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Me and Paul

2017-03-11 elrichiboy Media, Music Leave a comment

Here’s a killer story about Willie Nelson’s drummer, best friend, and bodyguard, Paul English. And it’s got an El Paso

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Nothing’s For Sure but Debt and Taxes

2017-03-10 elrichiboy City Council, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 2 comments

The ever-vigilant Brutus over at El Paso Speak alerted me (and all his other readers) to this slide from a

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Retrovision: Economic Development: Economics 101

2017-03-10 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development, Slider 4 comments

This post originally appeared on August 27, 2015. I am republishing it in partial response to a comment made by

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Rancho El Paso

2017-03-10 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development 2 comments

Our City Fathers would have you believe that El Paso is a modern, dynamic city, but really we’re just a

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Khalid Video

2017-03-09 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment

Y’all been hearing about this local cat who’s blowing it up. But maybe you haven’t seen or heard him yet.

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The Cristalero War

2017-03-09 elrichiboy Juarez, Slider Leave a comment

They’re killing people in Juarez. On Monday they hung a banner off a bridge. The full text of the banner

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The Other Shoe Drops . . .

2017-03-08 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, Slider 5 comments

but it hasn’t hit the ground yet. The El Paso Times reports this morning that Mayor Oscar Leeser vetoed the

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The Fourth Anniversary of the Killing of Daniel Saenz

2017-03-08 elrichiboy City Council, Commissioners Court, Law Enforcement, Politics, Slider Leave a comment

Four years ago today, El Paso Police Officer Jose Flores shot and killed handcuffed prisoner Daniel Saenz in the sallyport

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WUGC Highlights

2017-03-06 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Check it out.

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The 40 47 Days of Lent

2017-03-06 elrichiboy If it didn't probably happen, then I wouldn't have to talk about it 2 comments

The Church is scamming you. From Wikipedia: Lent is traditionally described as lasting for forty days, in commemoration of the

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Sunday Matinee: Triple 9

2017-03-05 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

Here’s a cool dirty cop movie, with the MS 13 and Russian mafia. What more could you ask for? With

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Scary video.

2017-03-04 elrichiboy Video Leave a comment

Here’s a horror movie that will keep you up at night. From the Masters of Horror over there at the

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Logan Starts Today

2017-03-03 elrichiboy Video, What to Do One comment

They say they shot some of this movie near El Paso. I haven’t seen it. Lemme know.

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Friday Short: The Gunfighter

2017-03-03 elrichiboy Video Leave a comment

I know you’re busy today, because we can’t all work for the the City, so here’s a short video to

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Follow the Money

2017-03-03 elrichiboy City Council, The Arena One comment

Most El Pasoans aren’t aware that the City gets a little juice on all its projects. It’s called “Construction Management.”

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South by Southwest Will Rat You Out

2017-03-03 elrichiboy Art Leave a comment

Like Austin, South by Southwest used to be cool. Not anymore. Here’s part of their artists’ agreement, according to Rolling

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#Highland Park, Episode 4: Larry Wants His Keys

2017-03-02 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

More from those folks at #Highland Park. Check it out.

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Retrovision: Trouble in Paradise

2017-03-02 elrichiboy Juarez, Retrovision Leave a comment

This post originally appeared on May 21, 2012. Last week I went to Juarez to see which bars were being

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The Problem With Economic Growth

2017-03-01 elrichiboy Economic Development, The Arena 6 comments

The problem with using Economic Growth as a rationale for building the arena is that the arena isn’t creating any

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AMLO Presente!

2017-03-01 elrichiboy Mexico, Politics, What to Do One comment

Next Monday, perennial Mexican presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador will visit El Paso courting the vote of Mexican expatriates.

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The People Speak!

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  • LOUIS HEAD on Water Wrangling, Data Center Dealmaking and Deep Distrust in Sunland Park and Beyond
  • F.A. Sommerfeld on Paul and Julie Ten Years After
  • JerryK on El Paso is Falling
  • elrichiboy on Paul and Julie Ten Years After
  • John G. Dungan on Paul and Julie Ten Years After
  • Richard Moore on People Rising: Snapshots from El Paso’s Data Center Battles
  • Jessamyn C Young on People Rising: Snapshots from El Paso’s Data Center Battles
  • Aroop Mangalik on People Rising: Snapshots from El Paso’s Data Center Battles
  • Sinister Publications on Renaming the Cesar Chavez Border Highway

El Chuqueño Lately

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  • “Now We Know Their Names”

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