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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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  • Economic Undevelopment

    2026-02-25 Rich Wright

    According to ElDiario.mx, El Paso lost 750 jobs in the last four months of 2025. Juarez lost 17,000 maquila jobs in all of 2025. That

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  • Puerto Vallarta Travel Log, Part One: Hurricane Mencho

    2026-02-23 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Fear, hunger, thirst and uncertainty. That’s what folks in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco lived through on February 22, now undoubtedly one of the

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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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From the People Who Brought You “It’s All Good”

2018-10-15 Rich Wright Brand El Paso, City Council, City Management, Cost of Living, Economic Development, It's All Good, Slider, Taxes 2 comments

If you needed more proof of El Paso’s corrupt, inbred, good old boy network, consider this: Bill Burton, the mastermind

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Sunday Matinee: The Last Days of Frankie the Fly

2018-10-14 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

Here’s a classic cheesy gangster movie from 1996. With Dennis Hopper, Michael Madsen, and Keifer Sutherland. Watch this video on

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Downtown Development Won’t Lower Your Property Taxes

2018-10-10 elrichiboy Slider, Taxes, TIRZs One comment

Downtown is covered by Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone #5. You remember those TIRZs. Here’s what the Texas Comptroller says about

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Sunday Matinee: Johnny Cash in Five Minutes to Live

2018-10-07 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

“Hello, I’m Johnny Cash.” And that’s pretty much the only reason to watch this 1961 rockabilly film noir. With some

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Sorry About That From the Dysfunction Faction

2018-10-07 elrichiboy City Council, Slider, Taxes, The Arena One comment

Hey, District 6 Representative Claudia Ordaz Perez says that some faction is trying to “cause dysfunction in City Government.” Well,

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Those Gratuitous TIRZs

2018-10-03 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, If it didn't probably happen, then I wouldn't have to talk about it, Slider, TIRZs 2 comments

The City of El Paso is going out of its way to develop some land on the fringe of the

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Sunday Matinee: Alfred Hitchcock’s Spellbound

2018-09-30 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

Here’s a 1945 classic, starring Ingrid Berman and Gregory Peck. Hitchcock’s cameo comes about 43 minutes in. He emerges from

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El Paso’s Finest

2018-09-26 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Law Enforcement, Slider 2 comments

Those boys in blue cannot buy a break. No, I’m not talking about the Cowboys. Read this story from KVIA:

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City Council’s Abuse of Executive Session

2018-09-25 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Ethics Leave a comment

The El Paso City Council abuses Executive Session. A lot. There are reasons to use Executive Session. The Texas Government

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Breaking the Law

2018-09-24 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Slider One comment

On August 21, 2018, at their regular meeting, City Council discussed the Mexican American Cultural Center in Executive Session. Their

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Sunday Matinee: Beat the Devil

2018-09-23 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

Here’s a great movie with a great pedigree. Humphrey Bogart. Jennifer Jones. Gina Lollobrigida. Peter Lorre. Robert Morley. Directed by

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Toro Torito Torote

2018-09-20 elrichiboy Juarez, What to Do Leave a comment

Tonight, Friday the 21st, in Juarez there’s another life-and-death barbaric spectacle taking place. Actually, several, probably. But I’m talking about

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A Bad Omen

2018-09-20 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Economic Development, Slider, Trolley One comment

This from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department: After nearly six decades in operation, including many years as the only

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Weather Report

2018-09-19 elrichiboy Breaking News Leave a comment

If the year has seemed unusually dry to you, it’s only because it has been. According to this graph from

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The City’s Decision Making Process

2018-09-19 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Politics, Quality of Life Projects, Slider 2 comments

We saw it yesterday at City Council. City Council holds discussions behind closed doors, and then presents their decision to

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Cops Gone Wild!

2018-09-18 elrichiboy Breaking News, City Council, City Management, Law Enforcement, Slider 13 comments

I just came from a City Council meeting where I saw Jud Burgess get violently arrested. Jud was upset after

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Sunday Matinee: Garden of Evil

2018-09-16 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

Here’s a pretty good Gary Cooper Western, with Richard Widmark, Susan Hayward, a little Rita Moreno, and Mexican actor Victor

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It’s All Good Ol’ Boys

2018-09-16 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Law Enforcement, Media, Slider One comment

The El Paso Police Department has a pretty sketchy record of self-policing. This week, the Center for Investigative Reporting’s Reveal

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Maybe They’re Sick

2018-09-14 Rich Wright ballpark, City Council, City Management, Quality of Life Projects, The Arena, TIRZs, Trolley, Welfare for the Rich 2 comments

When you make decisions behind closed doors, without public input, you better be right. So far, our city hasn’t been

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Trolley News

2018-09-12 Rich Wright Slider, Trolley One comment

A couple of weeks ago I went to one of the “Trolley Safety Meetings.” The meeting was in the auditorium

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