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Our Elected Officials’ Response

2017-09-01 elrichiboy City Council, Commissioners Court, Politics, The Arena One comment

Via the El Paso History Alliance: STATE SEN. RODRIGUEZ, COUNTY COMMISSIONER STOUT, AND CITY REP. ANNELLO RESPOND TO AD CAMPAIGN

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The Men Behind the Curtain

2017-09-01 elrichiboy Economic Development, Media, Quality of Life Projects, Taxes, The Arena 4 comments

You have no doubt seen this news story press release. Via KRWG: Commentary: El Paso, TX – MountainStar Sports Group

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Rockabilly Riot Saturday and Sunday

2017-08-31 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Time to bust out the pomade. Saturday and Sunday the El Paso County Coliseum hosts the Great American Rockabilly Riot.

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Mea Culpa

2017-08-31 elrichiboy Corrections Leave a comment

A couple weeks ago, in an opinion piece titled “Our Tax Base is Collapsing,” I stated that the homestead deduction

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They Outright Lied To You

2017-08-31 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, Elections, Media, Politics, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes One comment

Remember when all our good civil servants, elected officials, and captains of industry were pitching those Quality of Life bond

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Bullfight Friday Night

2017-08-30 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, What to Do Leave a comment

If you’re a bullfight aficionado you probably already know that there’s a bullfight Friday night at the Alberto Balderas bullring

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City Government is Killing El Paso

2017-08-28 elrichiboy City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Politics, Slider, The Arena 7 comments

Since 2012, the City of El Paso has only grown by 7,472 people, according to estimates by the U.S. Census

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Race Has Nothing To Do With It

2017-08-28 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Video, Welcome to Monday Leave a comment

Here’s a guy talking about race baiting, and classist oppression, and poverty, and guess which community makes a cameo appearance?

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Sunday Matinee: Killer Elite

2017-08-27 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

Robert DeNiro and Jason Statham star as professional killers hired to take on the SAS. What could go wrong? Watch

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A Failure in Branding

2017-08-24 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena 15 comments

Here’s a letter to the editor from the El Paso Times: Here in my hometown, I have never witnessed the

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Enter Los Saicos, a Proto-Punk Band from Peru

2017-08-24 elrichiboy Music, Video Leave a comment

Check out this cool documantary about Los Saicos, the grandfathers of punk, from Peru. Watch this video on YouTube And

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Mike and the Moonpies Tonight at the State Line

2017-08-23 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Music, shows, What to Do Leave a comment

Mike and the Moonpies bring their brand of outlaw country to the State Line tonight as part of the barbecue

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Music Video: Kikimora

2017-08-22 elrichiboy Music, Video Leave a comment

Here’s the jazz stylings of Kikimora, singing Sputnik live at Star City Studio. Watch this video on YouTube Check it

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Baby Stations on Sale

2017-08-22 elrichiboy City Council, Slider, Taxes 4 comments

Have you ever wondered why everything our City Government buys is so expensive? I mean, $7 million to fix up

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Our Tax Base Is Collapsing

2017-08-22 elrichiboy City Council, Cost of Living, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes, The Arena One comment

People are leaving town. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that between 2012 and 2016, El Paso County only grew by

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Death Valley Girls at Monarch Tonight

2017-08-22 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

You know what’s wrong with garage rock? There’s not enough girls doing it. Enter Death Valley Girls. Here they are

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Tips for Watching Mayweather versus McGregor

2017-08-21 elrichiboy What to Do One comment

So where are your going to watch the fight? If you want to watch it at your house, the Pay

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A Tip For Watching the Eclipse

2017-08-21 elrichiboy Science Leave a comment

Don’t look at the eclipse directly. Use a mirror. It worked for Perseus. You’re welcome.

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Sunday Matinee: Indiscreet

2017-08-20 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

How long has it been since you’ve seen a movie starring Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant? Indiscreet is the second

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A Streetcar Named Desire at G2

2017-08-19 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, What to Do One comment

A hundred years ago there used to be an annual event called Movie on the Mountain. Some lunatics would haul

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The People Speak!

  • John G. Dungan on Solving the City’s Budget Problem: Let’s Get Rid of the TIRZs
  • Emillio Benitez on City of Dust: Contreras, New Mexico
  • Gary Cobb on La Fiesta, Downtown Juarez
  • Kent Paterson on Higher Border Water Rates, Donut Holes and a Thorny Divorce in Sunland Park and Santa Teresa
  • Lawrence Feltham on City of Dust: Dunlap, New Mexico
  • walter white on Can’t We Just Wait?
  • John G. Dungan on Thank the Taxpayers
  • John G. Dungan on Can’t We Just Wait?
  • Dane Aguilar on La Fiesta, Downtown Juarez
  • Denise M Schubbe on City of Dust: Organ, New Mexico

El Chuqueño Lately

  • Retrovision: The Problem With TIRZs
  • Solving the City’s Budget Problem: Let’s Get Rid of the TIRZs
  • “The Second Woman”
  • “Siberia: The Coldest Place on Earth”
  • Higher Border Water Rates, Donut Holes and a Thorny Divorce in Sunland Park and Santa Teresa

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