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  • The 13th Anniversary of the Killing of Daniel Saenz

    2026-03-08 Rich Wright

    Today is the 13th anniversary of the day that El Paso Police Department Officer Jose Flores shot and killed the handcuffed prisoner Daniel Saenz in

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  • Lucille Ball in “The Dark Corner”

    2026-03-08 elrichiboy
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  • Puerto Vallarta Travel Log, Part Two: Preface and Postscript to “Black Sunday”

    2026-03-07 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson On a recent sunny day, tourists and locals on Puerto Vallarta’s ocean front boardwalk, the Malecon, watched intensely as a Mexican navy

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  • The Biggest Campaign of the Season

    2026-03-02 Rich Wright

    The biggest campaign of this election season isn’t taking place by any candidate on the ballot. The President of the University of Texas at El

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  • Economic Undevelopment

    2026-02-25 Rich Wright

    According to ElDiario.mx, El Paso lost 750 jobs in the last four months of 2025. Juarez lost 17,000 maquila jobs in all of 2025. That

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  • Puerto Vallarta Travel Log, Part One: Hurricane Mencho

    2026-02-23 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Fear, hunger, thirst and uncertainty. That’s what folks in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco lived through on February 22, now undoubtedly one of the

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  • “Where Texas Begins”

    2026-02-21 Rich Wright

    The latest (several years old) tagline from Visit El Paso/the Convention and Visitors Center/Destination El Paso appears to be “Where Texas Begins”. Of course Texas

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  • Charles Boyer and Lauren Bacall in “Confidential Agent”

    2026-02-15 elrichiboy
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  • “You’re Fired!”

    2026-02-14 Rich Wright

    Remember when Donald Trump’s tagline was “You’re fired!” One might think that he’d be pulling that old standard out again, what with the clown car

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  • “YEMEN: A Forgotten Earth Where Time Still Breathes”

    2026-02-14 elrichiboy
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  • “Love in a Man’s World”

    2026-02-08 elrichiboy
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  • Mexico: Where Women Increasingly Rule

    2026-02-07 Kent Paterson

    by Kent Paterson In case you haven’t noticed, political power in Mexico is increasingly in the hands of women. That reality was proudly stated by

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The Effects of China Tariffs on South El Paso Street

2019-10-31 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Politics, Slider Leave a comment

You better get down there before the tariffs ripple through the supply chain. How long will it take for the

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The Consequences of Income Inequality in El Chuco

2019-10-31 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Slider 3 comments

The citizens of the City of El Paso are suffering from bad decisions stemming from wealth and income inequality. Our

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Abraham Laboriel: The Bass Walk

2019-10-30 elrichiboy Art, Music, Video One comment
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Dead Bob Sez

2019-10-29 elrichiboy It's a joke., Just Kidding. 2 comments

“I think O. J. did it, but I don’t think he’s guilty.” When you’re already dead, you don’t have to

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At The Polls

2019-10-29 elrichiboy Elections, Slider Leave a comment

All the police and firemen are voting. And their families. All the contractors are voting. And their families, and their

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Does Tommy G Know El Paso?

2019-10-29 elrichiboy City Council, Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 5 comments

Do you reckon City Manager Tommy Gonzalez has ever been to the east side? Has he ever had a beer

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The Case Against Gentrification

2019-10-28 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes 2 comments

El Paso City Government, and the multimillionaires driving the truck, are intent on forcing top-down gentrification on the city. Here’s

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Misplaced Priorities

2019-10-27 elrichiboy City Council, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Great Wolf Resorts, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

Tomorrow City Council will vote to give $45 million cash to Great Wolf Resorts to build a Great Wolf Lodge

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Vote No. Vote Now.

2019-10-22 elrichiboy Certificates of Obligation, City Council, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 2 comments

The police and fireman’s unions are going to go big to the polls. They want new stations and Lazy Boy

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More Champions League Today

2019-10-22 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, sports, What to Do Leave a comment

Tuesday, and Wednesday. You can probably catch a game on Mexican broadcast teevee, or at your favorite sports bar on

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Catching Up on Deferred Maintenance

2019-10-21 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Slider, Taxes One comment

Tommy G has been City Manager for about seven years. Don’t you think that some of this deferred maintenance that

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Crisis Management PR

2019-10-21 elrichiboy City Council, Mayor Dee "Don't You Know Who I Am?" Margo, Slider 2 comments

What if, instead of stonewalling any discipline of Dr. Sam “Good Times” Morgan for allegedly slapping his wife, the City

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Spare Change

2019-10-21 elrichiboy Slider, Support El Chuqueño 2 comments

Maybe you’ve noticed that I haven’t been posting a lot of articles over the last few days. It’s not like

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A Rose By Any Other Name

2019-10-21 elrichiboy Cassandra Hernandez, City Council, City Management, Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, El Paso Electric Company, Great Wolf Resorts, Liar Liar, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 2 comments

Here’s a story from KVIA: El Paso City Council members have approved spending more than a million dollars to renovate

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Breaking News: The Ethics Commission Meets

2019-10-17 elrichiboy Corruption, Ethics, Slider, Support El Chuqueño 2 comments

Today at 1:30, the City Ethics Commission will meet in City Council Chambers to discuss the Ethics Complaint filed against

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A Changing of the Guard

2019-10-16 elrichiboy ballpark, Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Politics, Public Private Partnerships, Slider, Taxes, The Arena, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich 3 comments

The power dynamic has subtly shifted at City Hall. The developers used to call the shots. But, since El Paso’s

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Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw in Fabens

2019-10-15 elrichiboy Video 3 comments
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You Can’t Trust the City

2019-10-15 elrichiboy Certificates of Obligation, City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

The City is asking us to approve $413,112,650 worth of bonds in an upcoming election. Early voting starts next week.

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In The News

2019-10-14 elrichiboy Breaking News, Media, Welcome to Monday Leave a comment

Here’s a few stories you might have missed. From the New Jersey Herald: Among the charges Decker is facing are

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Pay to Play

2019-10-13 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Corruption, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

Here’s a post from PayToPlayLawBlog.com, printed in its entirety. Trends regarding the enactment of pay-to-play legislation remain remarkably consistent and

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