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  • Renaming the Cesar Chavez Border Highway

    2026-03-22 Oscar J. Martinez

    by Oscar J. Martinez Given the recent disturbing revelations about Cesar Chávez, it seems certain that the local Border Highway’s name will be changed.  Many

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  • “Hangover Square”

    2026-03-22 elrichiboy
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  • “The Rise and Ruin of the Coca-Cola Family”

    2026-03-21 elrichiboy
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  • El Paso is Falling

    2026-03-13 Rich Wright

    The trusted institutions we count on are letting us down. The streets are crumbling. The water utility can’t keep the water flowing. Texas Gas Services

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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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Vote Now. Vote No.

2019-11-05 elrichiboy City Council, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Elections Leave a comment

If you didn’t vote in Early Voting, today is your last chance to cast you ballot. City Council wants you

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L’Trench

2019-11-05 elrichiboy Slider, The Trench 8 comments

TxDOT, the Texas Department of Transportation, seems dead set on widening the freeway in downtown El Paso, and not without

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Claudia Ordaz Perez Wants to Raise Your Taxes (Even More)

2019-11-04 elrichiboy Claudia Ordaz Perez Leave a comment

By now you’ve heard that District 6 City Council Representative Claudia Ordaz Perez is running for the Texas Congressional seat

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The Dark Ages in El Paso

2019-11-03 elrichiboy Dionne Mack, Law Enforcement, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 2 comments

Are you interested in a great job in El Paso? Get on with the City. In the old days, a

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Friday Short: The Candidate

2019-11-01 elrichiboy Friday Short, Video 4 comments
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Mexico’s Dirty U.A.

2019-11-01 elrichiboy Media, Mexico, Slider Leave a comment

Here’s an interesting piece from Insight Crime. A pilot study in Mexico is showing promising results for measuring the frequency and

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Woody Hunt talking About the Arena

2019-11-01 elrichiboy Slider, The Arena Leave a comment

Here’s Mr. Hunt in a February 19, 2018, El Paso Inc. article titled Woody Hunt: In his own words.: Q:

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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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The People Speak!

  • Jessamyn C Young on People Rising: Snapshots from El Paso’s Data Center Battles
  • Sinister Publications on Renaming the Cesar Chavez Border Highway
  • F.A. Sommerfeld on Renaming the Cesar Chavez Border Highway
  • Talli Nauman on March Meeting, Reports Flag Paso del Norte Air Pollution Trouble Spots
  • F.A. Sommerfeld on El Paso is Falling
  • Andre on March Meeting, Reports Flag Paso del Norte Air Pollution Trouble Spots
  • elrichiboy on Chile Pequin
  • Sinister Publications on Chile Pequin
  • Reverend John Mason on The More Things Change
  • Chris Newte’ on The More Things Change

El Chuqueño Lately

  • People Rising: Snapshots from El Paso’s Data Center Battles
  • Renaming the Cesar Chavez Border Highway
  • “Hangover Square”
  • “The Rise and Ruin of the Coca-Cola Family”
  • March Meeting, Reports Flag Paso del Norte Air Pollution Trouble Spots

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