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BOHICA

2024-08-29 Rich Wright Commissioners Court, Deck Park, Ricardo Samaniego, Slider 4 comments

If you liked the way the ballpark deal went down, you’re going to love the deck park. From CBS4Local.com: On

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Heather Wilson’s Folly

2024-05-28 Rich Wright Commissioners Court, Heather Wilson, Slider, UTEP 6 comments

UTEP’s president Heather Wilson wants the County of El Paso to ask the voters of the county to give the

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What’s Wrong With El Paso

2024-02-01 Rich Wright Commissioners Court, Elections, Slider 6 comments

That’s not a question. Or maybe it is. Look at this story in the El Paso Times: For Pete Faraone,

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TOTAL DEBT OF OUR FIVE TAXING ENTITIES EXCEEDS $5.1 BILLION!

2023-09-19 Max Grossman City Council, City Management, Commissioners Court, Debt, EPISD, Slider, Taxes One comment

by Max Grossman Our property tax consists of the combined levies of five local taxing entities. If you live within the

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Us and Them

2023-09-12 Rich Wright Commissioners Court, Opportunity Costs, Slider, Taxes 3 comments

The problem with giving our “public servants” big salaries is that it changes who they are and who they serve.

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COUNTY VOTES 4-1 TO INCREASE PROPERTY TAX

2023-08-28 Max Grossman Commissioners Court, Slider, Taxes 3 comments

by Max Grossman Today the County Commissioners Court voted 4-1 to increase the County property tax rate to $0.458889 per

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What Do Our County Commissioners Do For Us Anyway?

2023-08-28 Rich Wright Commissioners Court, Ricardo Samaniego One comment

For that matter, what all do they do? Sure, the county runs the courts (some of them) and the jail.

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COUNTY VOTES FOR 16% SALARY INCREASE FOR COMMISSIONERS, UP 113% SINCE 2016

2023-08-24 Max Grossman Commissioners Court, Slider, Taxes One comment

by Max Grossman Our County Commissioners Court consists of four Commissioners and a County Judge. In 2016, our four County

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The Petition

2022-08-14 Rich Wright Commissioners Court, Politics, Slider, University Medical Center Leave a comment

You’ve probably heard about the petition circulating in opposition to the issuance of Certificates of Obligation for expansion of the

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David Stout for County Commissioner Precinct 2

2022-05-21 Rich Wright Commissioners Court, Elections 2 comments

We’re at war. It’s a class war. We didn’t start it. The richest people in El Paso started it. Over

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The Emerging Front

2022-04-01 Rich Wright Chamber of Commerce, Commissioners Court, Elections, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider Leave a comment

We are at war. No, I’m not talking about the Ukraine. I’m talking about the undeclared class war that MountainStar

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Vote for David Stout

2022-03-01 elrichiboy Commissioners Court, Elections, Slider Leave a comment

El Chuqueño doesn’t endorse political candidates. I’ve had my heart broken too many times. But this time I’m making an

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Death By a Thousand Cuts

2021-10-30 elrichiboy Commissioners Court, Slider, Taxes, University Medical Center 6 comments

The word on the street is that University Medical Center will open a new hospital on the east side. The

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Election Rumors

2021-08-11 elrichiboy City Council, Commissioners Court, Elections, Slider 2 comments

Believe it or not, election season is right around the corner. Lots of local offices are up for grabs in

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El Paso Children’s Hospital’s Identity Crisis

2021-07-13 elrichiboy Commissioners Court, El Paso Children's Hospital, Slider One comment

David Crowder, in last week’s El Paso Inc., wrote: Children’s, a nonprofit organization under El Paso County’s University Medical Center,

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Ongoing Problems With El Paso Children’s Hospital

2021-07-05 elrichiboy Commissioners Court, El Paso Children's Hospital, Quality of Life Projects, Slider 2 comments

This just in, from the El Paso Inc.: Troubles may be mounting for El Paso Children’s Hospital, which saw its

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The Children’s Hospital Lawsuit

2021-05-26 elrichiboy Commissioners Court, El Paso Children's Hospital, Slider 2 comments

Here’s a story about the El Paso Children’s Hospital, headlined Family Alleges Profit Motives Played Role in 3-Year-Old’s Death –

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There’s Hope

2021-03-14 elrichiboy Commissioners Court, Economic Development, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Taxes, The Trench, Urban Planning, Welfare for the Rich 4 comments

Here’s a Tweet from Lina Hidalgo, the County Judge for Harris County, Texas: NEW: The feds have told TXDOT to

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Some Lawyers are Sleazebags

2021-02-21 elrichiboy Commissioners Court, Downtown Historic District, Slider 4 comments

There is a horrific story in this week’s El Paso Inc., about an older Las Cruces woman who was essentially

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Are They Still Going to Fix Tickets?

2020-12-09 elrichiboy Commissioners Court, Corruption, Law Enforcement, Slider 2 comments

I guess you heard that we’ve got a new District Attorney. She takes office in January. She’s already made plans

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