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El Paso Matters to the Rescue

2026-08-07 Rich Wright ballpark, Borderplex Alliance, Data Centers, Economic Development, El Paso Matters, El Paso Times, Media, MountainStar Sports Group, Project Jupiter, Public Private Partnerships, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes 2 comments

From ElPasoMatters.org: Between 2015 and 2025, the number of El Pasoans under age 65 grew by fewer than 4,000. The

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El Paso Matter’s Fight for Higher Taxes

2025-09-15 Rich Wright Deck Park, Economic Development, El Paso Matters, Slider 2 comments

Two recent articles on ElPasoMatters.com portray El Paso as a low-tax city. Here’s a snippet from one of the pieces:

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El Paso Matters Can’t Be Bought Cheap

2025-07-24 Rich Wright Media, City Council, El Paso Matters, Renard Johnson, Slider 4 comments

An email I received from District 3 Representative Deanna M. Rocha contained this nugget: The City of El Paso proudly

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What Joyce Said

2024-02-21 Rich Wright Joyce Wilson, Arrogance, El Paso Matters, Gensler, Media, Slider, The Arena 4 comments

Here’s the email that former City Manager Joyce Wilson sent to Mayor Oscar Leeser last week: Even though I’ve been

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EL PASO BADLY NEEDS MORE INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING

2023-08-12 Max Grossman Uncategorized, El Paso Matters, El Paso Times, Media, Slider, Taxes One comment

by Max Grossman Houston, like most major cities, has journalists with the requisite skills for investigating complex financial matters and

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EL PASO MATTERS INVESTIGATES GAS CARD USE OF HERNANDEZ AND RODRIGUEZ

2023-06-12 Max Grossman Corruption, Cassandra Hernandez, City Council, City Management, El Paso Matters, Slider Leave a comment

by Max Grossman Elisa S. Perez of El Paso Matters independently obtained records of City Council gas card usage going

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The Poor Quality of Local Media

2023-06-02 Rich Wright Corruption, Claudia Lizette Rodriguez, El Paso Matters, El Paso Times, Media, Robert Cortinas, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez One comment

by Rich Wright Did you see this report from KVIA? Former District 6 City of El Paso Representative Claudia Rodriguez

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