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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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Representative Noe is a Hypocrite

2017-03-13 elrichiboy City Council, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 2 comments

God bless them, City Council is in over their heads and they don’t know what to do. Did you read

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Nothing’s For Sure but Debt and Taxes

2017-03-10 elrichiboy City Council, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 2 comments

The ever-vigilant Brutus over at El Paso Speak alerted me (and all his other readers) to this slide from a

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Retrovision: Economic Development: Economics 101

2017-03-10 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development, Slider 4 comments

This post originally appeared on August 27, 2015. I am republishing it in partial response to a comment made by

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The Cristalero War

2017-03-09 elrichiboy Juarez, Slider Leave a comment

They’re killing people in Juarez. On Monday they hung a banner off a bridge. The full text of the banner

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The Other Shoe Drops . . .

2017-03-08 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, Slider 5 comments

but it hasn’t hit the ground yet. The El Paso Times reports this morning that Mayor Oscar Leeser vetoed the

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The Fourth Anniversary of the Killing of Daniel Saenz

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Four years ago today, El Paso Police Officer Jose Flores shot and killed handcuffed prisoner Daniel Saenz in the sallyport

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Why did they say Downtown in the first place?

2017-02-28 elrichiboy City Council, Slider, The Arena 6 comments

The Axis of Evil and their henchmen today announced that they still want to stick the arena in Union Plaza.

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Duh.

2017-02-28 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, Slider 4 comments

In an announcement that only surprised the members of City Council, City Staff yesterday revealed that the streets in El

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I Love El Paso.

2017-02-27 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Politics, Slider 5 comments

I love El Paso. I love the weather. I love the desert. I love those orange-red sunsets we sometimes get

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Let’s Pretend

2017-02-20 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development, Slider 8 comments

Let’s pretend all our local “progressive” politicians and their benefactors are pure of heart. Let’s pretend that their motives are

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The Destruction of Brand El Paso

2017-02-17 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Slider 3 comments

A brand’s greatest asset is its ability to define itself. Of course, brands do that every day. Every time you

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What has the Chamber of Commerce Done for You?

2017-02-13 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development, Slider 2 comments

In most communities, you would expect the Chamber of Commerce to oppose tax increases on businesses. Welcome to Bizarro-World, where

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Updated: City Council’s ‘Secret’ Meeting

2017-02-13 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, Slider One comment

As Brutus reported on ElPasoSpeak, City Council will have a special meeting this Wednesday February 16 at 8 a.m. [Apparently

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