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  • All the News That Fits an Agenda

    2021-01-21 elrichiboy

    Do you depend on the El Paso Times to keep you informed on local news? Or maybe you count on the El Paso Times on-line

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  • Ruin Your Life

    2021-01-19 elrichiboy

    This week, the two major lotteries have a combined payout of more than $1.5 billion. Even if you only win one, and take the cash

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  • Pay Attention!

    2021-01-18 elrichiboy

    Ex-mayor Dee Margo said he did the best he could, after only getting 20% support in his recent job performance review by El Paso voters.

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  • Economic Development for Whom?

    2021-01-16 elrichiboy

    From an email from Max Grossman, informing his readers that the Texas Historical Commission approved the designation of the El Paso Downtown Historic District, including

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  • Retrovision – Things Are Great. Just not for Taxpayers.

    2021-01-11 elrichiboy

    This post originally appeared on 29 July 2019. This week there’s a column by the editor of the El Paso Inc. about how great DWNTWN

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  • The Gift That Keeps On Giving

    2021-01-09 elrichiboy

    For petty revenge, give your best frenemy a dog. Or, better yet, give it to their daughter. Make it a big dog, maybe the size

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  • I Am a Capitalist

    2021-01-07 elrichiboy

    Even though I don’t own any capital, I am a capitalist. I still believe that capitalism is the most effective way to allocate resources. A

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  • Are Office Buildings Obsolete?

    2021-01-06 elrichiboy

    Before buildings had centralized refrigerated air conditioning, windows used to open. There was a little transition period, when the air conditioning had been installed and

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  • Serving the Community?

    2021-01-04 elrichiboy

    Here’s a Letter to the Editor of the El Paso Times: It was reported that “hardly anyone” in El Paso recycles and therefore it is

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  • It’s Who You Know

    2021-01-04 elrichiboy

    From a Letter to the Editor in the El Paso Times: Last week, KFOX News reported on a vaccination event at the El Paso Zoo

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  • The Failing Health of Government By Spin

    2020-12-30 elrichiboy

    El Paso has a long history of catering to private interest in the name of public good. That worked before the internet became a public

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  • A Message From the Local Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America

    2020-12-22 Xavier Miranda

    Greetings All, My name is Xavier Miranda, and I am the new Chair of the DSA of El Chuco Electoral Committee. I am reaching out

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Ministry — Jesus Built My Hotrod

2020-12-10 elrichiboy music Leave a comment
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La Feria on Avenida Juarez

2020-12-10 elrichiboy economic development, Juarez, Slider 5 comments

Downtown Juarez was my third place. The third place is the place that’s neither home nor work. The place you

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Otava Yo – (This Website Doesn’t Support Cryllic Cyrillic)

2020-12-09 elrichiboy music 4 comments
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Are They Still Going to Fix Tickets?

2020-12-09 elrichiboy Commissioners Court, Corruption, Law Enforcement, Slider 2 comments

I guess you heard that we’ve got a new District Attorney. She takes office in January. She’s already made plans

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Why Aren’t Masks Free?

2020-12-09 elrichiboy Coronavirus, Politics, Slider 4 comments

If the single most effective thing we can do to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus is for everybody to

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The King of Mesa Street: The Life and Death of a Border Bluesman, Part 3

2020-12-08 elrichiboy Uncategorized 2 comments

This is the last part of a three part series. You can read Part 1 here, and Part 2 here.

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Joe T. Hodo — Por un México más Fifi

2020-12-08 elrichiboy Joe T. Hodo One comment
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Cooking the Books?

2020-12-08 elrichiboy City Management, Coronavirus, Dee Margo, elections, Slider Leave a comment

Here’s another story from the people’s English language daily: El Paso County has officially surpassed the grim milestone of 1,000 COVID-19-related

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El Paso’s Fourth Tit

2020-12-07 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Dee Margo, elections, Ethics, Media, Slider 9 comments

I reckon the local oligarchs really got their hooks into the El Paso Times. Yesterday the El Paso Times had

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Secrets of Horse Trading

2020-12-06 elrichiboy Coronavirus, Dee Margo, elections, Politics, Quarantine, Slider 2 comments

I’ve always said that if you’re going to sell a blind horse, the first thing you tell the mark is

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Sunday Matinee — Portrait in Black

2020-12-06 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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RetroVision: Beisbol been very very good to me

2020-12-05 elrichiboy ballpark, retrovision, Slider 2 comments

This post originally appeared way back on 21 May 2020. Minor league baseball is up against the wall, and it’s

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Junior Brown — Highway Patrol

2020-12-05 elrichiboy "Don't you know who I am?", Hot Hits, music One comment
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Free Antibody Testing

2020-12-05 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Was that just a cold you had a couple of months ago, or were you one of the lucky ones

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Saturday Documentary: Four Horsemen

2020-12-05 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary, video Leave a comment
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Kuparilinna — Tuulee

2020-12-04 elrichiboy music Leave a comment
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Friday Short: Talk to Me

2020-12-04 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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How Do You Get Covid at Walmart?

2020-12-04 elrichiboy Coronavirus, Dee Margo, Hot Hits, Media, Quarantine, Slider One comment

Is it available in Menswear, between the Rustler jeans and the Hanes underwear? Are unmasked infecteds coughing on the tomatoes?

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Joe T. Hodo: Minas…¡Sí! Ruinas…¡No!

2020-12-04 elrichiboy Joe T. Hodo, video Leave a comment
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The King of Mesa Street: The Life and Death of a Border Bluesman, Part 2

2020-12-03 elrichiboy Local Heroes, music, Slider 4 comments

by Kent Paterson This is Part 2 of a three part series. You can read Part 1 here. Days of

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