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  • (Some of) The Straight Skinny on Torre Centinela

    2026-04-09 elrichiboy

    If you are interested in the Torre Centinela that is almost fully operational in downtown Ciudad Juárez, then you should read this story from RestOfWorld.org.

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  • Humphrey Bogart in “Knock on Any Door”

    2026-04-05 elrichiboy
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  • NYT: “Hegseth Fires Army Chief Amid Battle With Its Leaders”

    2026-04-03 Rich Wright

    (Scene: Somewhere deep in the bowels of the Pentagon.) Secretary Pete Hegseth: . . . and that, gentlemen, is how we will end this war.

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  • People Rising: Snapshots from El Paso’s Data Center Battles

    2026-03-31 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Data centers are a burning issue in the Paso del Norte borderland of 2026. Plans to open a giant data center complex

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  • Renaming the Cesar Chavez Border Highway

    2026-03-22 Oscar J. Martinez

    by Oscar J. Martinez Given the recent disturbing revelations about Cesar Chávez, it seems certain that the local Border Highway’s name will be changed.  Many

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  • “Hangover Square”

    2026-03-22 elrichiboy
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  • “The Rise and Ruin of the Coca-Cola Family”

    2026-03-21 elrichiboy
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  • El Paso is Falling

    2026-03-13 Rich Wright

    The trusted institutions we count on are letting us down. The streets are crumbling. The water utility can’t keep the water flowing. Texas Gas Services

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  • The 13th Anniversary of the Killing of Daniel Saenz

    2026-03-08 Rich Wright

    Today is the 13th anniversary of the day that El Paso Police Department Officer Jose Flores shot and killed the handcuffed prisoner Daniel Saenz in

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  • Lucille Ball in “The Dark Corner”

    2026-03-08 elrichiboy
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  • Puerto Vallarta Travel Log, Part Two: Preface and Postscript to “Black Sunday”

    2026-03-07 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson On a recent sunny day, tourists and locals on Puerto Vallarta’s ocean front boardwalk, the Malecon, watched intensely as a Mexican navy

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  • 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

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Life is Subject to Change

2018-12-02 elrichiboy City Management, Slider, Trolley 4 comments

Here’s an ad for the trolley in this week’s El Paso Inc. Here’s a closer look. Lemme bring it in

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The Big Question: Why?

2018-11-28 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Great Wolf Resorts, Media, Slider, The Arena 6 comments

Y’all probably heard this story from NPR the other day: The Malheur Enterprise was founded in 1909, and, like many

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El Paso vs. Phoenix: An Economic Development History

2018-11-25 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Economic Development, Public Private Partnerships, Slider 5 comments

Our recent municipal expenses are based on the (secret) idea that Phoenix outpaced El Paso in economic development since 1950

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El Paso Disposal Sucks

2018-11-20 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso One comment

I’ve got a dumpster on the sidewalk in front of my house. [Across the street.] The dumpster is for the

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US Army Supports $100 Million Great Wolf Lodge Swindle

2018-11-20 elrichiboy Great Wolf Resorts, Slider 6 comments

A civilian representative of the United States Army threatened to close Fort Bliss if the $100+ million swindle that will

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It’s Like They Quit Caring

2018-11-19 elrichiboy Breaking News, Media, Slider Leave a comment

Here’s a screen grab I just took of the El Paso Times Opinion page. It looks like El Paso’s English

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Really?

2018-11-19 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso One comment

Isn’t the middle of November late for mosquitos? I squashed this one yesterday.

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The State of Politics

2018-11-15 Rich Wright Elections, Politics, Slider 3 comments

I didn’t make the runoff. But Tuesday night, before the probability curve collapsed, I went to a meeting with a

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Tuesday, November 6, 2018

2018-11-06 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Economic Development, Elections One comment

Today is an inflection point in the evolution of El Paso. Today, voters in the state either will or won’t

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The City’s War Against Poor People

2018-11-05 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, City Management, Economic Development, Slider 6 comments

City Council has turned public policy into a war against poor people. Which is weird, because El Paso is poor.

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“The True Cost of Corruption”

2018-11-04 elrichiboy ballpark, Brand El Paso, City Council, Economic Development, MountainStar Sports Group, Quality of Life Projects, The Arena 2 comments

Oh, the irony. Here’s a great interview from the September 8, 2009, issue of the El Paso Inc. with an

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The Hippest Resto-bar in Town

2018-11-03 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, Slider, What to Do 2 comments

Maybe you’ll think you’re in Barcelona. After all, most of the rock is en español. Or maybe Mexico City. Or

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Abraham Considers Camino Hotel

2018-11-02 elrichiboy It wouldn't surprise me., It's a joke., Just Kidding. 3 comments

Did you read that the prime contractor at the Camino Real Hotel project has left the job? Here’s the story

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The Long (and Painful) Goodbye

2018-11-01 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Slider 6 comments

I’ve got this new theory that explains the machinations of City Government. Let me try it out on you. I

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Stockholm Syndrome

2018-10-30 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Economic Development, Great Wolf Resorts, Public Private Partnerships, Slider, TIRZs 5 comments

Today, City Council decided to give the farm to Great Wolf Resorts, in the form of swathes of land, obscene

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Back Away From The Computer

2018-10-30 elrichiboy Education, School Districts, Slider 4 comments

Remember when our good friends on the Board of the El Paso Independent School District were selling us that $668

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The 3 Kinds of Lies

2018-10-28 elrichiboy Economic Development, Slider One comment

“There are three kinds of lies,” Mark Twain allegedly said. “Lies, damned lies, and statistics.” Economic analysis is a particular

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The Great Wolf Swindle

2018-10-28 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Public Private Partnerships, Slider, Taxes, TIRZs, Welfare for the Rich 4 comments

The City must have stayed up late figuring out how to swindle the taxpayers with that new Great Wolf Lodge.

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Trolley Follies

2018-10-25 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Slider, Trolley 3 comments

No matter how you feel about the trolley conceptually, you have to admit that the execution has been disappointing. There

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Will The Cure Kill El Paso?

2018-10-23 Rich Wright Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, Slider Leave a comment

El Paso suffers from Brain Drain. Since 2012 to 2017, the County of El Paso has seen a net domestic

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  • (Some of) The Straight Skinny on Torre Centinela
  • Humphrey Bogart in “Knock on Any Door”
  • NYT: “Hegseth Fires Army Chief Amid Battle With Its Leaders”
  • People Rising: Snapshots from El Paso’s Data Center Battles
  • Renaming the Cesar Chavez Border Highway

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