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Is he just baiting me?

2015-03-30 elrichiboy Uncategorized 2 comments

Noted helicopter blogger David K had this to say in a recent column about the new ordinance the City is

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Well, that’s a surprise

2015-03-29 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

The owners of the blog site Building San Jacinto Plaza have shut it down. Now we’ll never know.

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Monarch (It’s Comfortable!)

2015-03-26 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Uncategorized 5 comments

Are you still officing out of Starbucks? You should fold up your portfolio and move it over to Monarch. Monarch

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Hot Potato

2015-03-24 elrichiboy Uncategorized 2 comments

Here’s a story problem in political calculus: If you were elected to public office, and the previous administration had incurred

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The Chicano Mexican-American Hispanic Cultural Museum

2015-03-23 elrichiboy Uncategorized 2 comments

What we don’t need is another museum downtown that gets as much traffic as a mausoleum. How about, instead of

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Managing the Public Image

2015-03-20 elrichiboy Uncategorized 3 comments

Here’s a report that Mexico paid Sony big bucks not to cast our southern neighbor in a negative, though perhaps

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Would you let your daughter date a guy like that?

2015-03-19 elrichiboy Uncategorized 2 comments

Imagine if our local government were a person. Would you want that person for a friend? Would you trust that

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NASA Scientist Says California Has One Year of Water Left

2015-03-17 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Here’s an Op-Ed from the LA Times, in which a NASA scientist claims that the Golden State is running dry.

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Why you should get a passport

2015-03-11 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Forget, for a moment, that you live on an international border, and that going to Juarez is probably the most

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Caballo Blanco Ultra Cancelled, a victim of progress

2015-03-10 elrichiboy Uncategorized One comment

Last weekend organizers cancelled an ultra-marathon in the Copper Canyon shortly before it was scheduled to start. You can read

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Hornswoggled again?

2015-03-09 elrichiboy Uncategorized One comment

You’d think that our local newspapers would be a bit leery of the propaganda coming out of the City by

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Beating Climate Change, Desertification, and World Hunger

2015-03-04 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Here’s a TED talk that tackles all the most significant crises threatening our survival on the planet, founded in uncommon

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Devitalizing Downtown

2015-03-04 elrichiboy Uncategorized One comment

Here’s the latest narrative spin: River Oaks demolished a cluster of five decaying buildings on the property last year over

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Bill Proposed to Legalize Marijuana in Texas

2015-03-03 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

According to this report: In Texas, a conservative lawmaker filed a bill to completely deregulate marijuana in the Lone Star

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What, exactly, would go in an Hispanic cultural center?

2015-03-03 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

A ’66 Impala lowrider? Folklorico dancers? A Gaspar Enriquez mural? Zoot suits? A diorama depicting the origin of the Barrio

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Life in the USA

2015-03-02 elrichiboy Uncategorized One comment

Here’s something you don’t see every day. A guy getting set up by a local law enforcement and a compliant

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New boss, same as the old boss

2015-03-02 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

In El Paso, if a political faction doesn’t have anything constructive to offer, they go on the attack. If someone

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Moonlighting

2015-02-24 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

I was browsing the most interesting site on the internet, and I found this. Bryan Crowe is the City of

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Keeping it Real

2015-02-23 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Here’s a video from the Borderplex Alliance website, which asks “Can you still get someplace real in America?” Yeah, folklorico

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And then there’s this . . .

2015-02-20 elrichiboy Uncategorized 2 comments

From the Times: “[Billy] Abraham owns several local businesses and buildings, primarily in Downtown El Paso. He also promoted Wednesday’s

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