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About the Deck Park

2025-04-23 Rich Wright Deck Park, Renard Johnson, Slider, TxDOT 5 comments

by Rich Wright You may have noticed that the deck park is still in play, even after funding sources have

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Elephant March

2025-04-22 Rich Wright Fiction, Slider One comment

by Rich Wright When I was six, my father took me to the circus. My father drank a lot, and

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Sphere and Shakedown in Las Vegas: 60 Years Later the Grateful Dead Family Keeps Truckin’ On

2025-04-21 Kent Paterson Culture, Music, Slider Leave a comment

By Kent Paterson For the second year in a row, the Good Ship Terrapin Station has landed in Las Vegas,

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Retrovision: I Could Tolerate the Deck Park, Maybe

2025-04-16 elrichiboy ballpark, Deck Park, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, TxDOT One comment

This post originally appeared on 23 Novemeber, 2021. I could tolerate the deck park, maybe, if the plans didn’t include

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Community Forum with EPISD D1 Candidates

2025-04-15 Xavier Miranda Education, Politics, Slider Leave a comment

From Xavier Miranda Please consider attending this community forum.  Our public schools face daunting challenges coming from the federal and

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Dolores Huerta: Still Inspiring the Fight for a New Society

2025-04-09 Kent Paterson New Mexico, Slider 2 comments

By Kent Paterson Sporting a black beret that nicely complemented her attire, Dolores Huerta looked ready for battle. The life-long

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Transparency, Chuco-style

2025-04-07 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Corruption, Dionne Mack, Slider Leave a comment

Can you believe that 6 of our 8 City Representatives voted against citizen oversight of bond expenditures? From Adam Powell

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A’s hire A’s

2025-03-28 elrichiboy Politics, Slider Leave a comment

B’s appoint C’s as cabinet members.

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Harry Mitchell, the Mint Café, and The Narcotic Trafficking Question, Part 3

2025-03-10 Bob Chessey History, Juarez, Slider, Uncategorized Leave a comment

By Bob Chessey This is Part 3 of a three part series. You can read Part 1 here, and Part

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Harry Mitchell, the Mint Café, and The Narcotic Trafficking Question, Part 2

2025-03-07 Bob Chessey History, Juarez, Slider Leave a comment

By Bob Chessey This is Part 2 of a three part series. You can read Part 1 here. The Valera

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Harry Mitchell, the Mint Café, and The Narcotic Trafficking Question, Part 1

2025-03-06 Bob Chessey History, Juarez, Slider Leave a comment

This is Part 1 of a three part series. “Harry Mitchell, owner of the Mint café, Juarez, and Rogelio Sanchez,

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John Stewart on Doge

2025-02-25 elrichiboy Politics, Slider Leave a comment
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We Need a New Political Party

2025-02-19 Rich Wright Politics, Slider 5 comments

President Obama bailed out the banks. President Cheney started a war that netted his company billions in no-bid contracts. Both

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Border Theater

2025-02-10 Rich Wright International Relations, Juarez, Mexico, Slider One comment

Yesterday the Mexican Army posted up on Avenida Juarez. What were they looking for? Fentanyl? Venezuelans? The approval of the

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Tariffs, the Superbowl and Ecocide

2025-02-07 Kent Paterson Mexico, Slider, The Environment 4 comments

By Kent Paterson President Donald Trump’s decision to delay for 30 days the implementation of tariffs on Mexican products averted

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Otero County Deputy Charged With Murder

2025-02-04 Rich Wright El Paso Police Department, Law Enforcement, Slider Leave a comment

Here’s a horrific story about a trigger happy deputy unloading a whole clip into a teenager who dropped an airsoft

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Shenanigans in Canuto?

2025-01-27 elrichiboy Canutillo ISD, Slider Leave a comment

Here are the contents of an email I received on January 15: Respected Media Members, Below is a timeline recently

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Know Your Rights

2025-01-24 Xavier Miranda Immigration, Law Enforcement, Slider 3 comments

by Xavier Miranda (Sigue en español)   In light of Trump’s mass deportations, it is important to educate ourselves and our

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We’re No. 1!

2025-01-23 Rich Wright ballpark, Brand El Paso, Economic Development, Joyce Wilson, Slider, Welfare for the Rich 2 comments

From El Paso’s English language almost daily: While El Paso has lots to be proud of — endless hiking in

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Retrovision: The Real Costs of the QoL Projects

2025-01-17 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, City Management, Opportunity Costs, Retrovision, Slider One comment

This article originally appeared on 12 April 2017. Sure, half a billion dollars is a lot of money. Especially for

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