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The City’s Hidden Tax Increase

2020-11-24 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Library, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 6 comments

The City made a big deal out of not raising the tax rate this year, despite losing revenue due to

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JAWNY: Sabotage

2020-11-23 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Thanksgiving, or Not

2020-11-23 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso 2 comments

Back when God was just outgrowing the training wheels on his celestial bicycle, I used to have a regular writing

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Where Has the Money Gone?

2020-11-23 elrichiboy City Management, Coronavirus, Slider 2 comments

As of this morning, El Paso has recorded 81,511 positive tests for the Coronavirus, and 862 Covid-19 deaths. On May

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Sunday Matinee: City of Fear

2020-11-22 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Recount

2020-11-21 elrichiboy Corruption, Elections, Politics, Slider 4 comments

I try to stay away from national politics on El Chuqueño, because I don’t want to alienate potential readers. Lots

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Saturday Documentary: Documenting Hate: New American Nazis

2020-11-21 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Friday Short: the Big Break

2020-11-20 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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Vandalizing the Star

2020-11-20 elrichiboy Law Enforcement, Media, Slider 7 comments

The El Paso Times reports that people have been vandalizing the star on the mountain. For 80 years, the Star

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The Joe T. Hodo Show

2020-11-19 elrichiboy It's a joke., Slider, Video Leave a comment

Here’s something maybe you haven’t seen. Or maybe you have. It first “aired” in 2016. Later episodes feature Mr. Hodo’s

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Die Antwoord: I Fink U Freeky

2020-11-18 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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FOLI (there is no movement without rhythm) original version by Thomas Roebers and Floris Leeuwenberg

2020-11-17 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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A Public Apology to the El Paso Times

2020-11-17 elrichiboy Media 4 comments

I’ve ragged a lot on the El Paso Times (no pun intended). My animosity was chiefly rooted in their uncritical

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We Should Fire Them All

2020-11-17 elrichiboy City Management, Coronavirus, Corruption, Jessica Herrera, Sam Rodriguez, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 14 comments

I’m angry. From KFOX14.com: Five buildings throughout El Paso are being refurbished to assist the county combat COVID-19. . .

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Cuba Feliz: Lagrimas Negras

2020-11-16 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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“Will You Support a Taxpayer Funded Soccer Stadium?”

2020-11-16 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Joyce Wilson, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Taxes, The Arena, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich 8 comments

That’s the question we should be asking candidates this election cycle. In the next four years, City Council will probably

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Retrovision: The Effects of Corruption

2020-11-16 elrichiboy City Management, Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Retrovision, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 2 comments

This post originally appeared on 28 March 2019. Back in 2009, Woody Hunt talked about the effects of corruption in

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Sunday Matinee: Shockproof

2020-11-15 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Retrovision: Dee Margo’s Task Force

2020-11-14 elrichiboy Coronavirus, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Slider One comment

This post originally appeared on 23 April 2020. Good news, everybody. Sure, people are dying, and the economy’s in the

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Saturday Documentary: Secrets of the Tribe

2020-11-14 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary One comment
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