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The Effects of China Tariffs on South El Paso Street

2019-10-31 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Politics, Slider Leave a comment

You better get down there before the tariffs ripple through the supply chain. How long will it take for the

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The Consequences of Income Inequality in El Chuco

2019-10-31 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Slider 3 comments

The citizens of the City of El Paso are suffering from bad decisions stemming from wealth and income inequality. Our

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At The Polls

2019-10-29 elrichiboy Elections, Slider Leave a comment

All the police and firemen are voting. And their families. All the contractors are voting. And their families, and their

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Does Tommy G Know El Paso?

2019-10-29 elrichiboy City Council, Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 5 comments

Do you reckon City Manager Tommy Gonzalez has ever been to the east side? Has he ever had a beer

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The Case Against Gentrification

2019-10-28 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes 2 comments

El Paso City Government, and the multimillionaires driving the truck, are intent on forcing top-down gentrification on the city. Here’s

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Misplaced Priorities

2019-10-27 elrichiboy City Council, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Great Wolf Resorts, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

Tomorrow City Council will vote to give $45 million cash to Great Wolf Resorts to build a Great Wolf Lodge

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Vote No. Vote Now.

2019-10-22 elrichiboy Certificates of Obligation, City Council, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 2 comments

The police and fireman’s unions are going to go big to the polls. They want new stations and Lazy Boy

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Catching Up on Deferred Maintenance

2019-10-21 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Slider, Taxes One comment

Tommy G has been City Manager for about seven years. Don’t you think that some of this deferred maintenance that

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Crisis Management PR

2019-10-21 elrichiboy City Council, Mayor Dee "Don't You Know Who I Am?" Margo, Slider 2 comments

What if, instead of stonewalling any discipline of Dr. Sam “Good Times” Morgan for allegedly slapping his wife, the City

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Spare Change

2019-10-21 elrichiboy Slider, Support El Chuqueño 2 comments

Maybe you’ve noticed that I haven’t been posting a lot of articles over the last few days. It’s not like

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A Rose By Any Other Name

2019-10-21 elrichiboy Cassandra Hernandez, City Council, City Management, Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, El Paso Electric Company, Great Wolf Resorts, Liar Liar, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 2 comments

Here’s a story from KVIA: El Paso City Council members have approved spending more than a million dollars to renovate

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Breaking News: The Ethics Commission Meets

2019-10-17 elrichiboy Corruption, Ethics, Slider, Support El Chuqueño 2 comments

Today at 1:30, the City Ethics Commission will meet in City Council Chambers to discuss the Ethics Complaint filed against

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A Changing of the Guard

2019-10-16 elrichiboy ballpark, Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Politics, Public Private Partnerships, Slider, Taxes, The Arena, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich 3 comments

The power dynamic has subtly shifted at City Hall. The developers used to call the shots. But, since El Paso’s

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You Can’t Trust the City

2019-10-15 elrichiboy Certificates of Obligation, City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

The City is asking us to approve $413,112,650 worth of bonds in an upcoming election. Early voting starts next week.

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Pay to Play

2019-10-13 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Corruption, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

Here’s a post from PayToPlayLawBlog.com, printed in its entirety. Trends regarding the enactment of pay-to-play legislation remain remarkably consistent and

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Arena Crisis Enters Year 4

2019-10-13 Max Grossman City Council, Guest Column, Slider, The Arena 2 comments

Today marks three years since October 13, 2016, when the City of El Paso announced that it would destroy Duranguito

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Let’s Put the Fun Back Into Domestic Violence

2019-10-10 elrichiboy Slider One comment

Is it just me, or is there something a little tone deaf about this event? Isn’t domestic violence a serious

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Good Neighbor Sam

2019-10-09 elrichiboy City Council, Elections, Law Enforcement, Politics, Sam Morgan, Slider 3 comments

Look, it was all a simple misunderstanding. She just wouldn’t shut up. Do you think Rep. Morgan will lose his

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Late to the Party

2019-10-09 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, City Management, Commissioners Court, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, It's All Good, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 6 comments

I hate to say I told you so, but . . . From the El Paso Times: Data show El Paso’s

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Retrovision: They’re Bullies

2019-10-05 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, Retrovision, Slider, Taxes, The Arena, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

This article originally appeared on 14 August 2018. Did you see this story on KVIA? Texas oilman J.P. Bryan, one

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