I just heard (on the livestream of the City Council’s regular meeting) that videos of the El Paso City Council
Author: elrichiboy
Sunday Matinee: Beyond Mombassa
Like last week’s trip to 1954 Machu Pichu, here’s a time travelogue to Kenya in 1956. Starring Cornel Wilde and
Special Feature: Daughter of God
Here’s a trippy, tender, messed up, Keanu flick. It was originally released as Exposed to much less than stellar reviews,
Last Week, City Council Raised Your Taxes
As I mentioned last week, but this time from the El Paso Inc.: The price that El Paso Electric must
Sunday Matinee: Secret of the Incas
Here’s Charlton Heston as Indiana Jones. No, really. Sort of. 1954, with Nicole Murray as a sexy Romanian Cold War
Local Film Short: Nacido de Nuevo
El Paso’s nascent film scene is happening right under our noses. Here’s an award-winning short from Los Angeles filmmaker Evan
Mo’ Taxes
Since 1987, the County of El Paso has been getting a quarter of the sales tax collected in the city.
We’re Number 2! (For Now)
Fort Worth has slightly higher property tax rates than El Paso. For now. According to SmartAsset.com (killer website name), the
A Rose By Any Other Name
Did you see this story in the El Paso Times? El Paso Electric ratepayers will see a smaller than expected
Toro Toro Toro
After a long hiatus, the bullfights are back in Juarez. April 7 features a slew of rejoneadores. Those rejoneadores are
Bread and Taxes
Right now I’m making bread. I’m at the part of the bread-making process where a lump of dough sits in
“Mayor Sitting on Ethics Revisions”
That’s the front page headline of the El Paso Inc. this weekend. Here’s what it says: Members of the city’s
Sunday Matinee: Pushover (1954)
This classic features Fred MacMurray as a cop lured over to the dark side by the lovely Kim Novak, in
RIP Chalo
Seminal punk rock drummer and El Paso native Charlie Quintana passed away last week in Cancun, Mexico. From the Los
Dueling Commenters
ChucoGeek had this to say in response to the article Times Change: This is why we are stuck following through
Times Change
Lookie here. That chart at the top of this article shows the difference in taxable property values from 1999 to
Sunday Matinee: Framed
This 1947 Glenn Ford film finds our hero in the clutches of a beautiful barmaid who has him figured for
How Are Your Chiles Doing?
Most of my pequin survived the winter (wasn’t it brutal this year?), but so far the habaneros show no signs
Dale Watson Leaving Austin For Memphis
From the Texas Standard: “I make a good living,” Watson says. “But the city has really made it hard to
Murderer of UTEP Grad Faces Life in Prison
Remember that engineer who was shot and killed in a bar in Kansas last year? It looks like the guy