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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.

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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

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Why They Need an Arena

2017-10-23 elrichiboy City Council, Commissioners Court, Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, Taxes, The Arena One comment

Here’s some interesting history to go with the prior post about eight million dollars a year that the El Paso

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Did You Feel That?

2017-10-20 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Quality of Life Projects, The Arena 6 comments

Was it a change in the weather, or is that what it feels like when the worm turns? Things are

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The Ugly

2017-10-15 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Politics, Slider, The Arena 5 comments

Finally, this weekend the El Paso Times ran a guest column bylined by our beloved mayor. Here’s a piece of

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Plan B

2017-10-10 elrichiboy Art, Brand El Paso, City Council, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena One comment

Here’s a video from Vice.com and Nike, celebrating Chicano culture and the Cortez. The contributions of Los Angeles’s Chicanos to

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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

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Judge Meachum’s Decision

2017-10-08 elrichiboy City Council, Quality of Life Projects, The Arena One comment

On October 4, the Honorable Amy Clark Meachum of the 250th Judicial District Court in Travis County, Texas, ruled on

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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

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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,

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Hubris, and an Attack on Democracy

2017-10-03 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 13 comments

They felt the wind and thought it was their own breath. When El Paso blew up, say from somewhere around

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Retrovision: Forget the Arena

2017-10-02 elrichiboy City Council, Commissioners Court, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena 2 comments

This article originally appeared on 8 February 2017. Here’s a feel-good story from the El Paso Times about how few

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It’s Time for Plan B

2017-10-02 elrichiboy City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Politics, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 7 comments

No, not emergency contraception. We missed that boat years ago. It’s time to stop pretending like those Quality of Life

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I Want a Salad, Not a Soup

2017-09-28 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Economic Development, If it didn't probably happen, then I wouldn't have to talk about it 2 comments

Our city leaders are trying to give El Paso all the soul of an airport food court. That’s bad, but

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Straight Talk About the Arena

2017-09-28 elrichiboy City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena 5 comments

There’s a lot of noise about the arena. Duranguito. Gringolandia. Contempt of court. Arrogant and dismissive. Mysterious phone surveys. Voter

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Greetings From Gringolandia!

2017-09-25 elrichiboy City Council, Commissioners Court, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena 6 comments

Wish you were here! County Commissioner Vince Perez is all in our face about Senator Jose Rodriguez’ quote in Texas

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Free Money

2017-09-24 elrichiboy City Council, Politics One comment

Am I reading this right? It’s the attachment for the agenda item for the new office tower downtown. Not only

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New Mexico’s Exodus Problem Sounds Familiar

2017-09-22 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Economic Development 2 comments

Here’s a story I came across in US News and World Report: After years of stagnation, New Mexico’s economy is

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Socialism for the Rich, Chuco-Style

2017-09-22 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Commissioners Court, Economic Development, Taxes 2 comments

Maybe you’ve been wondering what the taxpayers could do for the Hunts and WestStar Bank to thank them for all

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Brand Management Chuco-Style

2017-09-19 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Economic Development, Slider 5 comments

Five years from now, when people hear the name “Margo,” are they going to think of Tom Lea and FEMAP,

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