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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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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • “How We Make Hope Normal Again”

    2026-01-26 elrichiboy

    This is a Green Party ad from England and Wales.

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  • “Nightfall”

    2026-01-25 elrichiboy
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  • Ricardo Pepi to Fullham?

    2026-01-25 Rich Wright

    ESPN reports that English Premier League’s Fullham F.C. have reportedly offered Dutch futbol team PSV $38 million for the contract of El Paso/San Elizario native

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Passing the Buck

2019-08-14 elrichiboy City Council, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Politics, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 4 comments

KVIA reports that Mayor Dee Margo vetoed the tax increase that City Council approved. El Paso Mayor Dee Margo on

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Instagramable

2019-08-12 elrichiboy Art, Brand El Paso, Juarez, Slider 2 comments

This is the newest hip marker in Juarez, on the east end of the pedestrian mall on dieciseis, a block

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Trench Warfare

2019-08-12 elrichiboy ballpark, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 3 comments

Those nice people at the Texas Department of Transportation are considering widening the freeway in Downtown El Paso, eliminating lots

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Revelation

2019-08-10 elrichiboy ballpark, Economic Development, Great Wolf Resorts, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, The Arena, Welfare for the Rich 8 comments

They said it was about Economic Development. They said that once we built those Quality of Life projects, companies would

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Does He, or Doesn’t he?

2019-08-07 elrichiboy Uncategorized 2 comments

There has been some speculation lately about Mayor Margo’s motives for endorsing some of his political positions. An ethics complaint

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What’s Good for the Goose

2019-08-02 elrichiboy Breaking News, Ethics, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, The Arena One comment

Popular Italian tenor Max Grossman sent me an email this week that contained this interesting information: The Mayor of El

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Retrovision: The Borderplex Alliance’s New Strategic Plan: A Critique

2019-08-01 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, City Management, Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, The Arena Leave a comment

This post originally appeared on 03 June 2015. How to make a million dollars: First, get a million dollars. —

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Clank Clank Clank Went the Trolley

2019-07-30 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes, Trolley 4 comments

The El Paso Times reported yesterday on the City’s streetcar debacle. Sun Metro officials are looking for ways to boost

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The Day the Secret Service Killed the President

2019-07-29 elrichiboy Video 2 comments

Accidentally, of course. Here’s a documentary that posits that President Kennedy was killed by a new Secret Service agent, and

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Things Are Great. Just not for Taxpayers.

2019-07-29 elrichiboy ballpark, Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes, Welfare for the Rich Leave a comment

This week there’s a column by the editor of the El Paso Inc. about how great DWNTWN is doing. Property

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Speaking of Tortillas

2019-07-26 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Slider Leave a comment

Did you remember that the Rib Hut on Mesa has $1.50 burritos on Saturdays? You can pick up a dozen

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Mmm good!

2019-07-26 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Slider One comment

I haven’t tasted these tortillas yet, but they smell delicious.

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Surprise, Surprise!

2019-07-22 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Slider, Taxes 3 comments

You know, the City used to justify municipal extravagance with the rationalization that we need to swing our tax base

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Retrovision: What’s Wrong With El Paso

2019-07-17 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, Cost of Living, Slider 5 comments

This post originally appeared on 27 August 2012, shortly after man harnessed fire and before the invention of the wheel.

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EPEC’s Falling Bond Rating

2019-07-16 elrichiboy Cost of Living, El Paso Electric Company, Slider Leave a comment

Another story from the El Paso Inc.: El Paso Electric has been placed on review for downgrade by one of

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Survey Says . . .

2019-07-15 elrichiboy Perspectives, Slider Leave a comment

Okay, fans, here’s a survey about the city being conducted by a UTEP student who asked us to participate. It’s

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Smells Fishy

2019-07-15 elrichiboy City Council, El Paso Electric Company, Slider 3 comments

The El Paso Inc. this week came out with this enticing story: An El Paso businessman has commissioned an independent

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Unintended Consequences

2019-07-12 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Elections, Media, Politics, Slider 3 comments

Sometime in the murky past, the City moved the date of local elections to coincide with state and national elections.

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Clueless in El Chuco

2019-07-11 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 5 comments

An alert reader forwarded me District 8 City Representative Cissy Lizarraga’s latest newsletter. Rep. Lizarraga is proud to tell her

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Brother, Can You Spare a Billion Bucks?

2019-07-10 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Dionne Mack, Opportunity Costs, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 4 comments

This November, the City of El Paso will ask its taxpayers to approve a $940 million bond. From CBS4Local.com: “At

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