Advocates of the Quality of Life bonds completely misrepresented the facts before the 2012 elections. They minimized the impact on
Author: elrichiboy
Our Local Education
In this piece that I picked up from Brutus’ blog, and which appeared here originally, the author says you don’t
“If Only They Knew The Truth”
Here’s a good story from DavidK’s Refuse the Juice blog: The El Paso Times is patting itself on the back
Critical Mass, Anyone?
On Thursday, April 19, a bunch of cyclists are taking over the streets of Juarez for the Día Mundial de
You Messed Up
Mayor Dee Margo, who promised during his campaign to “Hold the line on taxes,” thinks you’re not paying enough in
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Live Webcast
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit are playing at the Plaza Theatre on Thursday, April 26. I’ve already got my
Banditos at Lowbrow Palace April 22
Hey, retro rock and rollers. Do you know this band, the Banditos? No, not the American motorcycle club with a
How To Be An Unregistered Lobbyist
It’s easy. Lobbyists are only people who are paid to lobby. If you’re paid for something else, like, say, being
Transparency, Transhmerancy
Tomorrow City Council is appointing a “City of El Paso Ad Hoc Charter Advisory Committee for the purpose of a
Sunday Matinee: Hell’s Island
Here’s a 1956 film noir, in VistaVision Technicolor! Watch this video on YouTube Here’s what the director, Phil Karlson had
Studio Tour
Are you doing anything this weekend? Maybe you’d like to see how art happens. More than three dozen artists are
Calexico at Tricky Falls April 19
Calexico, the band that should have been named Juarpaso, plays at Tricky Falls this Thursday. Here they are with a
The Long Goodbye
The U.S. Census Bureau’s population estimates are out for El Paso County, and the years long trend of flatlined population
It’s All In The Spin
Here’s the headline and lede of a story on KVIA: El Paso makes top 125 list of best places to
Tales From the Morgue
From a May 10, 2012, article in the El Paso Times* written by Cindy Ramirez: The city’s November bond issue
Correction: The Recent City Council Vote To Raise Your Taxes
Recently I wrote that City Council, by increasing El Paso Electric’s Street Rental Fee, cut the reduction to our electric
El Feis
I don’t understand the Facebook controversy. Did anyone think that Facebook wasn’t selling your information? Did you think it was
El Paso is Unique
Marketers like to talk about a product’s Unique Selling Proposition; that is, the things that differentiate a product from other
Sunday Matinee: God of War
Here’s a cool Chinese Ming dynasty era war movie, in Mandarin (Cantonese?) with English subtitles, so you can watch it
The City’s Filmmaker Program: Built to Fail
Tuesday City Council voted to give up to $30,000 to local filmmakers for projects produced in El Paso. Of course,