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Beisbol Been Very Very Good to Me

2020-05-21 elrichiboy ballpark, Economic Development, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider 10 comments

Minor league baseball is up against the wall, and it’s not because they’re trying to field a long ball to

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Retrovision: They Think You’re Stupid. They Might Be Right.

2020-05-13 elrichiboy ballpark, Economic Development, It's All Good, Slider 2 comments

This post originally appeared on 28 April 2015. Did you know, that no matter how much money MountainStar Sports Group

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The Harsh Future of El Paso

2020-05-06 elrichiboy Economic Development, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 2 comments

Here’s a great read from Medium.com titled The Harsh Future of American Cities: On the nation’s current trajectory, one of

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Paul Foster Needs a Hobby

2020-05-04 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena, Tommy Gonzalez 17 comments

Paul Foster inserted himself into the news cycle this week, with this email he sent to all the players on

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The Lies They Tell Us

2020-04-27 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes, The Arena, Tommy Gonzalez 2 comments

Tomorrow the El Paso City Council will vote on a measure to indefinitely postpone the proposed arena in Duranguito. Let’s

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Dee Margo’s Task Force

2020-04-23 elrichiboy Coronavirus, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Slider 15 comments

Good news, everybody. Sure, people are dying, and the economy’s in the pits, but our mayor has a plan. Dee

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In the Rough

2020-04-17 elrichiboy City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 4 comments

From the El Paso Times: El Paso’s award-winning, 18-hole Butterfield Trail golf course will be closed at the end of

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About That Gran Logia del Lobo

2020-03-26 elrichiboy City Management, Economic Development, Great Wolf Resorts, Sam Morgan, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

Joel and Dr. Sam “She just wouldn’t shut up” Morgan think that people from Juarez and Chihuahua City will support

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Sam Morgan is Full of Shit

2020-03-23 elrichiboy City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Great Wolf Resorts, Sam Morgan, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 8 comments

God Bless Him. At last Tuesday’s City Council meeting, Dr. Sam “She Just Wouldn’t Shut Up” Morgan claimed that the

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The Alternate Realities of Living in El Paso

2020-03-17 elrichiboy Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich 2 comments

The people running El Paso are delusional. They’re drunk. Drunk on power and ego. They latched onto this idea that

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Bertrand Russell on Local Politics

2020-03-10 elrichiboy Economic Development, Slider, Taxes One comment

Sometimes, when me and my friends are passing around the plastic flask of Old Forrester, the conversation turns to the

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Paul Foster Likes the Arena

2020-02-25 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Cost of Living, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 5 comments

The El Paso Inc. ran a story about the restoration of the Plaza Hotel this weekend. That renovation was undertaken

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Is the City’s Strategic Plan Working for You?

2020-02-21 elrichiboy Certificates of Obligation, City Council, City Management, Cost of Living, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Downtown, Economic Development, Jessica Herrera, Slider, TIRZs, Tommy Gonzalez 5 comments

In 2012, the City of El Paso began implementing a strategic plan to foster economic development in the area. According

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Relationship Advice for the City of El Paso

2020-02-17 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development, Slider 4 comments

Dear City of El Paso, I get it. You’ve been dumped. Boeing left you for Huntsville, Alabama, and Huntsville doesn’t

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Wealth Inequality and Income Segregation

2020-02-05 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development, Slider Leave a comment

Downtown El Paso used to belong to all El Pasoans. Sure, there was poverty. But there were also places that

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The City Can’t Stop Lying

2020-02-04 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes, The Arena, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

Here’s a Steve Jobs quote: A players hire A players, but B players hire C players and C players hire

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Hunt Builds Communities

2020-02-04 elrichiboy Economic Development, Slider 2 comments

Really. That’s what they do. They got rich building housing for military families, all over the world. If you believe

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Time to Pay Your Property Taxes Again

2020-01-29 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

It’s that time again. Your property taxes are due without penalty by January 31. The riches are shuffling and refinancing

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Does She Have a Problem With Math, or the Truth?

2020-01-23 elrichiboy City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Jessica Herrera, Liar Liar, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez One comment

I came across this press release from the City from back when iFly announced their move into Monticello. The City’s

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A Big Win for the Borderplex Alliance

2020-01-23 elrichiboy Economic Development, Slider Leave a comment

From the El Paso Times: Big Tuna USA, a company with a unique niche in the North American pipe industry,

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