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How Bad Does Your Life Suck?

2017-09-11 elrichiboy Media, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, The Arena Leave a comment

Here’s El Paso Times entertainment reporter Dave Acosta addressing the ongoing conflict between the Quality of Life projects’ proponents and

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Sunday Matinee: Humphrey Bogart in Last Edition USA

2017-09-03 elrichiboy Media, Sunday Matinee, Support El Chuqueño Leave a comment

Here’s a good flick, with Humphrey Bogart starring as the editor of a failing newspaper. The movie is all full

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The Men Behind the Curtain

2017-09-01 elrichiboy Economic Development, Media, Quality of Life Projects, Taxes, The Arena 4 comments

You have no doubt seen this news story press release. Via KRWG: Commentary: El Paso, TX – MountainStar Sports Group

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They Outright Lied To You

2017-08-31 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, Elections, Media, Politics, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes One comment

Remember when all our good civil servants, elected officials, and captains of industry were pitching those Quality of Life bond

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RIP, Javier Valdez Cárdenas

2017-05-16 elrichiboy Media, Mexico 2 comments

We’ve got it pretty good here. The water runs when I turn the faucet. When I’m hungry, I eat. The

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We’re Number 1, Again!

2017-05-16 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Juarez, Law Enforcement, Media, Slider One comment

This story in El Diario about a book called Los Narcos Gringos makes an interesting assertion: “El Paso, como muchas

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El Paso Times Covers the Arena Lawsuit. Sort Of.

2017-05-08 elrichiboy City Council, Media, Slider, The Arena 2 comments

The El Paso Times finally got around to covering the lawsuit over the arena this weekend. The story came out

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Welcome to El Paso. Now Go Home.

2017-03-28 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development, Media, Slider 2 comments

El Paso is hot right now. There’s Kahlid. He’s some kind of a rock star. No doubt City Council is

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The Border 80 Years Ago

2017-03-17 elrichiboy Art, Media Leave a comment

Here are some great pictures of the border in the late 1930s, from a story in the Washington Post. As

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Me and Paul

2017-03-11 elrichiboy Media, Music Leave a comment

Here’s a killer story about Willie Nelson’s drummer, best friend, and bodyguard, Paul English. And it’s got an El Paso

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White Power?

2017-02-22 elrichiboy Media, Politics 4 comments

Please read this article on the DailyKos. Unless the pictures are Photoshopped, it sure looks like some of our president’s

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Blue Demon Jr. vs. The Border Patrol

2017-02-15 elrichiboy Art, Media, sports One comment

Here’s a cool video from the New York Times about an event that takes place occasionally in California farming communities.

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Do You Know This Woman?

2017-02-05 elrichiboy Art, Media 2 comments

“A woman is suspected of using stolen credit cards, and the El Paso Police Department is asking for the public’s

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Unbiased Reporting?

2017-02-01 elrichiboy Media, Slider, The Arena 5 comments

Do you think you can get the truth from the El Paso Times? Look at this column from Ramon Bracamontes

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It’s Good to Get Out

2017-01-30 elrichiboy Media, Slider, The Arena Leave a comment

Last night I had to the opportunity to talk to some people I hadn’t met before. I handed them some

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Crowder on the Arena

2017-01-16 elrichiboy City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Media, Slider, The Arena Leave a comment

This week David Crowder unpacks the arena rebate, and things aren’t what the City told us. From an article titled

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Brutus Speaks!

2016-12-30 elrichiboy Education, If it didn't probably happen, then I wouldn't have to talk about it, Media, Slider Leave a comment

Brutus over there at ElPasoSpeak makes some good points with deeper implications, in this post titled EPISD bonds-story changes again.

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Journalist Murdered in Ciudad Chihuahua

2016-12-13 elrichiboy Media, Mexico Leave a comment

According to news reports, a radio journalist was shot dead in his driveway in Ciudad Chihuahua on Saturday morning. From

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El Late Night with Special Guest Richard Wright

2016-11-29 elrichiboy Juarez, Media, Slider Leave a comment

Walking across the bridge, I wish I’d brought a scarf, except the holiday house guests were between me and the

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The Summer of ’69

2016-11-20 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Media, Slider 2 comments

A conscious reader alerted me to this piece on MSN.com: When Michael Lightbourn agreed to look at an old hot

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