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Joyce Wilson Speaks (Again)

2024-08-22 Rich Wright Elections, Joyce Wilson, Politics, Slider One comment

Former City Manager Joyce Wilson is the gift that won’t stop giving. She wrote another letter to the El Paso

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The Problem with the City Manager Candidates

2024-07-22 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Col. (Ret.) Cary Westin, Joyce Wilson, Slider 3 comments

The horses are in the gates for the selection of the next City Manager. From ElPasoMatters.com: Four high-ranking city officials

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Why We Can’t Build an Arena in the Rail Yard by City Hall

2024-03-12 Rich Wright Joyce Wilson, Liar Liar, Slider, The Arena One comment

Seems like the perfect location, right? Big. Mostly vacant. Downtown. But Union Pacific won’t deal with the City. Why not?

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A Homegrown City Manager?

2024-02-27 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Joyce Wilson, Oscar Leeser, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, The Arena, Tommy Gonzalez 3 comments

Two weeks ago City Council rejected Mayor Oscar Leeser’s proposal to restrict the search for a City Manager to locals.

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More From Joyce

2024-02-26 Rich Wright Arrogance, City Council, Joyce Wilson, Slider, The Arena 3 comments

Here’s another email that disgraced former City Manager Joyce Wilson sent to Mayor Oscar Leeser: Since the 2012 Quality of

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The Failure of the 2012 Quality of Life Projects

2024-02-22 Rich Wright Arrogance, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Downtown, Joyce Wilson, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 2 comments

They promised us economic development. They promised us a vibrant downtown. They promised us a minimal increase in property taxes.

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What Joyce Said

2024-02-21 Rich Wright Arrogance, El Paso Matters, Gensler, Joyce Wilson, Media, Slider, The Arena 4 comments

Here’s the email that former City Manager Joyce Wilson sent to Mayor Oscar Leeser last week: Even though I’ve been

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“I think we deserve a 14,000 seat arena.”

2024-02-20 Rich Wright Art Fierro, Carmen Arrieta-Candelaria, Joyce Wilson, Slider, The Arena One comment

That’s what District 6 Representative Art Fierro was quoted as saying in this ElPasoTimes.com article. Why? Have we been misbehaving?

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The Best Charter Amendment That Didn’t Pass

2023-06-18 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Joyce Wilson, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez One comment

It was Proposition A: “Should section 3.1 of the City Charter, relating to creation, composition; powers and duties of Council

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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

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“Will You Support a Taxpayer Funded Soccer Stadium?”

2020-11-16 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Joyce Wilson, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Taxes, The Arena, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich 8 comments

That’s the question we should be asking candidates this election cycle. In the next four years, City Council will probably

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Is Mayor Margo Holding Walking Quorums?

2020-11-03 elrichiboy City Council, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Joyce Wilson, Slider One comment

Former city staffer and current District 2 candidate Judy Gutierrez had some revealing things to say in this story in

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The Oligarchs are Trying to Steal This Election

2020-10-19 elrichiboy Cassandra Hernandez, Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Elections, Henry Rivera, Joyce Wilson, Media, Politics, Sam Morgan, Slider, Taxes 10 comments

First it was that dark money campaign to “Support Our Leaders”. Now it’s this email from Woody Hunt. From: Woody Hunt

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Retrovision: What Could We Do With $180 Million?

2020-10-15 elrichiboy Cassandra Hernandez, City Council, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Henry Rivera, Joyce Wilson, Sam Morgan, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 2 comments

This article originally appeared on 18 September 2017. If we spend $180 million for a redundant arena, that’s $180 million

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The Death of Democracy in El Paso

2020-08-17 elrichiboy ballpark, City Management, Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Great Wolf Resorts, Joyce Wilson, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, The Arena, Tommy Gonzalez 6 comments

Did you have a voice in the political process when City Council announced on a Thursday that they were going

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“Throw a Billion Dollars from the Helicopter”

2020-06-27 elrichiboy ballpark, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Joyce Wilson, MountainStar Sports Group, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes, The Arena Leave a comment

Here’s a scathing article from Reason.com about cities building stadiums. Throw a Billion Dollars from the Helicopter is a new

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“Card Tricks: How El Paso’s 2012 ‘Quality of Life’ Bond Election Got Riddled With Flimflam”

2020-05-28 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, City Management, Corruption, Joyce Wilson, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, The "Progressives", The Arena One comment

Here’s a piece on Medium.com written by veteran reporter Debbie Nathan, chronicling the run-up to the election. . . .

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