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Is El Paso City Government a Secret Public/Private Partnership?

2017-11-27 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes, The Arena One comment

Nothing else makes sense. The City is pursuing a plan formulated by the Paso del Norte Group, a bunch of

As Goes Baltimore, So Goes El Paso

2017-11-03 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, The Arena One comment

Here’s an abstract of a scholarly article from the Journal of Urban Affairs. The title of the paper is “Downtown

I Love El Paso

2017-11-02 elrichiboy ballpark, Brand El Paso, City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena 9 comments

El Paso is a great town. The people are friendly and unpretentious. The weather’s good, mostly. The sunsets are often

All I Want is Good Government

2017-10-31 elrichiboy ballpark, Brand El Paso, City Council, Economic Development, If it didn't probably happen, then I wouldn't have to talk about it, MountainStar Sports Group, Politics, Quality of Life Projects, The Arena 5 comments

That’s all I want. Government responsive to the needs of its citizens. All its citizens. Not just the campaign donors.

Surprise! We’re Poor!

2017-10-30 elrichiboy ballpark, Brand El Paso, City Council, Cost of Living, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 3 comments

According to this story in the El Paso Inc., jobs in El Paso pay only 72 percent of the national

We’re Going to Revitalize Ourselves to Death

2017-10-09 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, The Arena 9 comments

It’s time to stop pretending like El Paso’s biggest challenge is downtown revitalization. Here’s MountainStar Sports Group’s Executive Director Josh

A Horror Story

2017-10-06 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 2 comments

With Halloween right around the corner, I thought I’d share this true life horror story. The City of El Paso’s

Welcome to Rancho El Paso

2017-10-05 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, Cost of Living, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 3 comments

El Paso is poor. According to U.S. Census Bureau estimates, there were 267,376 households in El Paso County in 2016,

Hasta La Vista

2017-09-14 elrichiboy ballpark, Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, The Arena 3 comments

This just in, from the El Paso Times: AT&T is closing its East Side call center by the end of

“Public Funding for Private Stadiums Is Bad Policy”

2017-09-14 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, Taxes, The Arena 3 comments

An alert reader sent me this article from RealClearSports.com. Economists have been researching public funds and their relationship with economic

What’s It Mean?

2017-09-04 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, Economic Development, If it didn't probably happen, then I wouldn't have to talk about it, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 2 comments

After years of playing the part of disinterested bystanders, MountainStar Sports came out with an ad this week in support

How Bad Are Things, Really?

2017-08-04 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, Cost of Living, Economic Development, Politics, Slider, Taxes, The Arena Leave a comment

We’re got a mayor who gets elected by promising to “hold the line on taxes,” and his first month in

Another Shoe Drops

2017-08-02 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, Commissioners Court, Cost of Living, Economic Development, If it didn't probably happen, then I wouldn't have to talk about it, It's All Good, Politics, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes, The Arena Leave a comment

Well, there it is. From the El Paso Times: El Paso County commissioners are looking at a preliminary general fund

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