesterday’s City Council
El Paso Grows By Four Tenths of One Percent
According to estimates just released by the U.S. Census Bureau, the population of the City of El Paso grew by
The Bubble
We all live in our own bubbles. We hang out with people who think like us and dress like us
Retrovision: More On Dwntwn
This article originally appeared on November 11, 2013. By now you may have read this story by David Crowder about
Sunday Matinee: Den of Thieves
Here’s a 2018 heist movie starring Fiddy Cent and a bunch of other cats you’re supposed to know. Watch this
Ultimate College Nationals Live Stream
Maybe you were going to do some yard work this weekend. Maybe you were going to re-primer your jeep. You
Champions League Final Saturday! Updated!
Cristiano Ronaldo and Real Madrid take on Mohamed Salah and Liverpool Saturday at 12:45 in the finals of the Champions
Retrovision: Can El Paso Go Bankrupt?
This article originally appeared more than four years ago, on July 30, 2014. I mean, we’re not like other towns.
Rich Wright for District 8 Campaign Kickoff Party Thursday, May 24
We’re celebrating the launch of our campaign for District 8 at 5:30 today at Happy’s Barley and Vine, at the