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They’re Just Wrong

2021-09-01 Rich Wright City Council, Economic Development, Peter Svarzbein, Slider 8 comments

During the debate about the Mayor’s veto yesterday District 1 Representative and reported candidate for Commissioners Court Peter Svarzbein said

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Why Your Taxes Are So High

2021-08-13 elrichiboy Alexsandra Annello, Cassandra Hernandez, Cissy Lizarraga, City Council, City Management, Downtown, Economic Development, Isabel Salcido, Peter Svarzbein, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 4 comments

El Paso has the highest residential property tax rates in the country. Our elected officials used to say that was

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El Paso One of the Most Affordable Cities For Home Buyers

2021-06-28 elrichiboy Cost of Living, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes Leave a comment

Did you miss this story from KTSM.com? The housing market has been booming this year, but the price of real

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What’s Wrong With El Paso

2021-06-27 elrichiboy Borderplex Alliance, Brand El Paso, Economic Development, Slider 6 comments

One time a guy called me up. I took a meeting with him at the Mexican Cottage. He was a

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More Good News From the Folks Running the City

2021-06-04 elrichiboy Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, El Paso Electric Company, Liar Liar, Slider One comment

Good news, everybody. I know you’ve been worried about those investors from JP Morgan Chase. You know, the ones behind

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Retrovision: We’re on the Wrong Side of History

2021-04-29 elrichiboy Economic Development, Law Enforcement, Slider 3 comments

This post originally appeared on 9 February 2016. The biggest major at UTEP is Criminal Justice. Because law enforcement and

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People From “Up and Coming” Cities

2021-03-25 elrichiboy Economic Development, Urban Planning, Video 4 comments
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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

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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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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

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Home Valuations to Rise in El Paso

2021-02-15 elrichiboy Cost of Living, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes, The Economy 4 comments

Vic Kolenc of the El Paso Times reports that the median price for a house in El Paso rose in

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Retrovision: Is the City’s Strategic Plan Working for You?

2021-02-07 elrichiboy Borderplex Alliance, Brand El Paso, City Council, City Management, Downtown, Economic Development, Retrovision, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 6 comments

This post originally appeared on 21 February 2020. In 2012, the City of El Paso began implementing a strategic plan

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How To Cripple an Economy

2021-02-04 elrichiboy Borderplex Alliance, Brand El Paso, City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, MountainStar Sports Group, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich 4 comments

Economies are delicate ecosystems that develop over time. Agent Orange, or napalm, or diesel fuel might kill a garden, but

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Retrovision: The Lies they Tell us

2021-02-02 Rich Wright Arena Highlights, City Council, City Management, Corruption, Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, Retrovision, Slider, Taxes, The Arena, Tommy Gonzalez One comment

This post originally appeared on 27 April 2020. Tomorrow the El Paso City Council will vote on a measure to

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Oscar Leeser Has a Mandate

2021-02-01 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Economic Development, Elections, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, The Arena 3 comments

Oscar Leeser won the election by a 4 to 1 margin. That’s more than a little bit. That’s a landslide.

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What a Bunch of Jerks

2021-01-23 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Downtown Historic District, Economic Development, Heritage Tourism, Karla Nieman, Slider 6 comments

From KVIA: An El Paso attorney maintained Friday that plans to have a historic district downtown that includes the Duranguito

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La Molacha

2021-01-22 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development, Slider One comment

If you wanted to make a lot of money betting on El Paso’s future, vacant lots would be the way

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Economic Development for Whom?

2021-01-16 elrichiboy City Management, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes 4 comments

From an email from Max Grossman, informing his readers that the Texas Historical Commission approved the designation of the El

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Retrovision – Things Are Great. Just not for Taxpayers.

2021-01-11 elrichiboy ballpark, Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, Retrovision, Slider, Taxes, Welfare for the Rich 2 comments

This post originally appeared on 29 July 2019. This week there’s a column by the editor of the El Paso

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I Am a Capitalist

2021-01-07 elrichiboy Economic Development, Public Private Partnerships, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Welfare for the Rich 2 comments

Even though I don’t own any capital, I am a capitalist. I still believe that capitalism is the most effective

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