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Author: Rich Wright

Clunk Clunk

2018-10-17 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Cost of Living 2 comments

In a report that will surprise no one, tripnet.org informs us that the roads in El Paso are some of

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Future El Paso

2018-10-17 Rich Wright Brand El Paso, City Council, City Management, Downtown, Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Welfare for the Rich 6 comments

Isn’t anyone else concerned that the City of El Paso is operating on a plan that was largely conceived in

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From the People Who Brought You “It’s All Good”

2018-10-15 Rich Wright Brand El Paso, City Council, City Management, Cost of Living, Economic Development, It's All Good, Slider, Taxes 2 comments

If you needed more proof of El Paso’s corrupt, inbred, good old boy network, consider this: Bill Burton, the mastermind

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Those Gratuitous TIRZs

2018-10-03 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, If it didn't probably happen, then I wouldn't have to talk about it, Slider, TIRZs 2 comments

The City of El Paso is going out of its way to develop some land on the fringe of the

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El Paso’s Finest

2018-09-26 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Law Enforcement, Slider 2 comments

Those boys in blue cannot buy a break. No, I’m not talking about the Cowboys. Read this story from KVIA:

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City Council’s Abuse of Executive Session

2018-09-25 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Ethics Leave a comment

The El Paso City Council abuses Executive Session. A lot. There are reasons to use Executive Session. The Texas Government

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Breaking the Law

2018-09-24 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Slider One comment

On August 21, 2018, at their regular meeting, City Council discussed the Mexican American Cultural Center in Executive Session. Their

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The City’s Decision Making Process

2018-09-19 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Politics, Quality of Life Projects, Slider 2 comments

We saw it yesterday at City Council. City Council holds discussions behind closed doors, and then presents their decision to

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It’s All Good Ol’ Boys

2018-09-16 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Law Enforcement, Media, Slider One comment

The El Paso Police Department has a pretty sketchy record of self-policing. This week, the Center for Investigative Reporting’s Reveal

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Maybe They’re Sick

2018-09-14 Rich Wright ballpark, City Council, City Management, Quality of Life Projects, The Arena, TIRZs, Trolley, Welfare for the Rich 2 comments

When you make decisions behind closed doors, without public input, you better be right. So far, our city hasn’t been

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Trolley News

2018-09-12 Rich Wright Slider, Trolley One comment

A couple of weeks ago I went to one of the “Trolley Safety Meetings.” The meeting was in the auditorium

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The Trouble With TIRZs

2018-09-11 Rich Wright Political Advertisement, TIRZs Leave a comment

The City of El Paso is proposing another TIRZ. TIRZ 13 will be in Northeast El Paso, up against the

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Does Your City Council Representative Deserve A Raise?

2018-09-06 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Slider, Taxes 5 comments

To tell the truth, we don’t know. We can’t know. All the decisions are made out of the public eye.

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Cousin Lemp’s Whack-A-Mole Bad Habit

2018-08-29 Rich Wright Meta Blog, Slider, TIRZs 5 comments

There’s this fallacy circulating that TIRZ 12 means that only the people who buy land up there on the mountain

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The Freeway Is Open

2018-08-19 Rich Wright Breaking News 2 comments

Or at least it will be momentarily. The work on the utility bridge is done. Now all we lack is

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Reasonable People

2018-08-14 Rich Wright Political Advertisement, Slider One comment

I think reasonable people will agree that El Paso’s property taxes are too high. El Paso’s property tax rates are

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A Public Obscenity

2018-08-03 Rich Wright ballpark, City Council, Political Advertisement, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 5 comments

I think it’s obscene that the City of El Paso asks the working poor to pay for luxury amenities for

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Deus Ex Machina Redux

2018-08-02 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, Slider One comment

When Representative Dr. Sam Morgan talked about Operational Security and him knowing things that we didn’t know, I hope he

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The Central Appraisal District Responds

2018-08-01 Rich Wright Cost of Living, Taxes 4 comments

Yesterday a loyal reader sent one of my articles to Dinah Kilgore, the Executive Director and Chief Appraiser of the

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Mo’ Taxes, Mo’ Problems

2018-07-31 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Cost of Living, Taxes 2 comments

If you’re happy with the way things are going at City Hall, you’re not paying attention. The El Paso Times

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