City Council Archives – Page 9 of 37

Harvard Business Review on the The Sunk Cost Fallacy

2021-07-22 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 3 comments

Here’s an article from the HBR on better decision making. Have you continued with a project long after you should

Tommy G’s $400K

2021-07-15 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 2 comments

KTSM.com (and others) report that City Manager Tommy Gonzalez is set to make almost $400,000 a year. El Paso City

Chime the Eff Up

2021-07-12 elrichiboy Cassandra Hernandez, Certificates of Obligation, City Council, City Management, Peter Svarzbein, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez, Water Parks 3 comments

Did you take the City of El Paso’s budget survey? It was called Chime In!, and it was available on

You Are Paying the Highest Residential Property Tax Rate in the United States

2021-07-06 elrichiboy Certificates of Obligation, City Council, City Management, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 8 comments

Today the El Paso City Council is voting to issue another $96 million in Certificates of Obligation. Certificates of Obligation

Happy Independence Day, Comrade

2021-07-04 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, City Management, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

Today is the Fourth of July. Independence Day. Today is the day we celebrate our nation’s freedoms. The United States

Where Were the Popo?

2021-06-21 elrichiboy Chief Greg Allen, City Council, City Management, Dionne Mack, El Paso Police Department, Law Enforcement, Peter Svarzbein, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 3 comments

Did you read about those three alleged hoodlums who were arrested a couple of weeks ago for a fight in

How Your City Representative Voted on Certificate of Obligation Debt

2021-06-18 elrichiboy Alexsandra Annello, ballpark, Cassandra Hernandez, Certificates of Obligation, Cissy Lizarraga, City Council, City Management, Claudia Lizette Rodriguez, Henry Rivera, Isabel Salcido, Joe Molinar, Peter Svarzbein, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich 2 comments

Max Grossman did the heavy lifting and went back to research how our elected representatives voted on various issuances of

Retrovision: The Real Costs of the QoL Projects

2021-06-15 Rich Wright Arena Highlights, ballpark, City Council, City Management, Opportunity Costs, Retrovision, Slider, Taxes, The Arena, Tommy Gonzalez, Water Parks, Welfare for the Rich One comment

This article originally appeared on 12 April 2017. Sure, half a billion dollars is a lot of money. Especially for

Losing Faith In Our Institutions, Part 2

2021-05-26 Rich Wright Certificates of Obligation, City Council, City Management, El Paso Police Department, El Paso Times, Law Enforcement, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, The "Progressives" Leave a comment

Truth, Justice, and the American Way. These days, asking if truth and justice are the American way is a legitimate

Remember Jane Shang?

2021-05-24 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Joyce Wilson, Slider 2 comments

After Deputy City Manager Jane Shang left El Paso City Government with eleven months paid leave that made her eligible

Gerrymander El Paso

2021-05-16 elrichiboy City Council, Elections, Redistricting, Slider 8 comments

Here’s a link to the City of El Paso’s map of the City’s Representative districts. It’s a hash. One can

Some Antics

2021-04-21 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Robert Cortinas, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

Here’s the City of El Paso’s statement regarding City Council’s decision to issued $93 million of debt not approved by

Elect Brawlers

2021-04-07 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Politics, Slider, Taxes 7 comments

Traditionally, in El Paso, we elect nice guys. They’re politicians. Polite is practically in the name. There’s nothing wrong with

How Governments Cheat You On Property Taxes

2021-04-04 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Downtown, Slider, Taxes, TIRZs, Welfare for the Rich 4 comments

Here’s an interesting story from the Gray Lady: Homeowners have long complained about inequitable assessments, and past studies have documented

The Water Parks Are Coming!

2021-03-30 elrichiboy Cassandra Hernandez, City Council, City Management, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez, Water Parks 5 comments

This just in, from KTSM: Newly constructed regional water park Camp Cohen is set to have its opening day by

El Paso’s Trickle Down Economy

2021-03-23 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes 17 comments

Remember 50 years ago, when Trickle Down was all the rage? That coincided with maybe the fifth time that City

Let Them Drive Cake

2021-03-16 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Public Transportation, Slider, Taxes, Welfare for the Rich 6 comments

From the El Paso Inc.: A lot of El Paso buses are going from stop to stop empty these days.

TxDOT Isn’t Building Us a Deck

2021-03-11 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Economic Development, Slider, The Trench, Tommy Gonzalez, Urban Planning 9 comments

The cap isn’t TxDOT’s purview. TxDOT does transportation. The deck park is a public amenity. TxDOT is, however, expanding I-10

Class Action Suit?

2021-03-03 elrichiboy Cassandra Hernandez, City Council, City Management, El Paso Electric Company, Great Wolf Resorts, Karla Nieman, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 6 comments

Here’s a story from ElPasoMatters.com: A lawsuit by former state Rep. Joe Pickett alleges the city of El Paso is

Debt and Taxes

2021-03-02 elrichiboy Certificates of Obligation, City Council, City Management, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes One comment

Is your City Council Representative concerned about your property tax burden? Mine isn’t. Back in 2019, she sent out a