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Retrovision – El Paso, (Temporary) Home of the Carpetbaggers

2022-05-13 Rich Wright City Management, Letters to the Editor, Media, Retrovision, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 8 comments

This post originally appeared on 10 February 2021. You know why there’s so little crime in El Paso? Because we

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Take Me Out to the Ballgame

2022-04-05 Rich Wright ballpark, El Paso Times, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider 2 comments

The El Paso Times ran an advertisement for article about the upcoming Chihuahuas baseball season in the print edition today.

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LatinX El Paso : Odyssey of a Mexican American/Hispanic Community by Oscar Martinez

2021-12-16 elrichiboy Uncategorized, History, Media, Slider 4 comments

Latinx El Paso provides a historical and contemporary overview of the Mexican American/Hispanic population in one of the major urban centers

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Max For the Win!

2021-11-15 elrichiboy The Arena, El Paso Times, Slider 5 comments

Recently, “Former First Lady” Adair Margo wrote a guest column for the El Paso Times. Since 2016, a falsehood has

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“This is Extremely Dangerous to Our Democracy”

2021-10-05 elrichiboy Media Leave a comment
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Manufacturing Consent

2021-09-16 Rich Wright City Council, Chamber of Commerce, City Management, Downtown Management District, Economic Development, El Paso Times, Manufacturing Consent, Media, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Taxes 6 comments

Reality is subjective. That notion isn’t popular in the hard sciences, but anyone with a television or internet connection can

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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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More Lies From People Who Should Know Better

2021-07-14 elrichiboy Water Parks, City Management, El Paso Times, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez One comment

I read the El Paso Times so you won’t have to, and I’ve noticed a disturbing pattern. Every time the

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Media Censorship

2021-06-17 elrichiboy Media, El Paso Times, Welfare for the Rich Leave a comment
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Losing Faith In Our Institutions, Part 2

2021-05-26 Rich Wright Certificates of Obligation, City Council, City Management, El Paso Police Department, El Paso Times, Law Enforcement, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, The "Progressives" Leave a comment

Truth, Justice, and the American Way. These days, asking if truth and justice are the American way is a legitimate

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Border Boo Boos

2021-05-24 Kent Paterson Media, Mexico, Migration 2 comments

By Kent Paterson We’ve withstood some pretty fierce winds in the region lately. But so far, fortunately, no wind has

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Groundhog Day

2021-05-04 elrichiboy Breaking News, Media 2 comments

Here’s the front page of the El Paso Times for the last couple of days. It’s like deja vu all

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Credit Where Credit Is Due

2021-04-29 elrichiboy Sam Rodriguez, Corrections, Education, Elections, Media, Self Censorship, Slider One comment

This week I published a post critical of the El Paso Times coverage of an EPISD District 3 candidate. You

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The El Paso Times’ Reporting on Another CREEED EPISD Candidate

2021-04-23 elrichiboy Media, Education, Elections, Politics, Self Censorship, Slider 2 comments

This morning’s El Paso Times featured this report: An El Paso school board candidate confirmed she does not believe masks are effective

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International Women’s Day Coverage in the U.S. and Mexico

2021-03-09 Kent Paterson Uncategorized, Media, Mexico, Slider 2 comments

by Kent Paterson Women’s Day Reporting Diverges in U.S. and Mexico  What was the top story in Mexico and the

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El Paso, (Temporary) Home of the Carpetbaggers

2021-02-10 elrichiboy City Management, Letters to the Editor, Media, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 5 comments

You know why there’s so little crime in El Paso? Because we all live here. We’re not going anywhere. You

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ABC-7 Xtra on the Downtown Historic District

2021-02-01 elrichiboy Media Leave a comment

Max Grossman and Richard Dayoub

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All the News That Fits an Agenda

2021-01-21 elrichiboy Slider, Breaking News, Ethics, Media 5 comments

Do you depend on the El Paso Times to keep you informed on local news? Or maybe you count on

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The Failing Health of Government By Spin

2020-12-30 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Ethics, Media, Politics, Slider, Technology Leave a comment

El Paso has a long history of catering to private interest in the name of public good. That worked before

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El Paso’s Fourth Tit

2020-12-07 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Elections, Ethics, Media, Slider 9 comments

I reckon the local oligarchs really got their hooks into the El Paso Times. Yesterday the El Paso Times had

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