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Paul Foster Likes the Arena

2020-02-25 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Cost of Living, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 5 comments

The El Paso Inc. ran a story about the restoration of the Plaza Hotel this weekend. That renovation was undertaken

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Is the City’s Strategic Plan Working for You?

2020-02-21 elrichiboy Certificates of Obligation, City Council, City Management, Cost of Living, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Downtown, Economic Development, Jessica Herrera, Slider, TIRZs, Tommy Gonzalez 5 comments

In 2012, the City of El Paso began implementing a strategic plan to foster economic development in the area. According

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Campaign Finance Shenanigans

2020-02-20 elrichiboy Corruption, Elections, Ethics, Slider One comment

Those nice guys at The Forma Group lent almost $7,000 to their client Debbie Torres for her District 6 runoff

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Relationship Advice for the City of El Paso

2020-02-17 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development, Slider 4 comments

Dear City of El Paso, I get it. You’ve been dumped. Boeing left you for Huntsville, Alabama, and Huntsville doesn’t

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Retrovision: Is El Paso City Government a Secret Public/Private Partnership?

2020-02-14 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Public Private Partnerships, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

This article originally appeared on 27 November 2017. I updated the chart to show the most recent available from the

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City of El Paso #1 for Certificates of Obligation Debt in Texas

2020-02-12 elrichiboy Certificates of Obligation, City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

Woohoo! Yeah, the Miners suck, again, those poor dears. And people are running away from El Paso like it’s on

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No Pro Sports in the Arena?

2020-02-11 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Downtown, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Taxes, The Arena, Tommy Gonzalez 7 comments

Didn’t you think that the proposed downtown arena was for professional sports? Wasn’t there a lot of talk about an

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City To Give $2.4 Million in Cash to Fund Downtown Apartments

2020-02-07 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Downtown, Public Private Partnerships, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich 2 comments

From the El Paso Times: Downtown El Paso’s slow-to-grow housing market is getting a new addition when a 13-story office

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MCAD, Parks, and Libraries to Merge?

2020-02-06 elrichiboy City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Public Private Partnerships, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 3 comments

That’s the latest rumor to emanate from the bowels of City Hall. According to the rumor, the City of El

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Wealth Inequality and Income Segregation

2020-02-05 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development, Slider Leave a comment

Downtown El Paso used to belong to all El Pasoans. Sure, there was poverty. But there were also places that

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The City Can’t Stop Lying

2020-02-04 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes, The Arena, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

Here’s a Steve Jobs quote: A players hire A players, but B players hire C players and C players hire

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Hunt Builds Communities

2020-02-04 elrichiboy Economic Development, Slider 2 comments

Really. That’s what they do. They got rich building housing for military families, all over the world. If you believe

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Does She Have a Problem With Math, or the Truth?

2020-01-23 elrichiboy City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Jessica Herrera, Liar Liar, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez One comment

I came across this press release from the City from back when iFly announced their move into Monticello. The City’s

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A Big Win for the Borderplex Alliance

2020-01-23 elrichiboy Economic Development, Slider Leave a comment

From the El Paso Times: Big Tuna USA, a company with a unique niche in the North American pipe industry,

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“‘Life is a Fight’: Scenes from a Migrant Tent Camp in Juárez”

2020-01-22 elrichiboy Juarez, Slider 4 comments

Here’s a great piece by local freelance photo-journalist Henry Carver about the recently destroyed migrant tent camps in Ciudad Juarez.

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Wealth Inequality is Driving El Paso’s Housing Bubble

2020-01-22 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 7 comments

El Paso house prices are rising, abetted, perhaps, by the Central Appraisal District’s increase in valuations. But is the tail

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Greedy Kilowatt

2020-01-21 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, El Paso Electric Company, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

I’m not in favor of selling El Paso Electric to J.P. Morgan. I’ve seen enough movies to know that you’re

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City of El Paso overcharges Property Owners $5.3 Million

2020-01-17 elrichiboy City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Robert Cortinas, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez One comment

Good news, everybody. From KTSM.com: El Paso City Council received an update on its financial report for 2019 Tuesday, which

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Wee Wee Wee

2020-01-09 elrichiboy Corrections, Slider 2 comments

Nothings going to change if we don’t have the courage of our convictions. Nothing’s going to change if all we

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Retrovision: Economic Impact

2020-01-08 elrichiboy Certificates of Obligation, City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Public Private Partnerships, Slider, The Arena, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

This article originally appeared on 17 January 2017. What do you think has more effect on the El Paso economy.

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