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What were you thinking?

2016-08-31 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Taxes 2 comments

All those QoL projects are stupid. I think that none of them will significantly improve anyone’s real Quality of Life,

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Now It’s Just a Matter of Time

2016-08-30 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Downtown, Economic Development, Taxes 3 comments

Well, we’ve got bars and hotels. Triple A ball. A nice park in the middle of downtown. Pokemon Go. Big

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A Rare Word from the El Paso Times

2016-08-28 elrichiboy Media, Taxes, Uncategorized Leave a comment

This was on their website today: The problem is that people tend to gauge their ability to afford purchases based

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“You messed up. You trusted us.”

2016-08-25 elrichiboy Media, Slider, Taxes Leave a comment

The media is asking us to remember that our taxes are going up because we approved all those tax intensive

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Property Taxes are Like Global Warming

2016-08-24 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Commissioners Court, Economic Development, Politics, School Districts, Taxes Leave a comment

Our local media like to tell you how much a property tax increase is going to cost you. But your

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I’m taking a mulligan.

2016-08-19 elrichiboy Economic Development, Taxes One comment

Yesterday I dropped the ball. Occasional commenter Henry offered this in response to my post about the popular exodus from

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The Truth About the EPISD Bond Proposal

2016-08-18 elrichiboy Politics, School Districts, Taxes Leave a comment

The El Paso Independent School District is asking voters to approve a $669 million bond. (I bet it was $666

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Manufacturing Consent

2016-08-18 elrichiboy School Districts, Taxes, Uncategorized Leave a comment

The EPISD School Board claims that recommending less than what the Bond Committee asked for would be “disrespecting” the committee.

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Surprise!

2016-08-17 elrichiboy Commissioners Court, Economic Development, Taxes Leave a comment

Well, there it is. The El Paso Times reports that the University Medical Center, overseen by the El Paso County

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I’m Too Clever by Half

2016-08-17 elrichiboy Commissioners Court, Taxes 2 comments

Fellow blogger Mr. Jaime Abeytia informed me, via a response to a comment I made on his blog and through

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Did they, or didn’t they?

2016-08-16 elrichiboy Commissioners Court, Politics, Taxes 2 comments

Did the Commissioners Court publish their intent to raise their salaries in a local newspaper of general circulation? Because according

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Stacking the Deck So Everyone Loses

2016-08-15 elrichiboy Economic Development, School Districts, Taxes Leave a comment

Do you reckon that the El Paso Independent School District will put mobile voting stations in their high schools the

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The El Paso Times: Duplicitous, or Grossly Incompetent?

2016-08-14 elrichiboy Commissioners Court, Media, Politics, Taxes 5 comments

Like every other sentient being in the Mexoplex, you have probably wondered if the El Paso Times is biased or

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Did you drop the soap?

2016-08-11 elrichiboy Commissioners Court, Taxes 5 comments

Did you hear that the County Commissioners voted to give themselves a $26,569 annual pay increase? “I think it was

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Count Your Blessings

2016-08-09 elrichiboy School Districts, Taxes One comment

The El Paso Independent School District is asking voters to approve a $600 million bond because of declining enrollment. Think

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And Champagne in the Cafeterias

2016-08-07 elrichiboy Education, School Districts, Taxes, Uncategorized 3 comments

The El Paso Times reports that this year every EPISD high school student will be issued a laptop. Are you

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Term Limits

2016-07-26 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, Taxes One comment

Term limits are a good idea. If you are special interests promoting a certain agenda. Because once a politician has

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Never Saw It Coming

2016-06-29 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, School Districts, Taxes 2 comments

According to this story in the El Paso Times, the proposed budget for next year requires a increase in property

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Where are we going?

2016-06-29 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development, Taxes Leave a comment

I spent the weekend in Marfa. Marfa is like the Disneyland version of West Texas, like Main Street USA. Plenty

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Population Statistics: An Inconvenient Truth

2016-06-21 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development, It's All Good, Taxes Leave a comment

I’m sure you’ve heard the news: It’s All Good. But that trite homily hides an ugly truth. For the year

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