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The Anti-Immigrant Family Judge

2026-01-27 Rich Wright Courts, Slider One comment

Here’s a story from ElPasoMatters.org: Attorneys with the immigration advocacy group Estrella del Paso last month asked that District Court

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Ricardo Pepi to Fullham?

2026-01-25 Rich Wright El Paso, Slider, sports Leave a comment

ESPN reports that English Premier League’s Fullham F.C. have reportedly offered Dutch futbol team PSV $38 million for the contract

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Masa pa’ la Raza: Taconeta

2026-01-23 Rich Wright How to Live in El Paso, Slider Leave a comment

For the third year in a row, Taconeta made it to the semi-finals of the James Beard Awards in the

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An “Unprecedented” Event

2026-01-13 Rich Wright El Paso Water, Public Service Board, Slider, The Environment, Water One comment

This from ElPasoTimes.com: It could be until mid-week when a boil water notice is lifted and water service is fully

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The Primary Elections

2026-01-12 Rich Wright Elections, Slider One comment

I always vote. Every election. School boards. State judges. Railroad Commissioner. I have even gone to the fire station to

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Shopping South El Paso Street

2025-12-22 Rich Wright How to Live in El Paso, Slider One comment

South El Paso Street is El Paso’s most vibrant street. In the daytime, South El Paso Street is what our

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Project Jupiter’s Environmental Impact

2025-12-17 Rich Wright Economic Development, Project Jupiter, Slider, The Environment, Water Leave a comment

Here’s another article critical about Project Jupiter. This critique is environmental. From Truthout.org: At the very Southeastern tip of New

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Solving the City’s Budget Problem: Let’s Get Rid of the TIRZs

2025-12-02 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Debt, Dionne Mack, Joyce Wilson, Renard Johnson, Robert Cortinas, Slider, Taxes, TIRZs 4 comments

Did you see last week that the City Manager wanted to charge every house and business in El Paso a

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Big Brother is Watching

2025-11-24 Rich Wright Law Enforcement, Uncategorized Leave a comment

Here’s a comforting story from EFF.org, the website of the Electronic Frontier Foundation: Through an analysis of 10 months of

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Thank the Taxpayers

2025-11-10 Rich Wright Commissioners Court, Ricardo Samaniego, Slider, Taxes One comment

Here’s a story at ElPasoTimes.com titled State of the County address touts growth through bonds in address. “On time and

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Can’t We Just Wait?

2025-11-09 Rich Wright Deck Park, Slider, TxDOT 2 comments

Judging from what I see on social media, the proposed deck park is wildly unpopular. Even most of the people

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Bullfight Tonight!

2025-10-31 Rich Wright How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, Slider Leave a comment

The 2025 bullfighting season carries on tonight with another spectacle at the Aberto Balderas Bullring in downtown Juarez. Tonight’s headliner

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Retrovision: El Paso Cool and the Brain Drain

2025-10-20 Rich Wright Brand El Paso, Economic Development, Slider One comment

by Rich Wright This article, or something very much like it, originally appeared on NewspaperTree.com in early May, 2008. There’s

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Who’s the New Guy?

2025-10-17 Rich Wright Law Enforcement, Slider, Uncategorized Leave a comment

Ken Paxton, the Texas Attorney General who sometimes gets indicted and impeached, has launched a campaign to infiltrate left wing

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Ninja Convention

2025-10-16 Rich Wright El Paso, Slider, Visit El Paso One comment

The Secret Society of Ninjas met in El Paso this week, and I was lucky enough to photograph their parade

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Diminishing El Paso

2025-10-06 Rich Wright Economic Development, population, Slider, Urban Planning Leave a comment

Here’s a story from ElPasoMatters.org‘s CEO Bob Moore about El Paso County’s population growth prospects: El Paso County will continue

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Ouch!

2025-10-03 Rich Wright El Paso Times, Media, Slider One comment

The El Paso Times delivered its mandated circulation report on page 5A of Thursday’s dead tree edition, and it’s not

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Juarez’ 2025 Bullfighting Season

2025-10-01 Rich Wright Culture, How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, Slider One comment

While we weren’t looking, the Ciudad Juarez 2025 bullfighting season got underway. The next bullfight is Friday, October 3 at

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The Deck Park Will Kill Downtown

2025-09-30 Rich Wright Deck Park, Downtown, Economic Development, Slider 7 comments

Downtown El Paso is already barely accessible. What effect will 5 years of freeway and deck park construction have on

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Social Engineering Chuco-Style

2025-09-26 Rich Wright City Management, Economic Development, Slider 2 comments

I live in a neighborhood I call Barrio Heights. Barrio Heights is below Rim Road, close to El Paso High.

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