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1 + 1 = Infinity

2017-04-26 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena Leave a comment

It occurred to me as I was walking home from Monarch right now that I missed the obvious conclusion of

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Those Poor Dears

2017-04-25 elrichiboy Economic Development, Slider, The Arena One comment

God bless our city’s business leaders. This is from a story in this weeks’s El Paso Inc.: “The reason the

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Is It Trickle Down Economics, or Are You Peeing On My Leg?

2017-04-21 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena 2 comments

There is no group of citizens in less need of government support than the leisure class. But those are the

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Public Debt: It’s for the Children

2017-04-14 elrichiboy Politics, Slider 2 comments

Here’s a question you should ask your candidates for public office: If you are elected, will the City use the

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The Real Costs of the QoL Projects

2017-04-12 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, Education, Slider, The Arena Leave a comment

Sure, half a billion dollars is a lot of money. Especially for a the city with the second lowest per

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El Paso’s Alternate Universe

2017-04-11 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development, Slider One comment

Every week, there’s a surprising new story in the El Paso Inc. This week the frontpage story is headlined Montecillo

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About El Chuqueño

2017-04-10 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Politics, Slider, The Arena 9 comments

I’m not against change. Change is the natural state of the universe. Change is as inevitable as gravity. Or friction.

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That Explains It.

2017-04-03 elrichiboy City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena 4 comments

The El Paso Inc. this week unwrapped the study that HKS Inc. did for the City of El Paso to

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The American Dream Index

2017-03-30 elrichiboy Economic Development, Slider Leave a comment

Here’s an article from Forbes that rates the 50 states according to the future and viability of their middle class.

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Downtown Update

2017-03-29 elrichiboy City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena 4 comments

Here’s the latest lowdown on downtown, or DWNTWN as El Pasoans spell it on Wheel of Fortune, because we can’t

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Welcome to El Paso. Now Go Home.

2017-03-28 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development, Media, Slider 2 comments

El Paso is hot right now. There’s Kahlid. He’s some kind of a rock star. No doubt City Council is

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Then Let’s Build an Arena

2017-03-27 elrichiboy City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena Leave a comment

By all means. Here’s the El Paso Times inadvertently weighing in on the arena controversy. Now, with a baseball stadium

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Can’t we go back to the drawing board?

2017-03-27 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Commissioners Court, Politics, Slider, Taxes Leave a comment

Here’s a breakdown of El Paso County’s population change for the year ending July 1, 2016, courtesy U.S. Census Bureau

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Hasta la Vista, Baby

2017-03-24 elrichiboy City Council, Commissioners Court, Cost of Living, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 4 comments

The latest population estimates from the Census Bureau are out. The good news is that our limited water resources are

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Tickets, Please

2017-03-23 elrichiboy City Council, If it didn't probably happen, then I wouldn't have to talk about it, Slider Leave a comment

Here’s something interesting you may have overlooked. According to this post by Brutus over there at ElPasoSpeak.com, those bonuses the

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There’s One Born Every Minute

2017-03-23 elrichiboy Cost of Living, Slider 9 comments

The El Paso Times reports today that the El Paso Electric Company is introducing a solar energy plan. El Paso

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The Con

2017-03-17 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Economic Development, Slider 3 comments

Did you see this story about the million dollar condos some people want to build on the west side? The

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Downtown Living Tour

2017-03-16 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development, Slider 2 comments

The Downtown Management District is offering a tour of all the lovely places to live in DWNTWN! Here’s the money

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It’s Almost Funny

2017-03-16 elrichiboy City Council, If it didn't probably happen, then I wouldn't have to talk about it, Slider 4 comments

Here’s an incredible video I found on el Feis last night. You better check it out before it disappears. In

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Juarez: A Comprehensive Briefing

2017-03-15 elrichiboy Juarez, Slider Leave a comment

Here’s an article from Business Insider that provides a pretty complete review and update on the violence in Juarez. If

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