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A collection of 4 posts

Thimblerigging

In magic, the shell game, or the thimblerig, or the cups and balls all operate on a fundamental basic principle: a sly shuffle of something from one place to another right under your nose. Penn and Teller have an amazing cups and balls routine where the magic isn’t in

Taxes, bruh

After my post about parks, many people have written and asked if I could answer some questions on our local taxes. Since this kind of topic gets a little confusing, I’ll cover it over a few different posts. If you want me to send you a newsletter with these

City Parks for Sale

I’ve had more than a tiny group of people contact me with a simple question about the city parks in Amarillo. So far, as some of you know, I’ve been quiet on these kinds of things, preferring to do Other Things that are interesting and fulfilling and, generally,

The Halloween Special: a tax increase in your bag

It’s Halloween, and in a couple of days we have another election coming up. This time it’s about a property tax increase in gloriously unobstructed Amarillo, Texas. I didn’t want to write anything about this, happy living in my bit of obscurity and blissfully tangental to the