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Mission Accomplished!

2016-11-15 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena 2 comments

Take a look at this October 24 story from the El Paso Inc. Now that City Council has approved a

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City Council: “If we’d known the truth, we probably would have chosen the rail yard.”

2016-11-14 elrichiboy City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena 9 comments

Did you see this story in the El Paso Times? A majority of City Council members told the El Paso

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Futbol Chuco-style

2016-11-11 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, How to Live in El Paso, Media, Slider Leave a comment

Here’s a piece from the New York Times with an El Paso dateline. It talks about the choice American futbol

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The Fenenbucks Controversy

2016-11-02 elrichiboy Politics, School Districts, Slider, Taxes 6 comments

Graphic designer Jud Burgess has been campaigning against the El Paso Independent School District $669 million bond proposal. [Disclosure: Mr.

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Texas Hold ’em

2016-10-28 elrichiboy City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Slider 8 comments

Local politics is like Texas Hold ’em. The players won’t show you all their cards, so you look at what’s

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Abdou Diary

2016-10-27 elrichiboy Art, Downtown, How to Live in El Paso, Slider One comment

by Hope Wright I’d like to tell you that I’ve puked in every bathroom in the Abdou Building. But that

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El Paso Unified School District

2016-10-25 elrichiboy School Districts, Slider, Taxes Leave a comment

The El Paso Independent School District is pushing their “innovation” as an enticement to support their upcoming $669 million bond

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Public Office? We shouldn’t even let them use public restrooms.

2016-10-25 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Slider Leave a comment

Last week City Council voted to kick poor people out of their homes so rich people could watch basketball from

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Don’t Buy Your Season Tickets Just Yet

2016-10-22 elrichiboy City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Slider 4 comments

Our City Council on Tuesday past voted unanimously to approve the site of the downtown arena, even if it required

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I guess somebody noticed.

2016-10-21 elrichiboy Education, School Districts, Slider, Taxes One comment

Mr. Bob Moore, editor of the El Paso Times, informed me via Facebook that the Specific Interest Committee Campaign Finance

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Today’s Civics Lesson

2016-10-19 elrichiboy City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes 2 comments

I learned yesterday that the City’s values are Integrity, Respect, Excellence, Accountability, and People. I learned that because they were

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What about that arena?

2016-10-17 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes Leave a comment

You are probably perplexed by the impetus to put a new arena downtown. What’s going on there? More than meets

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If they’ve got the money, why don’t they fix the schools?

2016-10-12 elrichiboy School Districts, Slider, Taxes 2 comments

The El Paso Independent School District wants you to believe that they will be good stewards of your tax dollars.

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Let’s Build Something Shiny

2016-10-10 elrichiboy School Districts, Slider, Taxes Leave a comment

Do you really think that all of the problems at the El Paso Independent School District will be addressed with

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They’ll Tell You Whatever Works

2016-10-07 elrichiboy School Districts, Slider, Taxes 4 comments

Those people promoting the El Paso Independent School District’s bond issue aren’t above playing fast and loose with whatever version

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The Day I Had Cancer

2016-10-04 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, Slider 5 comments

Yesterday I had cancer. I found it the night before. An angry little red bump on my back, on my

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The Very Best That Other People’s Money Can Buy

2016-09-28 elrichiboy School Districts, Slider, Taxes Leave a comment

The El Paso Times reports that three area lawmakers are throwing their support behind the El Paso Independent School District’s

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Serving the Community

2016-09-22 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, Slider 2 comments

Some of you expressed great concern over the financial health of the Kentucky Club after the taxman closed it earlier

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The Long Way Home

2016-09-20 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes 7 comments

Brutus over at ElPasoSpeak.com posted some illuminating information yesterday. A developer intends to build a high rise hotel on land

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This Just In: It’s Not All Good

2016-09-17 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, Media, Slider, Taxes 4 comments

In an uncharacteristic manifestation of candor, the El Paso Times today ran a story on property taxes. Let me say

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