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Paradise Lost and Found Revisited

2016-05-23 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Downtown, Economic Development, Juarez 3 comments

I was going to write a post about how things change (or not) but as I did some research I

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History belongs to the victors (and the guys that run the websites)

2016-05-18 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Media, Politics 2 comments

I was going to write about this post, on ElPasoSpeak.com. In it you will notice that, even under the model

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Let’s Review

2016-05-16 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Economic Development 2 comments

We’ve got a City Council ostensibly intent on attracting new, forward-thinking, businesses, and they’ve done what? Refused to provide partial

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We need to jump on this.

2016-05-11 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development One comment

We’re missing an opportunity here. Everyone I know has promised to leave the country after the next election if The

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Remember how cool El Paso used to be? A continuing story . . .

2016-05-06 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development One comment

El Pasoans of a certain age will appreciate all the cultural references in this interesting trailer for a video about

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Observation and Speculation

2016-05-02 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development 5 comments

Is El Paso getting ready to explode? I’ve heard that before. The news reports lots of exciting developments. Aldea. Luxury

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They’ll do whatever it takes, and they don’t care how much it costs you.

2016-04-25 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Politics One comment

Remember when everyone was celebrating all the new development going on in downtown El Paso? One of the big projects

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Nothing to see here. Move along.

2016-04-22 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, It's All Good, Media 2 comments

Here’s an interesting story about the Tigua Tribal Police arresting a seven-year-old at South Loop Elementary School. His mother found

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Poor Joyce

2016-04-11 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Politics Leave a comment

It was a lot of responsibility to unilaterally saddle El Paso taxpayers with debt from the ballpark, and now those

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Payback? Ha!

2016-04-05 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Economic Development, Politics 3 comments

In my next life, I want top come back as a member of El Paso’s Ruling Class. It’s as much

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Just the facts, ma’am.

2016-03-29 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Economic Development, It's All Good, Politics 4 comments

Has the local economy ever performed worse? Household income in El Paso is going down. Wages are among the lowest

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Ticket Fixing

2016-03-18 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, How to Live in El Paso, Law Enforcement One comment

Remember back in December, there was that fatal accident on Hondo Pass? The one where the passenger called 911 and

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It’s Only Money

2016-03-15 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Politics 2 comments

According to this story in El Diario, the City of El Paso has hired attorneys to defend the City against

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Remember how cool El Paso used to be?

2016-03-09 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development 2 comments

In case you haven’t heard, the former El Paso band Cigarettes After Sex is blowing up, as evidenced by this

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Bienvenidos, No Passport Required

2016-02-20 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development, Juarez 2 comments

Are you still not going to Juarez because you don’t have a passport? Your reluctance is unfounded. Here’s a quote

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Oops, again.

2016-02-18 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Economic Development, Media One comment

The Pope is coming to Juarez to highlight his message about immigration? What a great opportunity to talk up El

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An Acceptable Level of Risk?

2016-02-15 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Law Enforcement, Media, Politics 2 comments

If you want to know what it’s like to live in a police state, try walking through the Segundo Barrio

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Papal Economics

2016-02-11 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Juarez, Law Enforcement, Media, Uncategorized 2 comments

Besides the million dollars we’re spending on security, do you think the Pope’s visit to Juarez will have an economic

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How to win friends and influence people

2016-01-28 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Economic Development 4 comments

With their current rate case, El Paso Electric Company (EPEC) is sticking it to its El Paso ratepayers so hard

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Deliver us from idiots.

2016-01-27 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Politics 3 comments

Let me get this straight. To highlight his message on immigration, the Pope will visit the actual border (presumably, the

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