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El Paso Electric vs. The People

2019-12-08 elrichiboy Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, El Paso Electric Company, Slider Leave a comment

It seems like all those people who are in favor of the Electric Company sale to J.P. Morgan stand to

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Bloodsuckers

2019-12-07 elrichiboy Economic Development, How to Live in El Paso, Slider, Welfare for the Rich 2 comments

Now in our “vibrant downtown!” From PopularResistance.org: Blood has become big business in the United States and there is no

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What El Paso’s Stagnant Population Growth Means To You

2019-12-05 elrichiboy City Council, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, population, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 9 comments

I guess you’ve heard the news. El Paso’s not growing. Our birthrate is falling. School enrollment is down. Those aren’t

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Nothing to See Here

2019-12-03 elrichiboy Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

Did you hear about this in the media? This version is from the El Paso Times: The El Paso City

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El Hermano Mayor

2019-12-03 elrichiboy Economic Development, Juarez, News, Slider, Taxes Leave a comment

This just in, from CNN: The Department of Homeland Security wants to be able to use facial-recognition technology to identify

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Battle of the Titans

2019-12-02 elrichiboy City Council, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, El Paso Electric Company, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

Man, this Electric Company deal is turning out to be like an old B movie. Opposing the deal are some

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Bad News Day

2019-12-02 elrichiboy Media, Slider Leave a comment

Gannett Company’s stock traded at a 52 week low today. Right now it’s trading at $6.33 a share, down almost

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The El Paso Police “Will Fucking Kill You”

2019-11-29 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Dionne Mack, Law Enforcement, Slider 3 comments

And why not? There’s no downside (for them) when an employee of the City of El Paso kills a resident.

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El Paso’s Impending Civil War

2019-11-28 elrichiboy Politics, Slider, Welfare for the Rich One comment

Here’s an article I found on Salon.com, parts of which correspond to our situation in El Paso. The current issue

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Jumping on the Bandwagon

2019-11-26 elrichiboy Economic Development, population, Slider 2 comments

This week’s main story in the El Paso Inc. is titled El Paso’s Birthrate is Falling, by David Crowder. Here

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El Paso’s PDNG Hangover

2019-11-25 elrichiboy Economic Development, Great Wolf Resorts, Media, Public Private Partnerships, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich One comment

Y’all remember the Paso del Norte Group. Back in the aughts, they were going to launch El Paso’s renaissance. They

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Jurisdictionary

2019-11-17 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Slider 3 comments

Horrors. It’s Sunday, and the Women’s Auxiliary is coming over, and you’re out of gin. The liquor stores are closed

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Breaking News: Heather Wilson Has a Dog

2019-11-12 elrichiboy Breaking News, Media, Slider 5 comments

This just in, from El Paso’s business journal: Heather Wilson, UTEP’s new president, is a dog person. We know that

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How El Paso Lost the Election

2019-11-08 elrichiboy Chamber of Commerce, City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Elections, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich 4 comments

I don’t know it you noticed, but the citizens of El Paso lost that election the other day. The City

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Brain Drain, Jobs, and Quality of Life

2019-11-06 elrichiboy Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, Slider 2 comments

Which improves your quality of life more? A good paying job, or ballparks, water parks, and and arenas? Fiscal profligacy

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“A Streetcar Named Quagmire”

2019-11-06 elrichiboy City Council, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Slider, Taxes, Trolley 2 comments

From the Wall Street Journal: St. Louis business leaders looking to boost tourism and development spent years bringing the Loop

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L’Trench

2019-11-05 elrichiboy Slider, The Trench 8 comments

TxDOT, the Texas Department of Transportation, seems dead set on widening the freeway in downtown El Paso, and not without

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The Dark Ages in El Paso

2019-11-03 elrichiboy Dionne Mack, Law Enforcement, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 2 comments

Are you interested in a great job in El Paso? Get on with the City. In the old days, a

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Mexico’s Dirty U.A.

2019-11-01 elrichiboy Media, Mexico, Slider Leave a comment

Here’s an interesting piece from Insight Crime. A pilot study in Mexico is showing promising results for measuring the frequency and

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Woody Hunt talking About the Arena

2019-11-01 elrichiboy Slider, The Arena Leave a comment

Here’s Mr. Hunt in a February 19, 2018, El Paso Inc. article titled Woody Hunt: In his own words.: Q:

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