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Surprise! Electric Rates Going Up

2016-12-05 elrichiboy Cost of Living, Economic Development 3 comments

Here’s more good news for El Pasoans. According to this story from El Paso’s finest English language daily, electric rates

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What’s the Rush?

2016-12-05 elrichiboy City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena 7 comments

Why is City Council in such a hurry to build an arena? Well, City Council won’t tell us, so I

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It’s All Good, But It’s Not OK(C)

2016-12-01 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena One comment

There’s a lot of talk about how El Paso could be the next Oklahoma City, developing downtown through sports infrastructure.

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Jim Tolbert’s Hamilton Moment

2016-11-23 Reesa Turner City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, The Arena 11 comments

by Reesa Turner I confronted my acquaintance, Jim Tolbert at the Castner Range Forever event, in the 10 minutes or

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Arena-gate: Another lie?

2016-11-22 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes, The Arena One comment

This weekend the El Paso Inc. ran a story about the City’s newest volley in the fight over the arena.

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Taking a Ride

2016-11-21 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena 3 comments

How long do you think the trolley will run every day? How long, till, like the Wyler Aerial Tramway, it

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Boeing closing local plant, sending jobs to Huntsville

2016-11-19 elrichiboy Economic Development, sports One comment

Did you see this story in the El Paso Times? Boeing, an important part of El Paso’s defense industry for years,

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I’ve got a pal in Kalamazoo

2016-11-17 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena 2 comments

Did you hear about the philanthropists in Kalamazoo, Michigan? The city of Kalamazoo, Michigan recently approached two local philanthropists about

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Is your City Representative lying to you?

2016-11-17 elrichiboy City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, The Arena 5 comments

As I wiped the sleep from my eyes this morning, I fully expected to see those damning emails in today’s

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A New Development in the Rail Yard Controversy

2016-11-16 elrichiboy City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, The Arena 2 comments

Here’s a twist. According to KVIA: El Paso city Rep. Cortney Niland charged today that the Union Pacific Railroad is

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Mission Accomplished!

2016-11-15 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena 2 comments

Take a look at this October 24 story from the El Paso Inc. Now that City Council has approved a

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City Council: “If we’d known the truth, we probably would have chosen the rail yard.”

2016-11-14 elrichiboy City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena 9 comments

Did you see this story in the El Paso Times? A majority of City Council members told the El Paso

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Are we getting hosed?

2016-11-13 elrichiboy Economic Development, Taxes Leave a comment

Here’s the latest from the committee with the Orwellian name, the Public Service Board, via the Times: El Paso Water

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Save Union Plaza

2016-11-12 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, What to Do Leave a comment

Our public officials are kicking poor people out of their homes so rich people can watch events from luxury suites.

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Location, Location, Relocation

2016-11-04 elrichiboy City Council, Downtown, Economic Development Leave a comment

The City of El Paso has promised to relocate residents living in the neighborhood in which the downtown arena will

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Selling the Intangibles

2016-10-31 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development Leave a comment

The El Paso Times reports that last week, Mayor Oscar Leeser hosted a familiarization tour for bond underwriters. El Paso

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The High Cost of Top-Down Gentrification

2016-10-29 elrichiboy City Council, Downtown, Economic Development One comment

Here’s a killer story from Chucopedia by Moncia Krause about the neighbors who live in the footprint and the shadow

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Texas Hold ’em

2016-10-28 elrichiboy City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Slider 8 comments

Local politics is like Texas Hold ’em. The players won’t show you all their cards, so you look at what’s

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Happy Days are Here Again!

2016-10-25 elrichiboy Economic Development, Law Enforcement Leave a comment

Good news, El Paso. All that economic development we’ve been planning for is starting to pay off. According to this

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Public Office? We shouldn’t even let them use public restrooms.

2016-10-25 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Slider Leave a comment

Last week City Council voted to kick poor people out of their homes so rich people could watch basketball from

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