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What’s it for, anyway?

2017-04-04 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Economic Development, Politics, The Arena 9 comments

I still have some questions about that Multipurpose Performing Arts Center. Like where and when to build it. I know

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That Explains It.

2017-04-03 elrichiboy City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena 4 comments

The El Paso Inc. this week unwrapped the study that HKS Inc. did for the City of El Paso to

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Downtown Update

2017-03-29 elrichiboy City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena 4 comments

Here’s the latest lowdown on downtown, or DWNTWN as El Pasoans spell it on Wheel of Fortune, because we can’t

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Then Let’s Build an Arena

2017-03-27 elrichiboy City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena Leave a comment

By all means. Here’s the El Paso Times inadvertently weighing in on the arena controversy. Now, with a baseball stadium

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Can’t we go back to the drawing board?

2017-03-27 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Commissioners Court, Politics, Slider, Taxes Leave a comment

Here’s a breakdown of El Paso County’s population change for the year ending July 1, 2016, courtesy U.S. Census Bureau

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Hasta la Vista, Baby

2017-03-24 elrichiboy City Council, Commissioners Court, Cost of Living, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 4 comments

The latest population estimates from the Census Bureau are out. The good news is that our limited water resources are

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Tickets, Please

2017-03-23 elrichiboy City Council, If it didn't probably happen, then I wouldn't have to talk about it, Slider Leave a comment

Here’s something interesting you may have overlooked. According to this post by Brutus over there at ElPasoSpeak.com, those bonuses the

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The Con

2017-03-17 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Economic Development, Slider 3 comments

Did you see this story about the million dollar condos some people want to build on the west side? The

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It’s Almost Funny

2017-03-16 elrichiboy City Council, If it didn't probably happen, then I wouldn't have to talk about it, Slider 4 comments

Here’s an incredible video I found on el Feis last night. You better check it out before it disappears. In

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Representative Noe is a Hypocrite

2017-03-13 elrichiboy City Council, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 2 comments

God bless them, City Council is in over their heads and they don’t know what to do. Did you read

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Nothing’s For Sure but Debt and Taxes

2017-03-10 elrichiboy City Council, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 2 comments

The ever-vigilant Brutus over at El Paso Speak alerted me (and all his other readers) to this slide from a

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The Other Shoe Drops . . .

2017-03-08 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, Slider 5 comments

but it hasn’t hit the ground yet. The El Paso Times reports this morning that Mayor Oscar Leeser vetoed the

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The Fourth Anniversary of the Killing of Daniel Saenz

2017-03-08 elrichiboy City Council, Commissioners Court, Law Enforcement, Politics, Slider Leave a comment

Four years ago today, El Paso Police Officer Jose Flores shot and killed handcuffed prisoner Daniel Saenz in the sallyport

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Follow the Money

2017-03-03 elrichiboy City Council, The Arena One comment

Most El Pasoans aren’t aware that the City gets a little juice on all its projects. It’s called “Construction Management.”

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Why did they say Downtown in the first place?

2017-02-28 elrichiboy City Council, Slider, The Arena 6 comments

The Axis of Evil and their henchmen today announced that they still want to stick the arena in Union Plaza.

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Duh.

2017-02-28 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, Slider 4 comments

In an announcement that only surprised the members of City Council, City Staff yesterday revealed that the streets in El

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The Arena: Issue Fatigue

2017-02-23 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, The Arena 2 comments

They stopped arguing. They’re just going to do it. They thought they could persuade us. Or, at least, present a

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Tomorrow is the deadline to register as a candidate.

2017-02-16 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, School Districts Leave a comment

Tomorrow (Friday, February 17) is the last day to register as a candidate in the May election. Half the seats

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City Government at the Zoo

2017-02-16 elrichiboy City Council One comment

I went to the City Council meeting at the zoo this morning. It was a stroke-fest. There was a breakfast

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The Arena: The Word on the Street

2017-02-16 elrichiboy City Council, Downtown, The Arena Leave a comment

The word on the street is that the City is already buying land in Duranguito, and they’re offering “an obscene

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