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Redevelopment Revisited

2014-12-08 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

How, do you suppose, will the “news” that El Paso’s under 35 population has the second lowest median income in

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Way Too Little, Too Late

2014-12-08 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

A local newspaper reported Saturday that Police Officer Jose Flores, one of El Paso’s Finest, was fired from the El

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Ouch

2014-12-05 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Here’s a cartoon I lifted from Insight Crime, a website devoted to enlightening readers to the peculiarities of organized crime

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The Real Problems

2014-12-05 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Here’s an interesting story from the Atlantic, analyzing census date using a new tool from the U.S. Census Bureau. According

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The San Jacinto Plaza Blog

2014-12-03 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Did you know that there’s a blog detailing the progress of the San Jacinto Plaza renovation? Can you imagine a

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A Sobering Thought

2014-11-29 elrichiboy Uncategorized One comment

Remember that the same people that take two years to renovate a one acre park, the same people who are

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Why El Paso Doesn’t Vote

2014-11-28 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

This story in the El Paso Inc. reports that the city’s election participation rate is the worst in Texas. About

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Fact Check, Please

2014-11-20 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

A commenter posting under the handle Times Building Ghost on the blog Refuse the Juice said this: Do you know

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BRIO Revisited

2014-11-17 elrichiboy Uncategorized 2 comments

I am a big fan of public transportation. I like that effective public transportation relieves a person of the onerous

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Des Moines: A Model for Economic Development

2014-11-14 elrichiboy Uncategorized 2 comments

to this story from the National Journal, Des Moines is a hipster mecca. Young people here know what you think

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El Paso’s Sales Tax Receipts Stay Flat

2014-11-13 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

According to the Texas State Comptroller, sales tax receipts for the City of El Paso were flat for the past

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I Rode the BRIO So You Wouldn’t Have To

2014-11-06 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

I’m going to let you in on the dirty little secret that Sun Metro doesn’t want you to know: That

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Conspiracy Theory?

2014-11-03 elrichiboy Uncategorized 6 comments

Isn’t it great that I post two videos, and both of them get pulled? I tell you I am cutting

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Extraterrestrials Working for the Government

2014-11-01 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment
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Gary Larsen’s Tales From The Far Side

2014-10-31 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Gary Larson's Tales From The Far Side by Arsene-desbois

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600 Days and Counting

2014-10-28 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

It’s been 600 days since an El Paso Police officer shot and killed a handcuffed prisoner in the sallyport of

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Good News and Bad News

2014-10-27 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

This week the El Paso Inc. brought us both good news and bad news. The good news is that there

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The Purple Zone Revisited

2014-10-22 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Remember that story about the DEA raid on the smoke shop in Alpine? How the feds showed up dressed for

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All My Friends

2014-10-21 elrichiboy Uncategorized One comment

This just in: a new company will offer tours to our sister city this winter. Juarez Lowrider Tours is offering

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Why Democracy Will Never Work in El Paso

2014-10-21 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

“If it’s entirely a numbers game—numeric representation—then obviously you’d be talking to half the people in Hong Kong [that] earn

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