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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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The Bubble

2018-05-29 elrichiboy ballpark, Brand El Paso, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena 7 comments

We all live in our own bubbles. We hang out with people who think like us and dress like us

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Retrovision: More On Dwntwn

2018-05-28 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, Slider 4 comments

This article originally appeared on November 11, 2013. By now you may have read this story by David Crowder about

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Sunday Matinee: Den of Thieves

2018-05-26 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

Here’s a 2018 heist movie starring Fiddy Cent and a bunch of other cats you’re supposed to know. Watch this

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Ultimate College Nationals Live Stream

2018-05-26 elrichiboy sports Leave a comment

Maybe you were going to do some yard work this weekend. Maybe you were going to re-primer your jeep. You

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Champions League Final Saturday! Updated!

2018-05-26 elrichiboy sports Leave a comment

Cristiano Ronaldo and Real Madrid take on Mohamed Salah and Liverpool Saturday at 12:45 in the finals of the Champions

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Retrovision: Can El Paso Go Bankrupt?

2018-05-24 elrichiboy Retrovision, Slider, TIRZs One comment

This article originally appeared more than four years ago, on July 30, 2014. I mean, we’re not like other towns.

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Rich Wright for District 8 Campaign Kickoff Party Thursday, May 24

2018-05-24 elrichiboy City Council, Political Advertisement One comment

We’re celebrating the launch of our campaign for District 8 at 5:30 today at Happy’s Barley and Vine, at the

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That Children’s Museum Will Be Free, Right?

2018-05-24 elrichiboy City Council, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes One comment

Did you hear that the City of El Paso, along with some private investors, are going to build a Children’s

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A Musical Interlude: Los Seven Teens de Ciudad Juarez

2018-05-23 elrichiboy Music 2 comments

These guys captured what we call today the El Paso sound. Watch this video on YouTube Check it out.

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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About TIRZs*

2018-05-23 elrichiboy Economic Development, Taxes, TIRZs One comment

*That the City doesn’t want you to know. What is a Tax Increment Refinancing Zone, anyway? Here’s testimony given to

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“I am not a crook.”

2018-05-22 elrichiboy City Council One comment

From KTSM, in a piece titled City explains why Firth severance pay is ‘legally sound’: City Human Resources Director Linda

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Some Almost Lost Local History

2018-05-22 elrichiboy History Leave a comment

Here’s a story from CabinetMagazine.org of a religious colony founded outside of Las Cruces in the late 1800’s. The search

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Uh Oh, Here’s Bad News

2018-05-22 elrichiboy ballpark, Media, Taxes, TIRZs Leave a comment

See that up there is a screen shot I grabbed off of KVIA’s website. The Hunt Family Foundation is advertising

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“What Do Your City Tax Dollars Get You?”

2018-05-21 elrichiboy Taxes, TIRZs, Welfare for the Rich One comment

Here’s a little video from the City of El Paso, explaining where your tax dollars go. Watch this video on

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To What Ends?

2018-05-21 elrichiboy Cost of Living, Taxes, TIRZs, Welfare for the Rich Leave a comment

Here’s the latest on the Tax Increment Refinancing Zone below Transmountain that the City is trying to ram through, from

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Sunday Matinee: Maigret in Montmarte

2018-05-20 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Here, for your viewing entertainment, is teevee movie. Looks pretty decent, so far. Watch this video on YouTube Check it

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Rich Wright for District 8

2018-05-18 elrichiboy City of Dust, Political Advertisement 5 comments

I’m launching my campaign for City Council next Thursday, May 24, at 5:30 at Happy’s, in that new retail center

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More To Love

2018-05-17 elrichiboy Uncategorized One comment

Check out this piece in the Washington Post, part of their You’re Going Where? series. I forgot my passport, but

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Tax Breaks for the Rich

2018-05-16 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes 2 comments

Did you see this story on KVIA? El Paso City Council is considering establishing a Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ)

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The Global Garbage Glut

2018-05-15 elrichiboy News, Taxes 3 comments

An alert reader sent me this story from the Wall Street Journal: The U.S. recycling industry is breaking down. Prices

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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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