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CITY SUED OVER TWO STREET PAVING CONTRACTS WORTH $34 MILLION

2023-06-27 Max Grossman City Council, City Management, Sam Rodriguez, Slider, Taxes 2 comments

by Max Grossman Erik Elken of KVIA aired an exclusive report last night revealing that ZTEX Construction, Inc. filed two

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Something’s Rotten in Chucotown

2021-10-04 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Isabel Salcido, Sam Rodriguez, Slider 3 comments

Dr. Max Grossman and Brutus at El Paso Speak did the heavy lifting for this one. You remember the $413

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Credit Where Credit Is Due

2021-04-29 elrichiboy Corrections, Education, Elections, Media, Sam Rodriguez, Self Censorship, Slider One comment

This week I published a post critical of the El Paso Times coverage of an EPISD District 3 candidate. You

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We Should Fire Them All

2020-11-17 elrichiboy City Management, Coronavirus, Corruption, Jessica Herrera, Sam Rodriguez, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 14 comments

I’m angry. From KFOX14.com: Five buildings throughout El Paso are being refurbished to assist the county combat COVID-19. . .

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What Do You Reckon?

2020-11-01 elrichiboy City Management, Elections, Ethics, Sam Rodriguez, Slider 3 comments

Today the El Paso Times published a guest column from City Engineer Sam Rodriguez. A cursory scan reveals that is

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The City’s Non-Political Political Ad

2020-10-31 elrichiboy City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Elections, Henry Rivera, Sam Rodriguez, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 4 comments

City Engineer Sam Rodriguez has an ad in this week’s El Paso Inc. Yup. You read that right. City Engineer

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The People Speak!

  • Carmen Rodriguez on Solving the City’s Budget Problem: Let’s Get Rid of the TIRZs
  • Cynthia J Gomez on Higher Border Water Rates, Donut Holes and a Thorny Divorce in Sunland Park and Santa Teresa
  • John G. Dungan on Solving the City’s Budget Problem: Let’s Get Rid of the TIRZs
  • Emillio Benitez on City of Dust: Contreras, New Mexico
  • Gary Cobb on La Fiesta, Downtown Juarez
  • Kent Paterson on Higher Border Water Rates, Donut Holes and a Thorny Divorce in Sunland Park and Santa Teresa
  • Lawrence Feltham on City of Dust: Dunlap, New Mexico
  • walter white on Can’t We Just Wait?
  • John G. Dungan on Thank the Taxpayers
  • John G. Dungan on Can’t We Just Wait?

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