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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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  • Citlali Delgado, Artist

    2026-08-11 Rich Wright

    Every artist needs a body of work. One painting, or one song, or one role, on stage or the big screen, won’t lead to fame

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  • El Paso Matters to the Rescue

    2026-08-07 Rich Wright

    From ElPasoMatters.org: Between 2015 and 2025, the number of El Pasoans under age 65 grew by fewer than 4,000. The number of those 65 and

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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 Congresswoman Haley Stevens, Dr. Abdul Al-Sayed’s August 4 win in the Michigan Democratic primary for the

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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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  • You Can Pay When You’re Dead

    2026-06-08 Rich Wright

    Since 1979, the State of Texas has had a program that saves older homeowners from getting their houses seized because of past due property taxes.

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  • “The Arrest That Exposed the CIA’s Most Secret Mission”

    2026-08-08 elrichiboy
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  • “The Last Crooked Mile”

    2026-08-02 elrichiboy
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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 Old Mexico Border

2019-04-04 elrichiboy Uncategorized One comment

Here’s a cool photo essay from the New York Times about the territory that bordered the U.S. before the Mexican-American

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Joe Bonamassa and Tina Guo

2019-04-04 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

It’s easier than it looks. Watch this video on YouTube

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DÍA DE SAN RICARDO

2019-04-03 elrichiboy Art, Opportunity! 2 comments

Today, April 3, is the Día de San Ricardo, the patron saint of truck drivers, according to ElTestigoFiel. Tradition dictates

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You’re Out!

2019-04-02 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Commissioners Court, Economic Development, Media, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, The Arena 4 comments

Here’s an article from Reason that describes the plights of three cities who paid for ballparks. “Any normal business person

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Never Gonna Give You Up

2019-04-01 elrichiboy Art 2 comments

Watch this video on YouTube

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Teddy Roosevelt in Juarez

2019-03-29 elrichiboy History, Juarez, Slider One comment

Lookie what I found. Isn’t that our future 26th president enjoying a cigar as he plays roulette at the Monte

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The Effects of Corruption

2019-03-28 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, City Management, Corruption, Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich 2 comments

Back in 2009, Woody Hunt talked about the effects of corruption in this interview with the El Paso Inc. Scholarly

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Corruption: The Short Version

2019-03-28 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Corruption, Great Wolf Resorts, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich Leave a comment

The City of El Paso is trading 2,313 acres adjacent to the golf course in Northeast El Paso to Paul

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Drunk Without Hangovers

2019-03-27 elrichiboy News 4 comments

It’s right around the corner, according to this article from the Independent. Alcohol that makes you feel drunk without the

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Business Community: Not In My Backyard

2019-03-26 elrichiboy Chamber of Commerce, Gratuitous Snark, MountainStar Sports Group 2 comments

Oh, the irony. From Aaron Montes at the El Paso Times: A large warehouse built 19 years ago in West

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Smells Like Corruption

2019-03-26 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Great Wolf Resorts, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez One comment

If the people who run the El Paso City Government are not totally corrupt, they’re grossly incompetent. Take that Great

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Who Dropped the Soap?

2019-03-22 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Great Wolf Resorts, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich One comment

Here’s another informative piece from Vic Kolenc of the El Paso Times, headlined El Paso Water board breaks land-sale drought

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Widening the I-10 Trench

2019-03-20 elrichiboy City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes 4 comments

Did you see this op-ed in the El Paso Times by Sito Negron? You may have heard about the I-10

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The Chamber of Commerce is a Good Dog

2019-03-19 elrichiboy Chamber of Commerce, Slider, The Arena 2 comments

Our friends at the El Paso Chamber of Commerce, the ones who heartily endorsed every project that has inflated your

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“Introduction to Quality”

2019-03-19 elrichiboy Chamber of Commerce, Great Wolf Resorts, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 4 comments

The El Paso Chamber of Commerce announced that on April 28, El Paso City Manager Tommy Gonzalez will present a

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Why The Streetcars Don’t Work

2019-03-18 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Slider, Trolley 4 comments

If you take Sun Metro from the Glory Road Transfer Center to the Downtown Transfer Center, the bus leaves every

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El Paso Home Building Is At An Historical Low

2019-03-15 elrichiboy City Management, Economic Development, Liar Liar, Slider 2 comments

From a story on Governing.com: In about 62 percent of the cities reviewed, 2018 permitting totals exceeded their averages over

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Ex-Rep Heather Wilson

2019-03-12 elrichiboy Ethics, Slider 4 comments

This week, UTEP announced, as the sole finalist to replace outgoing President Diana Natalicio, the former congresswoman from New Mexico

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Six Years On

2019-03-08 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, City Management, Commissioners Court, Law Enforcement, Slider 9 comments

On March 8, 2013, El Paso Police Officer Jose Flores shot the handcuffed prisoner Danny Saenz in the sallyport of

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On The Other Hand

2019-03-08 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, City Management, Commissioners Court, Law Enforcement 2 comments

Here’s a story about some police violence perpetrated by the Boston Transit Authority Police: A former transit police officer and

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