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  • “The Thinking Game”

    2026-08-29 elrichiboy
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  • Instrumenta antiqua stultis antiquis.

    2026-08-27 Tim Holt

    by Tim Holt Here is a little game you can play with your coworkers: try to find a document at your work that is written

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  • Juangabrielisimo in Juarez

    2026-08-26 Rich Wright

    by Rich Wright Juan Gabriel is the biggest star to ever come out of Juarez. For Mexican music, Juan Gabriel is Elvis and Prince and

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  • The Data Center Chronicles: The Storms of Jupiter Whip the Summer of ’26

    2026-08-25 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson If the summer monsoon has been a huge letdown this year, then developments around the giant AI data center under construction in

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  • The Future of El Paso | Inspired by True Events

    2026-08-23 Guest Column

    by Andres Powers I. The Ledger Start with what is already true, because prophecy is cheap and the record is not. In 2012 the city

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  • The Restorative Power of Restaurants

    2026-08-21 J. Eugenio Cotera E.

    by Javier E. Cotera The date was a Sunday in July 1985. My friend Roger and I could see parishioners spilling out of the Nuestra

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  • How Much AI Is Too Much AI?

    2026-08-18 Tim Holt

    by Tim Holt Recently, I submitted a long-form editorial to El Paso Matters that I thought was worthy of posting. It was about how the

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  • “Time Table”

    2026-08-16 elrichiboy
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  • NY Times — “41 of the Greatest Mexican Restaurants Across the United States”

    2026-08-15 Rich Wright

    Some yankees from the New York Times compiled a list of “41 of the Greatest Mexican Restaurants Across the United States.” According to this post

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  • “The Real History of Africa They Never Taught You | Africa’s Great Civilizations”

    2026-08-15 elrichiboy
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  • La Cucaracha

    2026-08-14 Howard Campbell

    by Howard Campbell After walking across the heavily fortified Paso del Norte bridge and ducking through Mexican customs, you arrive at the foot of Juárez

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  • Drones for Them, But Not for Us?

    2026-08-12 Tim Holt

    By Tim Holt The ACLU released a report in March called Drones For Them But Not For Us? Most people will probably see that title

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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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Arena Crisis Enters Year 4

2019-10-13 Max Grossman City Council, Guest Column, Slider, The Arena 2 comments

Today marks three years since October 13, 2016, when the City of El Paso announced that it would destroy Duranguito

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Let’s Put the Fun Back Into Domestic Violence

2019-10-10 elrichiboy Slider One comment

Is it just me, or is there something a little tone deaf about this event? Isn’t domestic violence a serious

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Good Neighbor Sam

2019-10-09 elrichiboy City Council, Elections, Law Enforcement, Politics, Sam Morgan, Slider 3 comments

Look, it was all a simple misunderstanding. She just wouldn’t shut up. Do you think Rep. Morgan will lose his

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Late to the Party

2019-10-09 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, City Management, Commissioners Court, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, It's All Good, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 6 comments

I hate to say I told you so, but . . . From the El Paso Times: Data show El Paso’s

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Make Yourself Heard

2019-10-06 elrichiboy Uncategorized 2 comments

You know how our City Government doesn’t like to be bothered by the citizens at their meetings. Well, now they

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Retrovision: They’re Bullies

2019-10-05 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, Retrovision, Slider, Taxes, The Arena, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

This article originally appeared on 14 August 2018. Did you see this story on KVIA? Texas oilman J.P. Bryan, one

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Friday Short: Cropped

2019-10-04 elrichiboy Friday Short One comment
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Opportunity Costs

2019-10-04 elrichiboy Slider, ballpark, City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Great Wolf Resorts, Opportunity Costs, Quality of Life Projects, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez, Water Parks 4 comments

The City of El Paso is spending hundreds of millions of dollars on stuff we don’t need. City Council [will

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Retrovision: The City’s Plan Sucks.

2019-10-03 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Public Private Partnerships, Quality of Life Projects, Retrovision, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich One comment

This article originally appeared on 03 May 2018. The City of El Paso is implementing a plan that some rich

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Tejon Street Corner Thieves: Whiskey

2019-10-03 elrichiboy Music, Video One comment
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The ROI of Campaign Donations

2019-10-03 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 9 comments

Deciphering what’s happening at City Hall is like trying to see the truth through a cracked crystal. From CBS4Local.com: The

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Shank Shank Shank Went the Trolley

2019-10-02 elrichiboy Dionne Mack, Law Enforcement, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez, Trolley 5 comments

First they said it was a bus stop, then they said it was a Sun Metro stop, but I think

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Champions League

2019-10-02 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, What to Do One comment

Okay, I’m a little late to the party here, but there’s still lots to play. The first week of UEFA

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Naysayers, Malcontents, and Crazies

2019-10-02 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 3 comments

Back in 2012, when our city leaders were selling their plan to pimp El Paso, those of us who raised

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Down the Economic Development Rabbit Hole

2019-09-27 elrichiboy City Management, Economic Development, population, Public Private Partnerships, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 2 comments

Brutus had a good post at ElPasoSpeak.com yesterday. His post included this slide: Perhaps you’ll remember this article titled Whose

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The Great Divide

2019-09-27 elrichiboy Elections, Politics, Slider 5 comments

El Paso is fractured. Culturally. Geographically. Economically. Politically. And linguistically. According to the most current estimates from the U.S. Census

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It’s Not Too Late To Get Those Tomatoes In The Ground

2019-09-26 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Slider Leave a comment

Lookie here. The National Weather Service says there a real good chance that this winter will be warmer than usual.

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