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  • City of El Paso Strategic Communications Director LAURA CRUZ-ACOSTA BARS MEDIA FROM INTERVIEWING CANDIDATES FOR POLICE CHIEF

    2023-09-19 Max Grossman

    by Max Grossman Those in our media who have had contact with the City’s Director of Strategic Communications, Laura Cruz-Acosta, will not be surprised to

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  • Bait and Switch

    2023-09-19 Rich Wright

    by Rich Wright From KTSM.com: The federal government plans to spend up to $700 million on an expansion of the international Bridge of the Americas

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  • TOTAL DEBT OF OUR FIVE TAXING ENTITIES EXCEEDS $5.1 BILLION!

    2023-09-19 Max Grossman

    by Max Grossman Our property tax consists of the combined levies of five local taxing entities. If you live within the El Paso Independent School District

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  • Us and Them

    2023-09-12 Rich Wright

    The problem with giving our “public servants” big salaries is that it changes who they are and who they serve. When you’re pulling down $100k

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  • COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR ATTACKS NON-PARTISAN PETITION

    2023-09-11 Max Grossman

    by Max Grossman Michael Apodaca, Chair of the El Paso County Democratic Party, issued a press release today attacking the non-partisan effort to recall City

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  • Cartels at the Border

    2023-09-08 Rich Wright

    Here’s an enlightening article about corruption at the border from the author of El Narco: Since the Department of Homeland Security was created in 2002,

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  • COUNTY VOTES 4-1 TO INCREASE PROPERTY TAX

    2023-08-28 Max Grossman

    by Max Grossman Today the County Commissioners Court voted 4-1 to increase the County property tax rate to $0.458889 per $100 of assessed value, which

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  • Rep. Cassandra Hernandez’ Letter of Reprimand Upheld by City’s Ethics Commission

    2023-08-24 Rich Wright

    by Rich Wright From ElPasoTimes.com: The Ethics Review Commission voted unanimously to reject a motion from El Paso city Rep. Cassandra Hernandez to reconsider the

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  • COUNTY VOTES FOR 16% SALARY INCREASE FOR COMMISSIONERS, UP 113% SINCE 2016

    2023-08-24 Max Grossman

    by Max Grossman Our County Commissioners Court consists of four Commissioners and a County Judge. In 2016, our four County Commissioners were paid $62,680 per

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  • HERNANDEZ’S HUSBAND FILED BAR COMPLAINT AGAINST ETHICS COMMISSION CHAIR!

    2023-08-22 Max Grossman

    by Max Grossman Adam Powell of the El Paso Times just published a report revealing that Jeremy Jordan, the husband of City Rep. Cassandra Hernandez,

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  • HOME Nuestra Señora Apartments Shaping Up

    2023-08-19 Rich Wright

    by Rich Wright HOME (the Housing Opportunity Management Enterprises, nee the Housing Authority of the City of El Paso) is building some new affordable apartments

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  • Inter Miami vs Nashville SC

    2023-08-19 elrichiboy

    Tonight at 7 Inter Miami plays Nashville SC for the Leagues Championship. I imagine you’ll be able to watch it on Univision if you own

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The Onion: “It’s not funny anymore.”

2015-07-31 elrichiboy Law Enforcement Leave a comment

You’re familiar with the Onion, the satirical magazine and website that pokes fun at American foibles. Well, yesterday they posted

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More of the Same

2015-07-31 elrichiboy It's All Good, Politics Leave a comment

From a July 29 article in El Paso’s English language daily: “I am confident that with the City Council’s guidance,

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Not Too Bad If You’ve Got Low Standards

2015-07-31 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, It's All Good 2 comments

My City Rep posted this link on her Facepage. When it comes to walkable cities, Texas tends to get a

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El Paso: A Metaphor

2015-07-30 elrichiboy Economic Development, It's All Good, Politics One comment

El Paso is like that really nice girl with the shitty boyfriend who treats her badly and maybe hits her

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More on DestinationElPaso’s Branding Campaign

2015-07-29 elrichiboy Brand El Paso Leave a comment

A friend of mine who worked on the city’s brand a while back saw my recent post and messaged me

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More Good News

2015-07-28 elrichiboy Economic Development, It's All Good One comment

David Crowder at the El Paso Inc. reports this week that airline passenger traffic has dropped twenty percent over the

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“There’s no need to fear. Underdog is here.”

2015-07-28 elrichiboy Economic Development, It's All Good Leave a comment

Maybe you’re one of those people who think that the litany of bad news coming to light about El Paso’s

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DestinationElPaso’s Branding Campaign

2015-07-27 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development 5 comments

Branding isn’t advertising. It’s not marketing. A brand is more like the gestalt of a good or service. A brand

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Blame the New Guy

2015-07-26 elrichiboy It's All Good, Politics One comment

The El Paso Times knows who’s responsible for the poor paperwork that resulted in the City not receiving $20 million

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Stop and Frisk in Juarez

2015-07-26 elrichiboy Juarez Leave a comment

According to this story out of Juarez, the local police there have stepped up the Stop and Frisk approach to

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An Open Letter to Peter Svarzbien

2015-07-25 elrichiboy Politics 3 comments

Peter, (May I call you Peter? I feel that with this kind of letter, it’s better to be chummy.) Politics.

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Surviving the Police

2015-07-24 elrichiboy Law Enforcement Leave a comment

Well, it’s the weekend, and that means you are at a higher risk of engaging law enforcement. So watch this.

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The World is Round

2015-07-24 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development 25 comments

What I’m about to suggest is heresy. What if downtown El Paso will never be a high-end destination? That’s the

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El Paso: No. 1 Again!

2015-07-23 elrichiboy Economic Development 2 comments

El Paso is getting national recognition again, this time in a Bloomberg survey of the Top Twenty Cities Americans are

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Peter Svarzbien = Vendido

2015-07-22 elrichiboy Downtown Leave a comment

I lifted this from the El Paso County Historical Society’s Facebook page. I’m reprinting it without their permission. I don’t

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Hysterical versus Historical

2015-07-22 elrichiboy Downtown One comment

I’ve been working on a post about City Council refusing a state grant for an historical survey of downtown, but

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Juarez Rumors

2015-07-17 elrichiboy Economic Development, Juarez Leave a comment

The word on the street (literally, a taxista told me at the corner of Juarez and Begonias) is that the

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Netflix Narcos Trailer

2015-07-16 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Drugs and violence are always a big draw. Here’s the trailer for Netflix’s new series Narcos, featuring the adventures of

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“Trust me.”

2015-07-11 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development Leave a comment

How about this incredible decision by the Downtown Management District to refuse grant money from the Texas Historical Commission for

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Adam Smith and the Invisible Hand

2015-07-10 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Adam Smith’s Invisible Hand is often cited by the robber barons as justification for trickle-down economics and the disproportionate distribution

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