The Rubin Center, the art gallery on the UTEP campus, is hosting an event this Thursday (tomorrow) from 6 to
Author: elrichiboy
More Champions League Already?
Holy moly. Yesterday was the first day of Week 4 for the Champions League, and today is the second. Today’s
The Fenenbucks Controversy
Graphic designer Jud Burgess has been campaigning against the El Paso Independent School District $669 million bond proposal. [Disclosure: Mr.
Tsuru versus Versa
Here’s a crash test between a Mexican Nissan Tsuru, the cheapest Nissan sold in Mexico, and a Nissan Versa, the
Selling the Intangibles
The El Paso Times reports that last week, Mayor Oscar Leeser hosted a familiarization tour for bond underwriters. El Paso
Sunday Matinee: The General
Here’s the Buster Keaton classic from 1926. This one has a soundtrack, but it’s a silent movie, so you can
The High Cost of Top-Down Gentrification
Here’s a killer story from Chucopedia by Moncia Krause about the neighbors who live in the footprint and the shadow
Livin’ Easy, Lovin’ Free
You can thank me for this one later.
Texas Hold ’em
Local politics is like Texas Hold ’em. The players won’t show you all their cards, so you look at what’s
Weather Forecast
I remember when we had to bundle up for Trick or Treat. When sitting in the stands for high school
Visit to the Blogosphere
Man, that blogosphere is a scary place. Lemme show you. Since we’ve visited him last, Max Powers has been raising
Abdou Diary
by Hope Wright I’d like to tell you that I’ve puked in every bathroom in the Abdou Building. But that
Happy Days are Here Again!
Good news, El Paso. All that economic development we’ve been planning for is starting to pay off. According to this
Downtown Diary, the Last One: Part 2
Jenni Burton had a weekly column in NewspaperTree from 2004 to 2007. Maybe longer. This month she moved out of
WJUC Highlights Video
Here’s are the freshest highlights of the finals of the World Junior (U 20) Ultimate Championship, in Poland. Fresh as
El Paso Unified School District
The El Paso Independent School District is pushing their “innovation” as an enticement to support their upcoming $669 million bond
Public Office? We shouldn’t even let them use public restrooms.
Last week City Council voted to kick poor people out of their homes so rich people could watch basketball from
Downtown Diary: The Last One
Jenni Burton had a weekly column in NewspaperTree from 2004 to 2007. Maybe longer. This month she moved out of
Not on fire, just smoldering
In an ongoing effort to “inform” the voters, someone posting on Facebook as EPISD Board Member Susie Byrd claimed that,
The $669 Million Question
Originally published way back on 7 September 2016 The El Paso Independent School District wants us to give them $669