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  • The Michigan Earthquake: Did Data Centers Clinch Al-Sayed’s Primary Victory?

    2026-08-05 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Outspent 11 to 1 by incumbent Senator Haley Stevens, Dr. Abdul Al-Sayed’s August 4 win in the Michigan Democratic primary for the

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  • “The Last Crooked Mile”

    2026-08-02 elrichiboy
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  • “Your Summer Electric Bill Explained”

    2026-07-31 Vanessa Johnson

    Shouts and Murmurs On July 30, El Paso Electric sent out an email to its customers, with the subject line “Your Summer Electric Bill Explained.”

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  • John Prine – “I Remember Everything”

    2026-07-30 elrichiboy
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  • Another Actor Suddenly Exits the Doña Ana County Political Stage

    2026-07-23 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Government in Doña Ana County is in turmoil. The shakeups continued this week as the Doña Ana County Board of Commissioners terminated

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  • How Government Works

    2026-07-22 Rich Wright

    Some people are talking a lot about the evils of socialism these days. None of the other isms are pure gold, either. Capitalism. Populism. Communism.

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  • “The Great Depression – America’s Biggest Economic Crisis”

    2026-07-18 elrichiboy
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  • “The Merry Gentlemen”

    2026-07-12 elrichiboy
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  • “The Siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC): How Archimedes Stopped Rome”

    2026-07-11 elrichiboy
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  • “Jigsaw”

    2026-07-05 elrichiboy
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  • Pay Raises for Everybody (But Not for You)

    2026-07-02 Rich Wright

    Our elected officials at the City (the Mayor and City Representatives) are getting 15% pay raises this year. The people at the City working for

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  • “Guilty Bystander”

    2026-06-28 elrichiboy
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Retrovision: Hubris, and an Attack on Democracy

2019-06-19 elrichiboy ballpark, Retrovision, Slider, The Arena 3 comments

This post originally appeared on October 3, 2017. They felt the wind and thought it was their own breath. When

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Be Like Aguascalientes

2019-06-18 elrichiboy Art, Economic Development, Slider 2 comments

Go read this cartoon that was featured in The Guardian. Of course, supporting a vibrant arts community would never work

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The Trouble With The Trouble With Term Limits

2019-06-18 elrichiboy City Council, Corrections, Elections, Politics, Slider Leave a comment

Way back at the end of May, I made the argument that term limits restrict the electorate’s ability to retain

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Free Streetcar Rides!

2019-06-17 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Slider, Trolley 4 comments

Good news! If you are one of those people who usually takes the bus from UTEP to downtown, or vice

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Retrovision: Does El Paso Need Downtown Development?

2019-06-17 elrichiboy ballpark, Economic Development, Retrovision, Slider, The Arena 2 comments

This piece originally appeared on 13 August 2012. All across American, downtowns are in trouble. They’re dead, or dying. It’s

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The Downtown Historic District

2019-06-16 elrichiboy Commissioners Court, Slider, The Arena Leave a comment

Today, or tomorrow, or yesterday, depending on when you’re reading this, the El Paso County Commissioners Court will consider, or

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BUSINESS VS. BUSINESSES

2019-06-16 elrichiboy Chamber of Commerce, City Council, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena Leave a comment

Rising property taxes don’t help small businesses. And all these vanity projects aren’t making the pie any bigger. Where is

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Just Like Democracy. Except not.

2019-06-11 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Corruption, Ethics, Slider 5 comments

Did you hear about the latest attempt by your favorite City Council to stifle any voice of dissent? From the

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Welcome to the Future

2019-06-11 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Slider 2 comments

I’m in downtown Ensenada. Downtown Ensenada on a Monday night is like Mexican Vegas after the apocalypse. The streets are

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Our Salvation is at Hand

2019-06-06 elrichiboy Breaking News, Media, News, Slider 7 comments

Good news from this week’s El Paso Inc. The El Paso Community Foundation and the former El Paso Times executive

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Status Update

2019-06-04 elrichiboy Navel Gazing, Slider One comment

They tell me my breathe is currently as hard as kerosene.

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Sunday Matinee: 22 Bullets

2019-06-02 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

Here’s a French gangster flick (with English subtitles) and lots of blood and gunfights. A motorcycle car chase. Another gunfight.

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Retrovision: Forget the Arena

2019-06-02 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, The Arena, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich One comment

This article originally appeared on 8 February 2017. Here’s a feel-good story from the El Paso Times about how few

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Local Government Is Absurd

2019-06-01 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Mayor Dee "Don't You Know Who I Am?" Margo, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, The Arena, Tommy Gonzalez 2 comments

Here’s a Letter to the Editor of the El Paso Times from Lower Valley resident Christopher Falk. Once again the

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What’s It For?

2019-06-01 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Liar Liar, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, The Arena, Tommy Gonzalez One comment

Why are we still trying to build an arena? MountainStar’s not hot on it anymore. They’re worried about their soccer

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The Trouble With Term Limits

2019-05-31 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Elections, Politics, Slider 2 comments

Currently, El Paso’s elected officials are limited to two terms in office. That means that once they figure out what’s

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More Debt Per Capita

2019-05-30 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Quality of Life Projects, Slider One comment

According to the slideshow that accompanies this story from the Austin American Statesman, El Pasoans owe more General Obligation debt

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More Gobbledygook From Our Friends at City Hall

2019-05-30 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Corruption, Liar Liar, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, The Arena 4 comments

You may have seen that the City refused to compromise on the downtown arena swindle. (Why do all the City’s

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Sunday Matinee: La Descarada

2019-05-26 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee 2 comments

Here’s a 2017 teevee flick en español that shares insights into narco life, at least as many Mexicans understand it.

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Mayor Margo, I Apologize

2019-05-24 elrichiboy Corrections, Ethics, Great Wolf Resorts, Liar Liar, Quality of Life Projects 2 comments

Yesterday I called the Mayor a liar because he made the following statement to his constituents regarding the City’s population

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