Skip to content

El Chuqueño

The dog barks, and the caravan moves on.

  • Home
El Chuqueño
  • 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

    Continue reading
  • 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

    Continue reading
  • 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

    Continue reading
  • “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

    Continue reading
  • Charles Boyer and Lauren Bacall in “Confidential Agent”

    2026-02-15 elrichiboy
    Continue reading
  • “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

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

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

    2026-02-08 elrichiboy
    Continue reading
  • 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

    Continue reading
  • MEXICO’S FORCED LAND CESSIONS TO THE UNITED STATES

    2026-02-02 Oscar J. Martinez

    by Oscar J. Martínez The year 2026 (on February 2) marks the 178th anniversary of the signing of one of the most important treaties in

    Continue reading
  • Gone Fishing

    2026-01-28 J. Eugenio Cotera E.

    by J. Eugenio Cotera E. As a young kid growing up in the vast and sparse Chihuahuan Desert, I believed that fish simply materialized wherever

    Continue reading
  • The Anti-Immigrant Family Judge

    2026-01-27 Rich Wright

    Here’s a story from ElPasoMatters.org: Attorneys with the immigration advocacy group Estrella del Paso last month asked that District Court Judge Marlene Gonzalez recuse herself

    Continue reading

Do You Trust City Government?

2019-09-18 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 2 comments

I lifted this from the City’s website: The proposed 2019 Public Safety Bond is the City’s plan to use voter approved bonds

Continue reading

Change is Hard

2019-09-18 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Downtown, Economic Development, Education, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, The Arena, Tommy Gonzalez, Uncategorized 9 comments

About ten years ago, the people who really run things in El Paso decided that the city needed public amenities

Continue reading

A Chance for a Do-Over

2019-09-16 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Ethics, Great Wolf Resorts, Henry Rivera, Opportunity!, Sam Morgan, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

And how often in life do you get a Mulligan? This was in this week’s El Paso Inc. It looks

Continue reading

Lil Nas X “Old Town Road”

2019-09-12 elrichiboy Art, Music, Slider, Video One comment

From the Wall Street Journal: Just this year, “Old Town Road,” the hip-hop-flavored internet hit by Lil Nas X, made

Continue reading

Did the Mayor of El Paso Fire the Editor of the City’s Daily?

2019-09-11 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, If it didn't probably happen, then I wouldn't have to talk about it, Mayor Dee "Don't You Know Who I Am?" Margo, Slider, The Arena, Tommy Gonzalez One comment

It sure looks like it. On September 17, 2017, this editorial appeared in the print edition of the El Paso

Continue reading

Tweedle Eedle Eet

2019-09-10 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Slider 2 comments

Bob Moore’s ElPasoMatters twitter feed features the kind of feel good stories we love here at El Chuqueño. Here’s the

Continue reading

Nothing to See Here

2019-09-09 elrichiboy Politics, Slider Leave a comment

Lookie here. This advert in the El Paso Inc. says that State Representative Joe Moody is the new General Counsel

Continue reading

Sunday Matinee: Mafia

2019-09-08 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee, Uncategorized Leave a comment

Here’s a seventies blaxploitation movie that was made in 2012. Starring Ving Rhames, Pam Grier, and the melting Terminator guy.

Continue reading

The 3.5% Solution

2019-09-05 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Henry Rivera, Quality of Life Projects, Sam Morgan, Slider, The Arena, Water Parks 2 comments

You’ve probably heard that the Texas Legislature reduced the rollback rate to 3.5%. Here’s the skinny from the Texas Tribune.

Continue reading

“I Was Hacked!”

2019-09-03 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, Slider 9 comments

I guess District 3 Representative Cassandra Hernandez hasn’t been keeping up with current events. “I was hacked” seems to work

Continue reading

Sunday Matinee: Dawn Rider

2019-09-01 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

Here’s a 2012 Western starring that guy from Mr. Robot and Donald Sutherland. Christian Slater. Yeah, Christian Slater. Check it

Continue reading

Whose Economic Development Do You Think They’re Worried About?

2019-09-01 elrichiboy City Council, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez One comment

According the City’s FY2019 Budget, El Paso was poised to spend $19,814,987 on Economic Development in the 2019 Fiscal Year.

Continue reading

Six Feet High and Rising

2019-08-30 elrichiboy Commissioners Court, Cost of Living, Slider, Taxes 2 comments

Well, lookie here. The dead tree edition of the El Paso Times reports that our County’s Hospital District is raising

Continue reading

Retrovision: Make El Paso Great Again

2019-08-30 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development, Education, Retrovision, Slider One comment

This article originally appeared on 2017 March 30. Lemme tell you how to get us out of that hole that

Continue reading

Mayor Margo’s Press Conference

2019-08-29 elrichiboy City Council, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Great Wolf Resorts, Slider, The Arena, Tommy Gonzalez One comment

Last week City Manager Tommy Gonzalez gave an interview to CBS4Local. Judging by the page hits and comments, y’all enjoyed

Continue reading

The Legendary Barry Martin

2019-08-28 elrichiboy Art, How to Live in El Paso, Music, Slider, Your Health 7 comments

If you live in El Paso and you don’t know who Barry Martin is, you don’t own a guitar, and

Continue reading

Bar Wars

2019-08-27 elrichiboy City Council, Law Enforcement, Politics, Slider 5 comments

I went to City Council last week to watch the Veto Theater. Chambers was packed with bar owners and employees

Continue reading

Why You’re Fat

2019-08-23 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Slider, Your Health One comment

The Atlantic weighs in on some surprising reasons why it was easier to be skinny in the 80s than it

Continue reading

Jobs Report

2019-08-22 elrichiboy Breaking News, Commissioners Court, Economic Development, Slider 2 comments

Bob Moore reports, via his El Paso Matters twitter feed, that the Bureau of Labor Statistics says that things in

Continue reading

Political Theater

2019-08-21 elrichiboy City Council, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Henry Rivera, Politics, Sam Morgan, Slider, Taxes 2 comments

Yesterday City Council overrode Mayor Margo’s veto, allowing the city to raise tax rates for the third year in a

Continue reading

Posts pagination

«Previous Posts 1 … 100 101 102 103 104 … 199 Next Posts»

A Buck a Month

Come on. If everyone who read El Chuqueño donated just a dollar a month, I'd have a few more dollars. Make a difference. Invest in the alternative narrative, and help a brother out.

The People Speak!

  • Howard on City of Dust: Encino, New Mexico
  • Howard on City of Dust: Encino, New Mexico
  • John G. Dungan on Economic Undevelopment
  • The Migrant on The Anti-Immigrant Family Judge
  • Jessamyn C Young on Puerto Vallarta Travel Log, Part One: Hurricane Mencho
  • Debra Preusch on Puerto Vallarta Travel Log, Part One: Hurricane Mencho
  • Andy Bullock on The Legendary Barry Martin
  • Gordo Flores on The Anti-Immigrant Family Judge
  • Maria M Cotera on Gone Fishing
  • elrichiboy on El Paso Has a Dumpster Problem

El Chuqueño Lately

  • The Biggest Campaign of the Season
  • “The Black Arrow”
  • Economic Undevelopment
  • Puerto Vallarta Travel Log, Part One: Hurricane Mencho
  • Kirk Douglas in Billy Wilder’s “Ace in the Hole”

Stuff we talk about