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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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  • “Easy Riders, Raging Bulls”

    2026-06-27 elrichiboy
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  • F. E. Curry And Fate’s Vagary

    2026-06-25 Bob Chessey

    The 1923 trial of F. E. Curry is a tale of a lawman who, from performing official duties, became labeled a criminal and exemplifies the

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  • Golden Cobwebs from the Vault: El Paso’s Aborted Towers

    2026-06-17 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Up for a little historic sightseeing in West Side El Paso? If you happen to be driving west on North Mesa and

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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 Battle of Socorro (New Mexico) and the Futures of People and Data Centers

    2026-06-04 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Emerging as one of the hottest issues in the U.S. today, hyperscale AI data centers have become a magnet for citizen activism

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  • James Cagney in “Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye”

    2026-05-31 elrichiboy
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  • “Impossible Places: World’s Most Extreme Corners on Earth”

    2026-05-30 elrichiboy
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  • “Blackout”

    2026-05-24 elrichiboy
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  • “Sevres & Sykes–Picot: How the Middle East Was Divided”

    2026-05-23 elrichiboy
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  • Memories, Reflections and Connections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part Two

    2026-05-20 Kent Paterson

    Feature photo: Mercedes Doretti of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team addresses the Las Cruces gathering. (Photo by Cynthia Bejarano) Convened on the 20th anniversary of

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The Shame of the City

2018-05-11 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Taxes 3 comments

Today is trash day in my neighborhood Barrio Heights. Last night, as I was falling to sleep, I realized that

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I’ve Got A (Conspiracy) Theory

2018-05-10 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, If it didn't probably happen, then I wouldn't have to talk about it, Public Private Partnerships, Taxes One comment

Some conspiracy theories are a load of hooey, but people making deals out of the public eye are standard operating

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Mo’ Taxes

2018-05-09 elrichiboy City Council, Cost of Living, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes Leave a comment

The City offered up their newly minted Chief Financial Officer to defend our sky high tax rates. Here’s David Crowder

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Quality of Life is . . .

2018-05-08 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso 9 comments

Quality of life is having friends over for dinner. A ten minute daily commute. Sunset in the desert. A chile

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Making Sense About Cohen Stadium

2018-05-08 elrichiboy City Council, Slider, Taxes 5 comments

Look, I don’t want to ruin the political discourse at City Hall by introducing things like common sense and logic,

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Still Lives: La Mesa, New Mexico

2018-05-07 Richard Baron and John Mulhouse Still Lives Leave a comment

Photographs by Richard Baron / Stories by John Mulhouse From 2011 to 2013, Richard Baron traveled throughout New Mexico photographing

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About That NE Water Park

2018-05-07 elrichiboy City Council, Slider One comment

What’s it for? To make El Paso more attractive to the Army big brass? Or for El Pasoans. I don’t

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Sunday Matinee: Angels Over Broadway

2018-05-06 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

Here’s a 1940 film noir caper flick starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and Rita Hayworth, and it doesn’t get much better

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Retrovision: El Paso: A Metaphor

2018-05-04 elrichiboy City Council, Slider One comment

This post originally appeared on 30 July 2015. Things haven’t improved since then. El Paso is like that really nice

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The Population Box Score

2018-05-04 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development One comment

Okay, sports fans, I know that some of you are trying to keep score at home, so here are some

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City of Dust: Guadalupe, New Mexico

2018-05-03 John Mulhouse City of Dust Leave a comment

Music on the Wind Today let’s visit the banks of the Puerco and explore the history of Guadalupe, New Mexico.

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The City’s Plan Sucks

2018-05-03 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes 4 comments

The City of El Paso is implementing a plan that some rich guys came up with behind closed doors in

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And That’s The Truth

2018-05-02 GC Adams Uncategorized 6 comments

Watch this video on YouTube Honesty is the best policy. Or is it. I have a friend who is so

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My Gentler Approach

2018-05-02 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development One comment

I’m hard on our city’s leaders. They say they want Economic Development, but they don’t really have any qualifications for

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“You’re Too Stupid to Understand”

2018-05-02 elrichiboy City Council, Cost of Living, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes 2 comments

From KVIA’s story about the City’s mounting debt: “The city is being very responsible with the way we’re issuing debt,”

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Feeding the Neighbor’s Dog

2018-05-01 elrichiboy City Council, Cost of Living, Slider, Taxes Leave a comment

Is city government representing you? Or is it working for the fat cats who have a financial interest in all

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Government Only Grows

2018-05-01 elrichiboy City Council, Cost of Living, Taxes One comment

The difference between government and a junkie is that a junkie might quit. Once taxes go up, they are never

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We’re Number One!

2018-04-30 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, Politics, Quality of Life Projects, School Districts, Slider, Taxes 4 comments

No, not for some made up cost-of-living click bait. For taxes! Property tax rates for industrial properties, to be specific.

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Second Highest Tax Rate In The Nation

2018-04-30 elrichiboy City Council, Commissioners Court, Cost of Living, Taxes 5 comments

According to Lincoln Institute’s 50 State Property Tax Comparison, El Paso has the second highest homestead property tax rate among

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Sunday Matinee: The Naked City

2018-04-29 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

Here’s a great movie from 1948. A dress model is murdered in New York City, and Lieutenant Muldoon is on

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El Chuqueño Lately

  • Pay Raises for Everybody (But Not for You)
  • “Guilty Bystander”
  • “Easy Riders, Raging Bulls”
  • F. E. Curry And Fate’s Vagary
  • “Short Cut to Hell”

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