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EPISD’s New Superintendent

2021-12-14 elrichiboy School Districts, Slider 5 comments

The El Paso Independent School District has a new Superintendent. From ElPasoMatters.com: The El Paso Independent School District Board of

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Xavier Miranda on Back to School

2021-07-21 Xavier Miranda Education, Guest Column, School Districts, Slider One comment

Teachers, students, and parents are excited about returning to school, and eager to resume face-to-face instruction. However, adequate preparations are

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The EPISD – CREEED Controversy

2021-04-14 Rich Wright Education, Inequality, School Districts, Slider 3 comments

Charter schools aren’t the problem. This story from KTSM.com: El Paso businessmen and board members of a nonprofit supporting the

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F is for Forget About it

2019-08-16 elrichiboy Education, School Districts, Slider 3 comments

This just in, from the El Paso Times: The El Paso Independent School District is the only public school district

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Back Away From The Computer

2018-10-30 elrichiboy Education, School Districts, Slider 4 comments

Remember when our good friends on the Board of the El Paso Independent School District were selling us that $668

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We’re Number One!

2018-04-30 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, Politics, Quality of Life Projects, School Districts, Slider, Taxes 4 comments

No, not for some made up cost-of-living click bait. For taxes! Property tax rates for industrial properties, to be specific.

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All The News That May or May Not Exist

2018-02-07 elrichiboy Media, School Districts Leave a comment

Did you see the latest dustup over there at EPISD? From KVIA: EPISD District 7 Trustee Mickey Loweree said she

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Retrovision: The Road to Economic Development

2018-01-24 elrichiboy ballpark, Economic Development, Education, Quality of Life Projects, School Districts 4 comments

This is a lightly edited version of an article that originally appeared on 6 June 2013. Since then, very little

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It’s Not As Bad As It Looks. It’s Worse.

2017-08-17 elrichiboy Politics, School Districts, Slider, Taxes 2 comments

Surely (May I call you Shirley?) you saw that EPISD property taxes are going up by an average of $64

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Tomorrow is the deadline to register as a candidate.

2017-02-16 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, School Districts Leave a comment

Tomorrow (Friday, February 17) is the last day to register as a candidate in the May election. Half the seats

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Oh, that smell.

2017-02-15 elrichiboy Politics, School Districts One comment

You may have missed this story from the El Paso Times. I was only alerted to it by a comment

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Renovations to Coronado’s Football Stadium?

2017-01-02 elrichiboy School Districts, Taxes Leave a comment

Some people (you know who you are) have been speculating about whether some of the $75 million in bond money

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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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El Paso Unified School District

2016-10-25 elrichiboy School Districts, Slider, Taxes Leave a comment

The El Paso Independent School District is pushing their “innovation” as an enticement to support their upcoming $669 million bond

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Not on fire, just smoldering

2016-10-24 elrichiboy School Districts, Taxes Leave a comment

In an ongoing effort to “inform” the voters, someone posting on Facebook as EPISD Board Member Susie Byrd claimed that,

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The $669 Million Question

2016-10-22 elrichiboy Education, School Districts, Taxes 4 comments

Originally published way back on 7 September 2016 The El Paso Independent School District wants us to give them $669

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I guess somebody noticed.

2016-10-21 elrichiboy Education, School Districts, Slider, Taxes One comment

Mr. Bob Moore, editor of the El Paso Times, informed me via Facebook that the Specific Interest Committee Campaign Finance

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Do Western Refining’s Shareholders Know?

2016-10-20 elrichiboy Education, School Districts, Taxes, Uncategorized One comment

Corporate boards have a responsibility to their shareholders, and generally those shareholders expect the corporate boards to maximize profits. It’s

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There’s nothing wrong with EPISD that two thirds of billion dollars won’t fix. Well, hardly anything.

2016-10-20 elrichiboy Education, School Districts, Taxes Leave a comment

This from the El Paso Times: The El Paso Independent School District is one of two Texas school districts that

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