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

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  • “The Last Crooked Mile”

    2026-08-02 elrichiboy
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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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  • 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 Merry Gentlemen”

    2026-07-12 elrichiboy
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  • “The Siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC): How Archimedes Stopped Rome”

    2026-07-11 elrichiboy
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  • “Jigsaw”

    2026-07-05 elrichiboy
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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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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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Susie Byrd on the Ballpark

2018-05-14 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, Taxes 8 comments

There was this story from KVIA about the ballpark: It is year five for the El Paso Chihuahuas, and we

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Not John Cook

2018-05-14 elrichiboy Commissioners Court, Elections 8 comments

El Chuqueño does not endorse political candidates (though there’s this one candidate for District 8 that the editorial board is

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The Wolf Lodge Water Park TIRZ

2018-05-14 elrichiboy City Council, Taxes One comment

This came out of the supporting materials for Tuesday’s City Council Meeting agenda, Item 16.2: On December 19, 2017, the

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Sunday Matinee: The Scar

2018-05-13 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

Here’s a classic film noir that reinforces the adage that crime doesn’t pay. Watch this video on YouTube The cinematography,

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Protest Your Property Tax Valuation

2018-05-11 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Taxes 3 comments

There are lots of reasons that some people don’t protest their property tax valuations. Some people like the idea 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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  • The Michigan Earthquake: Did Data Centers Clinch Al-Sayed’s Primary Victory?
  • “The Last Crooked Mile”
  • “Operation Condor: The CIA’s Dictator Network”
  • “Your Summer Electric Bill Explained”
  • Data centers, school closures and sprawl are a signal that El Paso needs a new civic vision

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