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The City is proposing raising taxes as high as it can without putting it to the citizens to vote on.
“Honey, guess what? We’re going to be on Maury Popvich!” The words every husband/wife wants to hear. I found this
Here’s Angela Lee Duckworth talking about grit, the power of passion and perseverance. Check it out.
Here is Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 classic The 39 Steps. Wikipedia reports that the director’s cameo comes at 06:36, as a
If you wanted to go see a movie in a theater, here’s a movie that’s playing in theaters. If it
This article originally appeared on March 28, 2016. Remember when the machine was pitching those Quality of Life bonds? Some
Paying a Visit to the Williams It’s time to head south out of House, New Mexico, drop down off the
Here’s the speech Tyrion Lannister gave to Bennington College’s Class of 2012. Check it out.
El Paso’s a poor town, and we’re not getting any richer. That’s just a fact. We’re at the absolute bottom
Here’s a list from everybody’s favorite click-bait list creator. WalletHub did a study of the most and least educated MSAs
Memories are fickle things. I can have a conversation and struggle to remember something from 45 minutes ago. And I
Or at least extremely conservative. The proposed budget show sales tax revenues declining by $525,000. El Paso hasn’t experienced a
Here’s a music video with sparse oblique references to our fair city. I’ve got Tony Lama, Asarco, and freeway signs.
Here’s Elke Sommer, before she was a Bond girl, as a psychotic murderer for a master criminal. Actually, it’s not
Here’s a great documentary I found on somebody’s Facebook. (You know who you are.) It features all the jazz greats
Our city leaders have been ostensibly pursuing strategies that lead to economic development. If that’s their real goal, then they’re
As you know, Alberto “Beto” Halpern was seriously hurt in a car accident three days after his wedding and three
My Ouija board says they’re all shook up in the halls of power around here. Not about the court’s decision
Let’s see. $66 million in Certificates of Obligation raises the average residential tax bill $50 a year. So issuing $180
Did you read that the Doña Ana County Jail Director got busted for pot? From the Las Cruces Sun Times: