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About Ethics

2017-01-25 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, The Arena 5 comments

The fur is flying in a couple of ethics investigations. Unfortunately it looks like the good guys stepped in poo.

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It’s a Class War

2017-01-24 elrichiboy City Council, If it didn't probably happen, then I wouldn't have to talk about it, Politics, Slider, The Arena 5 comments

I hate to say it because it’s so inflammatory. But look at it. Rich people trying to kick poor people

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Job Opportunity: EPISD Board of Trustees

2017-01-23 elrichiboy Elections, Politics, Slider Leave a comment

The El Paso Independent School District reports that four board seats are up for election in May. The seats up

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Our Justice System at Work

2017-01-20 elrichiboy Law Enforcement, Politics 4 comments

Many people have complained that our District Attorney Jaime Esparza has not done enough to weed out public corruption. Well,

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Economic Impact

2017-01-17 elrichiboy Economic Development, Politics, Slider, Taxes 3 comments

What do you think has more effect on the El Paso economy. A downtown arena, or the value of the

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Breaking News: Cortney Won’t Run for Mayor

2017-01-09 elrichiboy City Council, Politics One comment

The word on the street is that District 8 Representative Cortney Niland was considering a run for mayor. She just

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Who’s driving this truck?

2016-12-15 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, Slider, The Arena 2 comments

It looks increasingly like City Staff are giving direction to City Council instead of the other way around. Like this

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Curiouser and Curiouser

2016-12-12 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, The Arena 3 comments

Isn’t it weird that self-professed Chicano political blogger Jaime Abeytia is in favor of evicting the abuelitas from Duranguito so

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Cichon to D.C.?

2016-12-12 elrichiboy Politics Leave a comment

Do you ever shop at Albertson’s? I only shop there sometimes. I run in for a bottle of wine, maybe,

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George Carlin Talks About El Paso

2016-12-01 elrichiboy Politics Leave a comment

“It’s called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it.” With some extra optional propaganda at

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M. A. M. O. N.

2016-11-16 elrichiboy Art, Politics Leave a comment

This is good. M.A.M.O.N. – Latinos VS. Donald Trump / Ale Damiani from Taxi Films on Vimeo.

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Who are you voting against?

2016-11-07 elrichiboy Politics 3 comments

It kills me that there are enthusiastic supporters of the two major presidential candidates. The candidates don’t even talk about

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The Fenenbucks Strategy

2016-11-03 elrichiboy Politics, School Districts, Taxes Leave a comment

News flash: There’s more to life than the internet. Some people only use their computers to make phone calls, or

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The Fenenbucks Controversy

2016-11-02 elrichiboy Politics, School Districts, Slider, Taxes 6 comments

Graphic designer Jud Burgess has been campaigning against the El Paso Independent School District $669 million bond proposal. [Disclosure: Mr.

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Common Wisdom

2016-10-19 elrichiboy City Council, Politics Leave a comment

This is a partial text of a public comment made by Steve Strumer to El Paso City Council on 18

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Tomorrow is the City Council Meeting About that Stupid Arena

2016-10-17 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Politics 4 comments

The downtown arena is stupid. We don’t need it. We never needed it. And our elected officials aren’t telling us

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The World is Changing

2016-10-17 elrichiboy Economic Development, Politics Leave a comment

Here’s a video from 2011 telling us how the world was changing. But because it was made in 2011, it’s

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Who Wants the Arena?

2016-10-13 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, Politics 2 comments

The City announced today that the new $180 million arena will be built in that cool historic neighborhood south of

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CLEAT Rides Again

2016-10-12 elrichiboy Politics Leave a comment

According to this story from KVIA, the Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas has asked the County of El Paso

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Viva Mexico, Cabrones!

2016-10-12 elrichiboy Mexico, Politics Leave a comment

Here’s a news story that tells us that Mexican politicians want to loosen up that country’s gun laws. A Senator

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