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Friday Short – Bliss is Orange

2021-09-23 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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The Effects of Fiscal Profligacy

2021-09-23 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, population, Slider, Taxes One comment

“Why do you keep hitting yourself in the head with that hammer?” “Because it feels so good when I stop.”

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Earth, Wind & Fire – September

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Consider the Deck Park

2021-09-20 elrichiboy MountainStar Sports Group, ballpark, Slider, Taxes, The Trench, TxDOT 11 comments

The latest push from the people who want to build a deck over the freeway is connectivity. Connect those neighborhoods

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Sunday Matinee – 5 Steps to Danger

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Ransomed Bluegrass – I’ll Fly Away

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Saturday Matinee – Inside Mexico’s Most Powerful Drug Cartel

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Justice For Chet

2021-09-18 elrichiboy El Paso Police Department, History, Music, Slider One comment

Today is the second anniversary of the day that blues drummer Chet Woodward was murdered at the streetcar stop by

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Friday Short – Liverpool Ferry

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Et Tu, Brutus?

2021-09-17 elrichiboy Meta Blog One comment

After a hiatus of more than a year, the El Paso Speak blog is back. The blogger, who writes under

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He’s a Witch!

2021-09-15 elrichiboy TxDOT, ballpark, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, The Trench 3 comments

From a September 5, 2021 article by Sara Sanchez in the El Paso Inc.: A multimillion-dollar project that includes rebuilding

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The Exodus

2021-09-14 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, El Paso Times, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes 4 comments

Nine years ago, powerful people in El Paso pushed the 2012 Quality of Life bonds. According to U.S. Census estimates,

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Michael Jackson – They Don’t Care About Us

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Sunday Matinee – Rope of Sand

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Buddy Greene – Shall We Gather at the River

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Saturday Matinee – Why Big Oil Loves to Talk About Your Carbon Footprint

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Friday Short – Amber

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Insight Crime on the Adapting Cartels

2021-09-10 elrichiboy Mexico, Marijuana, Slider Leave a comment

Here’s an interesting piece from Insight Crime about the evolving interests of criminal groups in our neighbor to the south.

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Panamá Cha-Cha – Fe Ciega

2021-09-09 elrichiboy Music One comment
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Their Strategy is Your Money

2021-09-09 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 5 comments

Here’s part of the City of El Paso’s Strategic Plan, which I lifted from their website. Look at 6.6. Does

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