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The Ongoing War

2022-03-31 Rich Wright Uncategorized, Slider 4 comments

At last Tuesday’s City Council meeting, City Staff wanted to renege on a promise the City made to El Pasoans

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Circle the Wagons

2022-03-28 Rich Wright Chamber of Commerce, City Management, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez One comment

Did I ever mention that the El Paso City Government, the Chamber of Commerce, and MountainStar Sports have declared war

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Adios, David Jerome

2022-03-25 Rich Wright Chamber of Commerce, City Management, Slider 3 comments

From the El Paso Times: David Jerome, who has been the El Paso Chamber’s chief executive officer for just over four years,

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Capitalism In Action

2022-03-25 elrichiboy Juarez, Law Enforcement, Mexico, Migration, Slider One comment

Walking across the Santa Fe Street bridge in the old days, like pre-pandemic, sometimes you’d have to stop to let

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And the Hits Keep Coming

2022-03-22 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 7 comments

More good news, from ElPasoMatters.com : The Public Service Board voted unanimously Wednesday to ask El Paso City Council to

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Next to Last Call for Redistricting

2022-03-16 elrichiboy City Council, Redistricting, Slider One comment

As you probably know, the City of El Paso is in the throes of redrawing district boundaries. The City Charter

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The Ongoing Class War

2022-03-14 Rich Wright Tommy Gonzalez, Chamber of Commerce, City Council, City Management, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider 3 comments

Have I ever mentioned that it feels like the City of El Paso, and the El Paso Chamber of Commerce,

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9 Years Ago

2022-03-08 Rich Wright Chief Greg Allen, City Council, City Management, El Paso Police Department, Law Enforcement, Slider, Veronica Escobar One comment

On March 8, 2013, El Paso Police Officer Jose Flores shot the handcuffed prisoner Danny Saenz in the sallyport of

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TEDx El Paso: A City Reimagined

2022-03-04 Rich Wright Economic Development, ballpark, Chamber of Commerce, City Management, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Strategic Plan, Tommy Gonzalez, TxDOT 6 comments

Saturday, March 5 (tomorrow, or today, or last week, depending on when you are reading this) TEDx El Paso is

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Greetings From Cyberspace

2022-03-02 elrichiboy Slider, Support El Chuqueño, World News Leave a comment

Lately El Chuqueño has been attacked by Russian bots. Lots of bots. Maybe it’s because last week in the comments

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Belated Happy Birthday, El Paso

2022-03-01 Rich Wright Downtown, Slider, The Arena Leave a comment

On February 28, 1859, Anson Mills submitted this street plat for the town that was to become El Paso. And

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Vote for David Stout

2022-03-01 elrichiboy Commissioners Court, Elections, Slider Leave a comment

El Chuqueño doesn’t endorse political candidates. I’ve had my heart broken too many times. But this time I’m making an

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Don’t Forget to Undervote

2022-02-28 elrichiboy Elections, Politics, Slider One comment

Tomorrow is Primary Election Day. On the ballot are lots of candidates vying for lots of positions. You’ve never heard

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The City is Taking the Buses

2022-02-25 Rich Wright City Management, Public Transportation, Slider, The Trench, Widening I-10 6 comments

Gas is as expensive as it has been in a while, and it’s going to get dearer. Supply chain disruptions

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“Imagine an El Paso Where Community Comes First”

2022-02-24 Rich Wright How to Live in El Paso, Slider 4 comments

The Community First Coalition has come up with a pretty slick presentation of their goals and ideals. El Chuqueño is

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El Paso is at War

2022-02-21 Rich Wright Chamber of Commerce, Cesar Blanco, City Council, City Management, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 5 comments

It’s a class war. The City of El Paso, and the Chamber of Commerce, and MountainStar Sports Group, have declared

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The Future of I-10

2022-02-09 Rich Wright TxDOT, Slider, The Trench 3 comments

TxDOT has released a couple of proposals for the freeway downtown. They’re not pretty. Here’s a link (with an opportunity

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Blame It On the Strategic Plan

2022-02-07 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Economic Development, Slider, Strategic Plan, Tommy Gonzalez One comment

If you want to know what’s wrong with governance in El Paso, you have to look no further than the

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My Letter to the Malcolm Baldridge Foundation

2022-02-04 Rich Wright City Management, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez One comment

Hi y’all, I see where El Paso City Manager Tommy Gonzalez received the E David Spong Lifetime Achievement Award from

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Unqualified Doctors at El Paso Children’s Hospital?

2022-02-01 Rich Wright El Paso Children's Hospital, Slider 2 comments

ElPasoPolitics.com reports on some of the shenanigans going on at the El Paso Children’s Hospital: Thomas Mayes is a pediatric

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