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THE BRIDGE OF STONES: A MIGRANT CHRISTMAS STORY

2022-12-20 Kent Paterson Mexico, Immigration, Migration, Slider 2 comments

By Kent Paterson Carefully treading a crossing of slippery stones strung across the shallow Rio Grande between Ciudad Juárez and

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A New Day

2022-12-20 Rich Wright Elections, City Council, Slider 2 comments

Three of the four candidates supported by the plutocrats Woody Hunt and Paul Foster lost their runoffs. Does this mean

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A Question of Eligibility

2022-12-15 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Corruption, Laura D. Prine, Politics, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez One comment

Is Bettina Olivares eligible to serve as the City Representative for District 8? Here’s the part of the Municipal Code

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The Future of Downtowns

2022-12-09 elrichiboy City Management, City Council, Downtown, Slider One comment

The City of El Paso (that is you, the taxpayer) is spending millions, or tens of millions, or hundreds of

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El Paso Police Are Taser Happy and the El Paso Times Doesn’t Want You to Know It

2022-12-08 Rich Wright El Paso Police Department, Chief Greg Allen, City Council, City Management, El Paso Times, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

Here’s a few paragraphs from Wednesday’s dead tree front page story of the El Paso Times: One night in October

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“The Specter of Nuclear War, Revisited (New Mexico, 2022)”

2022-12-02 elrichiboy Perspectives, Slider Leave a comment

This was written by a girl I get to sleep with sometimes: I’ve spent a lot of time in the

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The Latest Outrage

2022-11-28 Rich Wright Deck Park, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, The Arena, Veronica Escobar 5 comments

From CBS4Local: As CBS4’s John Purvis reported in a Tough Questions Special Report last week, the federal government’s planned expansion

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Tales from the Tour Bus: Blaze Foley Intro

2022-11-17 elrichiboy Tales from the Tour Bus, Slider Leave a comment
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60 Minutes – “Buses from the Border: New York strained by migrants caught in a broken system”

2022-11-16 elrichiboy Immigration, Slider, Venezuela Leave a comment
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City of Dust – The Albuquerque Rail Yards

2022-11-16 John Mulhouse City of Dust, Slider One comment

by John Mulhouse Train I Ride The Albuquerque Rail Yards are a massive complex sprawling over 27.3 acres and sitting

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Thank You.

2022-11-13 elrichiboy Elections, Slider 9 comments

Well, the election has come and gone and I’m not on that train. A lot of you have expressed condolences.

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Vice News – “From Texas to New York on a Migrant Bus”

2022-11-13 elrichiboy Migration, Slider Leave a comment
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The City’s ED Policy is a Mess

2022-11-07 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes One comment

No, not Erectile Dysfunction. That’s a separate discussion all together. Economic Development. The City’s Economic Development policies are designed to

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Election Night Viewing Party

2022-11-06 Rich Wright Political Advertisement, Slider 5 comments

First I’d like to thank everyone who brought me this far in this year’s election. Thank you to the donors,

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District 8 Small Businesses Support Rich Wright

2022-11-05 Rich Wright Political Advertisement, Slider 2 comments

They mean business! And they support Rich Wright for City Representative for District 8. And many more!

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History Showcase this Saturday

2022-11-04 Rich Wright History, How to Live in El Paso, Slider Leave a comment

Here’s a local history showcase with El Paso history all-stars.

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Vote for Change

2022-11-03 Rich Wright Political Advertisement, Slider One comment

It’s crunch time. We are down to the final countdown. Three days left for voting. Today, tomorrow, and Tuesday. We

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Venezuela on the Rio Grande

2022-10-31 Kent Paterson Immigration, International Relations, Juarez, Mexico, Migration, Slider Leave a comment

By Kent Paterson Standing tall and stoic, Albert Silva gazed at the barbed wire topping the fence on the U.S.

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Dave Marino on the Proposed Bonds

2022-10-25 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 3 comments
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El Paso is Unique

2022-10-17 Rich Wright Economic Development, Political Advertisement, Slider, Taxes, The Arena, Water Parks 3 comments

El Paso is as culturally unique as New Orleans, or San Francisco, or Key West. There is no place in

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