Who wins if we build an arena? Obviously whichever firm is selected to build it. (Maybe we can just give
Author: elrichiboy
#Highland Park Episode 2
Here’s the second episode from #Highland Park, that web series about gentrification in El Lay. #HighlandPark – Episode 2: Basketball
Brujeria at Tricky Falls on Sunday
I am not a fan of heavy metal. I don’t like the headbanging. I don’t like the distorted vocals. I
3 Cheap Bars
Over the last two years, the peso has lost about a third of its value. Yesterday it was trading at
Let’s be reasonable.
I don’t really blame the local multi-millionaires for buying City Council. I blame City Council for letting them. Money gives
The Empire Strikes Back!
That really harshes my mellow.
#Highland Park
Here’s the pilot for a series out of El Lay about Chicanos in a neighborhood called Highland Park. Which brings
An Arena? Really?
Over the last twenty years, we’ve spent a lot of money on Downtown. For Union Plaza. The Plaza Theatre. The
Journalism Intern Opportunity
Have you ever wanted to be a journalist? Me neither. There are different ways to get to be a journalist.
Plasma Sword: A Trailer for a Local Film
Can the movie be as good as this trailer featuring all our local heroes? PLASMA SWORD from Roberto Urrea on
Breaking News: Cortney Won’t Run for Mayor
The word on the street is that District 8 Representative Cortney Niland was considering a run for mayor. She just
It’s getting deep.
In this Sunday’s El Paso Times, former Mayor John Cook says: But Cook said he is concerned that even combining
EPEC At It Again
The El Paso Times didn’t include this item in their online edition, but I found it anyway through a Google
It’s Election Time. Sort of.
We don’t vote till May. But now’s the time to get your shit together. We’re rushing headlong into the season
The Truth About Duranguito
Those politicians sitting in chambers at City Hall would like you to believe that their hearts grew three sizes one
Corruption at DHS
I’ve often wondered why the Juarez plaza is so hotly contested by Mexico’s drug trafficking organizations. I surmise that there’s
The Texas Standard with Rich Wright
Yesterday we were driving up to Carlsbad Caverns and we heard this piece on the radio. I guess they were
Renovations to Coronado’s Football Stadium?
Some people (you know who you are) have been speculating about whether some of the $75 million in bond money
Another Perspective by John G. Dungan
Frequent commenter John G. Dungan sent this in to remind us of our history. The constant push from City Council
SWAT Nation: Welcome to Amerika!
Here’s a disturbing video of a SWAT raid on some citizens’ house, taken from a documentary called Do Not Resist.