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The Fiscal Ship is Sinking

2020-07-06 elrichiboy Cassandra Hernandez, Certificates of Obligation, City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 2 comments

Here’s a news flash from the El Paso Inc.: El Paso leads major Texas cities in debt not approved by

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Carlsbad Caverns Park Ranger Shoots, Kills, Speeder

2020-07-01 elrichiboy Law Enforcement, Slider One comment

From KOB.com, an Albuquerque TV station: Recently released videos from a body-camera worn by a National Park Ranger at Carlsbad

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It’s Good to be the Chief

2020-07-01 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Law Enforcement, Slider 6 comments

Protesters are calling for the dismissal of El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen. From the El Paso Times: [O]rganizers unveiled

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Racism in El Paso

2020-06-29 elrichiboy City Council, Education, Slider 13 comments

Racism is kind of like a secret club. If you don’t belong, you might not know it exists. In 1927,

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“Throw a Billion Dollars from the Helicopter”

2020-06-27 elrichiboy ballpark, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Joyce Wilson, MountainStar Sports Group, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes, The Arena Leave a comment

Here’s a scathing article from Reason.com about cities building stadiums. Throw a Billion Dollars from the Helicopter is a new

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Post-Pandemic Education Thoughts

2020-06-24 Xavier Miranda Coronavirus, Education, Slider Leave a comment

This piece was written by Xavier Miranda. Our education community must contend with a new malignant normalcy in our society.

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A Streetcar Named Conspire

2020-06-24 elrichiboy Public Transportation, Slider, Trolley 3 comments

An alert reader tipped me to this item on June 19 Metropolitan Planning Organization agenda. How about a little operating

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Segundo Barrio

2020-06-18 elrichiboy Commissioners Court, Downtown, Economic Development, History, Slider, TIRZs 2 comments

Have you seen this map of the Segundo Barrio Historic District the El Paso Commissioners Court approved last Monday? It’s

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About the Cops

2020-06-14 elrichiboy Law Enforcement, Slider 6 comments

I was on the balcony at Tricky Falls a few years ago, talking to some guys who had come down

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As protests grow, big labor sides with police unions

2020-06-08 elrichiboy Law Enforcement, Slider 5 comments

This story was originally published by the Center for Public Integrity, Alexia Fernández Campbell, Senior Reporter Labor unions exist to

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Living With Covid

2020-06-05 elrichiboy Coronavirus, Quarantine, Slider 5 comments

Things are different now. If you get the Covid, you’re going to kill someone you love. Your grandmother. Your father.

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Economic Development?

2020-06-04 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, El Paso Electric Company, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes 4 comments

Y’all remember when they pitched those 2102 Quality of Life bonds, they said it was “an economic development issue”. Here’s

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Flattening the Curve

2020-06-01 elrichiboy City Management, Coronavirus, Quarantine, Slider, Your Health 4 comments

Expectations drive the economy. Economists measure consumer confidence. The futures markets are self-fulfilling prophecies, to a degree. Politicians know that.

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Retrovision: Six Years On

2020-05-29 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Commissioners Court, Law Enforcement, Slider 3 comments

This article originally appeared on 08 March 2019. On March 8, 2013, El Paso Police Officer Jose Flores shot the

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Retrovision: The Dark Ages in El Paso

2020-05-28 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Law Enforcement, Slider One comment

This article originally appeared on 03 Nov 2019. Are you interested in a great job in El Paso? Get on

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“Card Tricks: How El Paso’s 2012 ‘Quality of Life’ Bond Election Got Riddled With Flimflam”

2020-05-28 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, City Management, Corruption, Joyce Wilson, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, The "Progressives", The Arena One comment

Here’s a piece on Medium.com written by veteran reporter Debbie Nathan, chronicling the run-up to the election. . . .

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The Robots Have Come for Your Job

2020-05-27 elrichiboy Economic Development, Slider, Technology One comment

I came home the other day and some guy was messing with my gas meter. Turns out that Texas Gas

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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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Wuhan Roulette

2020-05-12 elrichiboy Coronavirus, Slider 7 comments

I used to live in the greatest country in the world. If there was a problem, we’d solve it. We’d

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