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In Defense of the Rio Bosque Wetlands

2024-04-25 Vanessa Johnson The Environment, Cesar Blanco, Slider, TxDOT 5 comments

by Vanessa Johnson The Chihuahua Desert is an ecological treasure; it is the largest and most biodiverse desert in the

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Our Taxing Politicians

2023-05-15 Rich Wright Cesar Blanco, Claudia Ordaz, El Paso Delegation, Joe Moody, Lina Ortega, Mary Gonzalez, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Taxes 3 comments

You read here that email that Max Grossman sent out, decrying the proposed $10 increase for cars registered El Paso

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A Tax By Any Other Name

2023-05-10 Max Grossman Slider, Cesar Blanco, Claudia Ordaz, Joe Moody, Lina Ortega, Mary Gonzalez, Widening I-10 4 comments

by Max Grossman On May 3, the Texas House passed HB 78, which would increase the registration fee for a

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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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What’s Best for El Paso

2022-02-19 Rich Wright Widening I-10, Cesar Blanco, Deck Park, Lina Ortega, MountainStar Sports Group, The Trench, TxDOT, Veronica Escobar 6 comments

Building the Borderland Expressway makes more sense for El Paso than widening the freeway downtown. If we removed the through

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The Borderland Expressway

2021-07-28 elrichiboy TxDOT, Cesar Blanco, Lina Ortega, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, The Trench, Urban Planning 10 comments

Frequent flyer John G. Dungan made this comment on the post Your Representatives in Austin: Frankly, at this juncture, it

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Your Representatives in Austin

2021-07-26 elrichiboy Texas State Government, Cesar Blanco, Chamber of Commerce, Lina Ortega, Slider, The Trench 5 comments

Now you know who your friends are. Or at least who your friends aren’t. From the El Paso Chamber of

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The People Speak!

  • Andre on You Can Pay When You’re Dead
  • Paul Pino on The Battle of Socorro (New Mexico) and the Futures of People and Data Centers
  • Paul Pino on The Battle of Socorro (New Mexico) and the Futures of People and Data Centers
  • Lela Gayle Braswell Merz on City of Dust: Center Point, New Mexico (Updated)
  • Laurel on City of Dust: Monticello, New Mexico
  • Mark Z on La Fiesta, Downtown Juarez
  • Greg on Memories and Reflections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part One
  • Annony on New Chief, Same as the Old Chief
  • Jerry K on Memories and Reflections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part One
  • Jessamyn C Young on Memories and Reflections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part One

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