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  • 50 Years of “Women Make Movies”

    2022-07-03 elrichiboy

    From Ariel Daugherty: This year I am celebrating Women Make Movies’, Inc. 50th anniversary, In 1972 I was one of its two co-founders. While in

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  • Economic Indicators

    2022-07-06 Rich Wright

    The El Paso Times reports that the Fallas Department Store in DWNTWN is closing: One of Downtown El Paso’s largest stores, which closed for just

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  • “Why Roads ALWAYS Fill Up, No Matter How Much We Widen Them”

    2022-07-04 elrichiboy
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  • Rent a Bullring

    2022-07-02 elrichiboy

    Are you looking for a place to host your next bullfight? The banner on the Alberto Balderas Plaza de Toros in downtown Juarez says that

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  • Retrovision – The Economic Impact of Arenas: A Brief Survey

    2022-06-28 elrichiboy

    This post originally appeared on 13 December 2021. The El Paso City Council recently approved the following motion: “To direct the City Manager or designee

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  • Retrovision – Blame It On the Strategic Plan

    2022-06-22 Rich Wright

    This post originally appeared on 07 February 2022. If you want to know what’s wrong with governance in El Paso, you have to look no

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  • More Good News From EPISD

    2022-06-22 Rich Wright

    From KVIA.com: The El Paso Independent School District board is expected to vote on increasing teachers’ salaries by 5% — a pay boost that comes

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  • The (Migrant) Season of Death is Upon Us

    2022-06-21 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson  Summer Solstice should be a time for celebration. But for many desperate migrants attempting to enter the United States, it is a

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  • San Antonio’s Development Problems

    2022-06-20 elrichiboy

    From the Washington Post: Visitors entering Rebecca Flores’s San Antonio home pass a sepia-toned photo of her large Tejano family on the Texas farmland they

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  • “Towards an American Union”

    2022-06-07 Vanessa Johnson

    by Vanessa Johnson From Frank News: In the spirit of the European Union and specifically the Schengen Agreement, I propose that the Americas enter into

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  • Place Your Bets

    2022-06-07 elrichiboy

    District 1 Representative Peter Svarzbein filed a Code of Conduct complaint against Mayor Oscar Leeser today, according to this story from CBS4Local.com: The complaint comes

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  • Evaluating Our Priorities

    2022-06-02 Rich Wright

    They are coming out of the woodwork (and maybe from under rocks) to weigh in on Tommy Gonzalez’ future. From a guest column by former

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  • Tommy Gonzalez Doesn’t Like El Paso

    2022-05-30 Rich Wright

    Recently, Tommy Gonzalez applied for a job in Frisco, Texas, despite making more than $400,000 a year here. If he were to get the job

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“Red String of Fate”

2022-06-03 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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Evaluating Our Priorities

2022-06-02 Rich Wright Certificates of Obligation, Cissy Lizarraga, City Council, City Management, Claudia Lizette Rodriguez, Isabel Salcido, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 5 comments

They are coming out of the woodwork (and maybe from under rocks) to weigh in on Tommy Gonzalez’ future. From

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Luis Aguilar and Jorge Negrete in “Tal Para Cual”

2022-05-31 elrichiboy Cine Mexicano Leave a comment
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Tommy Gonzalez Doesn’t Like El Paso

2022-05-30 Rich Wright City Council, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 2 comments

Recently, Tommy Gonzalez applied for a job in Frisco, Texas, despite making more than $400,000 a year here. If he

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Gary Cooper in “Cloak and Dagger”

2022-05-29 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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McKinney Sisters – “Nothing But the Blood”

2022-05-29 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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“Smog and Mirrors – The Secret Ways the Oil Industry Brainwashes You”

2022-05-28 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Willy McGee – “Do You Feel Good”

2022-05-28 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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People Don’t Like Tommy Gonzalez

2022-05-27 Rich Wright City Council, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 3 comments

At least the taxpayers don’t like him. He’s been here since 2014, and I haven’t met anyone who tells me

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Now That’s a Clean River

2022-05-26 Rich Wright El Paso Water, Slider 6 comments

Good news, everybody. From a May 6, 2022, story on ElPasoTimes.com: El Paso Water completed cleanup on the Rio Grande this

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Los Lobos with Cafe Tacvba – “La Venganza de los Pelados”

2022-05-25 elrichiboy Music One comment
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Retrovision – El Paso, a Metaphor

2022-05-23 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Media, Slider One comment

This post originally appeared on 30 July 2015. El Paso is like that really nice girl with the shitty boyfriend

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“A Street With No Name”

2022-05-22 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Kris Kristofferson and Friends – “Why Me Lord”

2022-05-22 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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“School Of Assassins”

2022-05-21 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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David Stout for County Commissioner Precinct 2

2022-05-21 Rich Wright Commissioners Court, Elections 2 comments

We’re at war. It’s a class war. We didn’t start it. The richest people in El Paso started it. Over

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“Dream of Aces”

2022-05-20 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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Los Straitjackets – Crime Scene

2022-05-20 elrichiboy Music One comment
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Expo-Subasta for Edificio de los Sueños

2022-05-18 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez One comment

Downtown Juarez is experiencing a renaissance and it’s not all financed by tax credits and municipal largess for Juarez’ richest

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Another Salvo in the War on Taxpayers

2022-05-18 Rich Wright Cassandra Hernandez, Cissy Lizarraga, City Council, City Management, Henry Rivera, Isabel Salcido, MountainStar Sports Group, Peter Svarzbein, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich 5 comments

The City of El Paso, the El Paso Chamber of Commerce, and MountainStar Sports group are waging a class war

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