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BOTA Call to Action

2024-01-08 Jerry Kurtyka Bridge of the Americas, Slider, The Environment Leave a comment

by Jerry Kurtyka BOTA NEPA SCOPING PUBLIC MEETING On Wednesday December 12th the General Services Administration (GSA) hosted a public

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Proposition C

2024-01-04 Rich Wright Arrogance, City Council, City Management, Climate Change, Col. (Ret.) Cary Westin, Nicole Alderette-Ferrini, Opportunity Costs, Slider 2 comments

From CBS4Local.com: El Paso’s City Council approved the agenda item to pay over a million dollars to form a Climate

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Paseños Say No More Commercial Trucks on the Free Bridge

2023-12-20 Kent Paterson Bridge of the Americas, Slider, The Environment, TxDOT One comment

By Kent Paterson Long known as the Sun City, perhaps El Paso will soon be monikered the Semi City, and

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That Whistleblower Lawsuit

2023-12-19 Rich Wright Edmundo "Mundo!" Calderon, Karla Nieman, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez, Whistleblower Lawsuit Leave a comment

‘member that City of El Paso Chief Internal Auditor Edmundo (Mundo!) Calderon filed that Whistleblower lawsuit against former City Manager

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City Auditor Files Whistleblower Lawsuit Against the City of El Paso

2023-12-18 Rich Wright Cassandra Hernandez, City Council, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Gassandrgate, Karla Nieman, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez One comment

The Grift That Keeps on Grifting From KVIA.com: El Paso Chief Internal Auditor Edmundo Calderon has filed a lawsuit against the

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Elizabeth Taylor, Katherine Hepburn, and Montgomery Clift in “Suddenly Last Summer”

2023-12-17 elrichiboy Slider, Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Local Boy Makes Good

2023-12-11 elrichiboy News, Slider, Welcome to Monday Leave a comment

From the Washington, D.C, City Paper: You have to admire Christian Irabién’s persistence and patience. The 43-year-old Chihuahua-born, El Paso-raised

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Albuquerque Air Battles Rage: Politicians Nix Environmental Board, E Justice Regulation

2023-12-10 Kent Paterson Albuquerque, Slider, The Environment 6 comments

By Kent Paterson Promoting a tourism mystique, the marketers of Albuquerque, New Mexico, peddle images of clean skies, diverse culture

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Meta and EPEC

2023-12-06 elrichiboy City Management, El Paso Electric Company, Slider 2 comments

From ElPasoTimes.com, in case you’ve been dozing: Meta Platforms Inc., the company that operates Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp social media

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Barrio Park Christmas Toy Giveaway.

2023-12-04 elrichiboy Go Local, How to Live in El Paso, Slider Leave a comment

I’ve told you about Cruz Morales. He puts his heart and soul into Barrio Park, over there by the new

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Tortas de Cola de Pavo

2023-12-02 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, Slider Leave a comment

El Paso has Chico’s Tacos. Juarez has tortas de cola de pavo. Turkey tail sandwiches. Of course you can only

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Revelations About Government Censorship on Social Media

2023-12-01 elrichiboy Media, News, Slider 4 comments

This is story about news censorship, which surprisingly is not appearing in the media that are accused of news censorship.

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“Rio Grande Revisited: Backroads of Albuquerque”

2023-11-27 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Perspectives, Slider Leave a comment

Here’s a radio documentary from frequent El Chuqueño contributer Kent Paterson. Join journalist Kent Paterson for a trip back and

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El Paso Has a Dumpster Problem

2023-11-21 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Ellen Smythe, Slider, The Environment 5 comments

I live by El Paso High. The official name of the subdivision is Alexander Heights, but no one calls it

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El Paso’s Highway Boondoggle

2023-11-19 Rich Wright Deck Park, Slider, The Trench, TxDOT, Widening I-10 Leave a comment

An alert reader hipped me to the Public Interest Research Group’s Fall 2023 publication Highway Boondoggles 8: Doubling Down on

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Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Go Back in the Water

2023-11-13 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Economic Development, Elizabeth Triggs, Slider, TIRZs 2 comments

From the dead tree edition of the El Paso Inc.: Two years after it was rezoned from farm/ranch land to

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The Teflon Donna

2023-11-08 Rich Wright Cassandra Hernandez, Corruption, Gassandrgate, Politics, Slider 2 comments

You read that the effort to recall District 3 Representative Cassandra Hernandez failed to get the 4,000+ signatures it would

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Press Release for Effort to Recall Cassandra Hernandez

2023-11-07 elrichiboy Cassandra Hernandez, Gassandrgate, Slider One comment
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El hermano mayor.

2023-10-24 Rich Wright Juarez, Mexico, Slider, Surveillance Leave a comment

Check out this promotional video for Torre Centinela: No, it’s not a sci-fi movie about a near future dystopia. That

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Barbs along the Rio Grande

2023-10-20 Kent Paterson Immigration, Law Enforcement, Slider One comment

By Kent Paterson A pleasant and quiet day prevailed just above the International Dam on the Rio Grande near the

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