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  • Trouble in ChucoTown

    2022-07-07 Rich Wright

    The trouble with City Government is that the City Manager thinks that his job is to protect and promote the bureaucracy that is the City

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  • The Border Wager: Santa Teresa’s Pot of Gold

    2022-08-10 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson In the annals of border history, U.S.-Mexico relations and global commerce, Ciudad Juárez has often played a pivotal role. Nudged against El

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  • Traffic Studies

    2022-08-09 Rich Wright

    “It’s the most congested part of the freeway,” they say. I took that picture up there this morning (Tuesday, August 9, at about 8:10 am).

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  • Big Fibbers at City Hall Redux

    2022-08-08 Rich Wright

    Somehow I missed the point of City Manager Tommy Gonzalez’ press release about the new budget. When Tommy Gonzalez was talking about the $20 million

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  • Can I Give You a Yard Sign?

    2022-08-06 elrichiboy

    Do you live in, or near, District 8? Do you have a business in District 8? (The district boundaries recently changed. You can see which

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  • Big Fibbers at City Hall

    2022-08-04 Rich Wright

    In a recent guest column at ElPasoTimes.com, Representatives Hernandez, Salcido, and Rodriguez wrote the following: The city of El Paso has not increased property taxes

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  • More Harder Times

    2022-08-04 elrichiboy

    From USAToday.com: Gannett, owner of USA TODAY and local news operations in 45 states, [including the El Paso Times] reported Thursday that it would undertake

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  • Defending the Big River

    2022-07-28 Kent Paterson

    by Kent Paterson Every river searches for the seaEvery life runs its own destinyCanyons white and wild stretches calm and mildCutting through the stones of

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  • Why Your Taxes Are So High

    2022-07-15 Rich Wright

    Because the City won’t stop spending money. While we’re catching our breath (this is, after all, an election year) the City is making plans to

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  • What Gives?

    2022-07-13 Rich Wright

    Sunday I went to Cloudcroft. The high temperature was 72. The low was 58. You should try it. Nowhere on the whole trip was gasoline

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  • Hard Times

    2022-07-12 Rich Wright

    The El Paso Times didn’t come out with a print edition on the 4th of July. They stopped printing a Saturday edition a while ago.

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  • Cary Westin’s Lucrative Retirement

    2022-07-07 Rich Wright

    You’ll remember that back in May, Col. (Ret.) Cary Westin retired from his position as Deputy City Manager for the City of El Paso. To

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That Stupid Arena

Is This What Corruption Looks Like?

2022-05-03 Rich Wright

From ElPasoTimes.com: The [El Paso City Council] voted to hire a San

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Scorched Earth

2021-10-27

How Much Would the “Arena” Cost today?

2021-10-25

Retrovision: The Real Costs of the QoL Projects

2021-06-15

They’re Ruining El Paso

Why Your Taxes Are So High

2022-07-15 Rich Wright

Because the City won’t stop spending money. While we’re catching our breath

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The City is Taking the Buses

2022-02-25

Be Careful What You Wish For

2022-02-24

Wealth in Different Terms

2022-02-23

Trouble in ChucoTown

2022-07-07 Rich Wright City Management, Gensler, Robert Cortinas, Slider, Strategic Plan, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez One comment

The trouble with City Government is that the City Manager thinks that his job is to protect and promote the

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Roger Corman’s “Swamp Women”

2022-08-10 elrichiboy Movie Night Leave a comment
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The Border Wager: Santa Teresa’s Pot of Gold

2022-08-10 Kent Paterson Immigration, International Relations, Juarez, Mexico, Slider One comment

By Kent Paterson In the annals of border history, U.S.-Mexico relations and global commerce, Ciudad Juárez has often played a

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“El Amor No Es Ciego”

2022-08-09 elrichiboy Cine Mexicano, Uncategorized Leave a comment
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Traffic Studies

2022-08-09 Rich Wright Slider, TxDOT, Widening I-10 Leave a comment

“It’s the most congested part of the freeway,” they say. I took that picture up there this morning (Tuesday, August

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Big Fibbers at City Hall Redux

2022-08-08 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Cost of Living, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 6 comments

Somehow I missed the point of City Manager Tommy Gonzalez’ press release about the new budget. When Tommy Gonzalez was

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“The Dark Past”

2022-08-07 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Can I Give You a Yard Sign?

2022-08-06 elrichiboy Political Advertisement, Slider 4 comments

Do you live in, or near, District 8? Do you have a business in District 8? (The district boundaries recently

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“The Reality of Truth”

2022-08-06 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Big Fibbers at City Hall

2022-08-04 Rich Wright Cassandra Hernandez, City Council, City Management, Claudia Lizette Rodriguez, Isabel Salcido, Liar Liar, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 3 comments

In a recent guest column at ElPasoTimes.com, Representatives Hernandez, Salcido, and Rodriguez wrote the following: The city of El Paso

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More Harder Times

2022-08-04 elrichiboy El Paso Times, Media, Slider One comment

From USAToday.com: Gannett, owner of USA TODAY and local news operations in 45 states, [including the El Paso Times] reported

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The Woman in the Hall

2022-07-31 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Johnny Cash – “I Saw the Light”

2022-07-31 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Harvest of the Poor: The Illegal Kidney Market

2022-07-30 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment
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Defending the Big River

2022-07-28 Kent Paterson El Paso Water, Slider, The Environment 2 comments

by Kent Paterson Every river searches for the seaEvery life runs its own destinyCanyons white and wild stretches calm and

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Joni Mitchell – “Both Sides Now”

2022-07-26 elrichiboy Music One comment
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Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer in “Arch of Triumph”

2022-07-24 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Il Divo – “Amazing Grace”

2022-07-24 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Rich Wright for District 8 Campaign Launch Party

2022-07-23 elrichiboy Political Advertisement 10 comments

I am having the official Rich Wright for District 8 campaign launch party next Thursday, July 28, at Hope &

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“The Playboy King of Thailand”

2022-07-23 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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$315,394.54 in Campaign Donations

2022-07-22 elrichiboy Elections, Politics Leave a comment

That’s how much Joe Pickett has in his campaign coffer for his run against incumbent Isabel Salcido for her seat

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