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Revisiting the 2012 Quality of Life Bond Promotion

2024-02-24 Rich Wright Downtown, Borderplex Alliance, Economic Development, Joyce Wilson, Local Heroes, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, The Arena One comment

Debbie Nathan was a local hero. She’s still a hero, but she’s not local anymore. Ms. Nathan is an accomplished

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Another Reason We’re Doomed

2024-02-23 Rich Wright Economic Development, Slider, Workforce Solutions Borderplex 3 comments

Leila Martinez has it figured it out, according to this ElPasoTimes.com article: Upskilling. That’s what El Paso’s workforce needs to

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The Failure of the 2012 Quality of Life Projects

2024-02-22 Rich Wright Quality of Life Projects, Arrogance, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Downtown, Joyce Wilson, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 2 comments

They promised us economic development. They promised us a vibrant downtown. They promised us a minimal increase in property taxes.

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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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“I think we deserve a 14,000 seat arena.”

2024-02-20 Rich Wright Joyce Wilson, Art Fierro, Carmen Arrieta-Candelaria, Slider, The Arena One comment

That’s what District 6 Representative Art Fierro was quoted as saying in this ElPasoTimes.com article. Why? Have we been misbehaving?

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AMLO and the Third Rail of Mexican Politics

2024-02-16 Kent Paterson Mexico, Politics, Slider One comment

By Kent Paterson If outgoing Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has accomplished anything during his five year plus

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Joyce Speaks! (Updated*)

2024-02-15 Rich Wright Slider, Arrogance, Joyce Wilson, The Arena 2 comments

Did you see this opinion piece by former City Manager Joyce Wilson at ElPasoMatters.com? This is why political leadership is

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“Department of Public Health Concerns”

2024-02-15 anonymous Public Health, City Council, City Management, Slider 3 comments

The following guest column was submitted anonymously, but I thought it was an entertaining (and concerning, if it’s true) read.

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Inflation, Chucostyle

2024-02-14 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Cost of Living, Economic Development, Slider Leave a comment

Did you get a gas bill this month? Was it about twice as high as last month’s? Ouch. Have you

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Diesel Exhaust is Toxic

2024-02-01 Rich Wright City Council, Bridge of the Americas, Slider 6 comments

From TheEngineer.co.UK: But even when governments were promoting diesel cars, we knew there were issues with toxic emissions (those immediately

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What’s Wrong With El Paso

2024-02-01 Rich Wright Elections, Commissioners Court, Slider 6 comments

That’s not a question. Or maybe it is. Look at this story in the El Paso Times: For Pete Faraone,

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Pollution at the Bridge of the Americas

2024-01-29 Rich Wright Bridge of the Americas, International Relations, Mexico, Slider, Veronica Escobar 3 comments

Commercial traffic on the Bridge of the Americas is contributing a lot of pollution to the surrounding neighborhood, and there’s

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Planning for a Static State

2024-01-27 Rich Wright Arrogance, City Council, City Management, Col. (Ret.) Cary Westin, Cost of Living, Slider, Urban Planning 6 comments

According to U.S. Census Bureau estimates, in 2012, El Paso’s population was 674,588. In 2022, our population was 677,456. Since

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Bringing Home the Bacon

2024-01-10 Rich Wright Nicole Alderette-Ferrini, Climate Change, Slider, Veronica Escobar 3 comments

With Representative Veronica Escobar, El Paso has something El Paso hasn’t had before: a Congressperson who is landing her district

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BOTA Call to Action

2024-01-08 Jerry Kurtyka Bridge of the Americas, Slider, The Environment Leave a comment

by Jerry Kurtyka BOTA NEPA SCOPING PUBLIC MEETING On Wednesday December 12th the General Services Administration (GSA) hosted a public

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Proposition C

2024-01-04 Rich Wright Climate Change, Arrogance, City Council, City Management, Col. (Ret.) Cary Westin, Nicole Alderette-Ferrini, Opportunity Costs, Slider 2 comments

From CBS4Local.com: El Paso’s City Council approved the agenda item to pay over a million dollars to form a Climate

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Paseños Say No More Commercial Trucks on the Free Bridge

2023-12-20 Kent Paterson Bridge of the Americas, Slider, The Environment, TxDOT One comment

By Kent Paterson Long known as the Sun City, perhaps El Paso will soon be monikered the Semi City, and

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That Whistleblower Lawsuit

2023-12-19 Rich Wright Whistleblower Lawsuit, Edmundo "Mundo!" Calderon, Karla Nieman, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

‘member that City of El Paso Chief Internal Auditor Edmundo (Mundo!) Calderon filed that Whistleblower lawsuit against former City Manager

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City Auditor Files Whistleblower Lawsuit Against the City of El Paso

2023-12-18 Rich Wright Gassandrgate, Cassandra Hernandez, City Council, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Karla Nieman, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez One comment

The Grift That Keeps on Grifting From KVIA.com: El Paso Chief Internal Auditor Edmundo Calderon has filed a lawsuit against the

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Elizabeth Taylor, Katherine Hepburn, and Montgomery Clift in “Suddenly Last Summer”

2023-12-17 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee, Slider Leave a comment
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