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The Robber Barons versus the Citizens of El Paso

2016-03-16 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, Politics 2 comments

One time, (okay, more than once), I accused the Big Money in El Paso of foisting all those Quality of

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It’s Only Money

2016-03-15 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Politics 2 comments

According to this story in El Diario, the City of El Paso has hired attorneys to defend the City against

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Remember how cool El Paso used to be?

2016-03-09 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development 2 comments

In case you haven’t heard, the former El Paso band Cigarettes After Sex is blowing up, as evidenced by this

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The Shooting of Daniel Saenz

2016-03-08 elrichiboy Law Enforcement, Politics Leave a comment

Today is the third anniversary of the day when El Paso Police Officer Jose Flores shot handcuffed prisoner Daniel Saenz

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Cross Border Shootings

2016-03-07 elrichiboy Juarez, Law Enforcement, Politics One comment

Here’s a story from the New York Times Magazine reviewing the shooting of José Antonio Elena Rodríguez, a sixteen-year-old boy

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Outbreak at the Zoo (Website)

2016-03-04 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso 3 comments

Here’s an alert from a concerned citizen: The El Paso zoo is running a malware infested website. I think this

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Harvest! Harvest! Harvest!

2016-02-25 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso One comment

This is what happens when you don’t harvest your broccoli when it’s ready. It might still be delicious. And now

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How to Live in El Paso: The Boost

2016-02-25 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez One comment

Here’s a cool book about a distopian future set right here in El Paso and Juarez. The Boost tells the

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And they all lived happily ever after.

2016-02-24 elrichiboy City Council, Media, Politics One comment

Let me tell you how the City Manager Tommy Gonzalez saga is going to end. The City will buy Mr.

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It depends on who you are

2016-02-23 elrichiboy City Council, It's All Good, Media, Politics 4 comments

Remember just a few short years ago, when City Council was circumventing state law to award El Paso a Triple

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Here’s the proof

2016-02-22 elrichiboy Juarez, Law Enforcement Leave a comment

For the people who doubt that Juarez is getting better, here’s evidence, from the El Paso Times: Two men suspected

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Bienvenidos, No Passport Required

2016-02-20 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development, Juarez 2 comments

Are you still not going to Juarez because you don’t have a passport? Your reluctance is unfounded. Here’s a quote

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Oops, again.

2016-02-18 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Economic Development, Media One comment

The Pope is coming to Juarez to highlight his message about immigration? What a great opportunity to talk up El

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An Acceptable Level of Risk?

2016-02-15 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Law Enforcement, Media, Politics 2 comments

If you want to know what it’s like to live in a police state, try walking through the Segundo Barrio

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Papal Economics

2016-02-11 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Juarez, Law Enforcement, Media, Uncategorized 2 comments

Besides the million dollars we’re spending on security, do you think the Pope’s visit to Juarez will have an economic

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Goodbye

2016-01-29 elrichiboy Uncategorized 4 comments

You could have called to say goodbye. I might have tried to stop you, but maybe not. Everyone has the

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How to win friends and influence people

2016-01-28 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Economic Development 4 comments

With their current rate case, El Paso Electric Company (EPEC) is sticking it to its El Paso ratepayers so hard

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Deliver us from idiots.

2016-01-27 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Politics 3 comments

Let me get this straight. To highlight his message on immigration, the Pope will visit the actual border (presumably, the

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A hundred years ago . . .

2016-01-27 elrichiboy City Council, Politics Leave a comment

I was in Ciudad Chihuahua, in a bar in a restaurant close to the Hotel Victoria. I was delivering the

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Compra Venta

2016-01-19 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development, How to Live in El Paso, Juarez 4 comments

I’m sitting at a booth at a window on the third floor of the Mercado Cuahtémoc, across the street from

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  • Richard Moore on People Rising: Snapshots from El Paso’s Data Center Battles
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  • Aroop Mangalik on People Rising: Snapshots from El Paso’s Data Center Battles
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  • Paul and Julie Ten Years After
  • “The Gary Webb Story: CIA, Cocaine, and a Media Assassination”
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