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  • EPEC’s Rate Increase

    2025-06-30 Rich Wright

    In this ElPasoMatters.com post, Diego Mendoza-Myers writes about EPEC’s plans to build out its system and what that means for EPEC’s customers. The El Paso

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  • “Intrigue”

    2025-06-29 elrichiboy
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  • “Physicist Brian Cox Investigates the Most Controversial Scientific Discoveries”

    2025-06-28 elrichiboy
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  • El Paso Electric is Coming for Your Money

    2025-06-23 Rich Wright

    Vic Kolenc has written an article for the El Paso Times headlined ‘An international issue’ | El Paso Electric substation construction boom aimed at big-energy

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  • “The Spider”

    2025-06-22 elrichiboy
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  • “The Last Volcanic Cave Village | Habitats of the World: Iran”

    2025-06-21 elrichiboy
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  • “The First Livestreamed Genocide”

    2025-06-21 Rich Wright

    From AlJazeera.com: The Al Jazeera Investigative Unit’s feature documentary GAZA exposes Israeli war crimes through the use of videos and photographs posted online by Israeli soldiers themselves.

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  • I Don’t Like Bullies

    2025-06-20 Rich Wright

    On Wednesday, CBSNews.com reported that President Trump said “They [Iran] were bullies. They were schoolyard bullies, and now they’re not bullies anymore.” Wait a minute.

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  • Commercial Traffic at the Bridge of the Americas

    2025-06-18 Rich Wright

    Mexican business leaders want to keep truck traffic on the Free Bridge, despite the United States General Services Administration’s decision to eliminate it. From KVIA.com:

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  • STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE, SIR, or Fear and Loathing in El Paso

    2025-06-16 Paul Dickerson

    by Paul Dickerson This morning, I was crossing the Puente Paso del Norte back to El Paso after running a pressing errand in Ciudad Juárez.

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  • “Outside the Law”

    2025-06-15 elrichiboy
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  • “Colombian Cartels: Meet the World’s Biggest Drug Suppliers”

    2025-06-14 elrichiboy
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Sunday Matinee: Confessions of a Samurai

2017-10-01 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

Here’s a Russian-Japanese movie about a yakuza gangster who becomes an orthodox priest and moves to Russia to escape his

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Gringolandia

2017-09-28 elrichiboy Video 5 comments

Here’s a YouTube series you obviously haven’t heard about. It’s called Gringolandia. Netflix picked it up. Maybe you’ve heard of

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I Want a Salad, Not a Soup

2017-09-28 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Economic Development, If it didn't probably happen, then I wouldn't have to talk about it 2 comments

Our city leaders are trying to give El Paso all the soul of an airport food court. That’s bad, but

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Straight Talk About the Arena

2017-09-28 elrichiboy City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena 5 comments

There’s a lot of noise about the arena. Duranguito. Gringolandia. Contempt of court. Arrogant and dismissive. Mysterious phone surveys. Voter

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There’s One Born Every Minute

2017-09-27 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development One comment

Downtown’s renovation is going swimmingly! Here’s a story in the El Paso Inc. about the Abdou Building. The historic Abdou

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The Monsoon

2017-09-26 John Mulhouse Fiction 3 comments

The war was almost over but we didn’t know it yet. I was still in bed. It was dark, but

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The Naked Cowboy Comes to Juarez

2017-09-26 elrichiboy Juarez Leave a comment

Celebrity is like paper money. Celebrity has no intrinsic value. It’s not like talent. It’s not like skill. It’s not,

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Greetings From Gringolandia!

2017-09-25 elrichiboy City Council, Commissioners Court, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena 6 comments

Wish you were here! County Commissioner Vince Perez is all in our face about Senator Jose Rodriguez’ quote in Texas

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Free Money

2017-09-24 elrichiboy City Council, Politics One comment

Am I reading this right? It’s the attachment for the agenda item for the new office tower downtown. Not only

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New Mexico’s Exodus Problem Sounds Familiar

2017-09-22 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Economic Development 2 comments

Here’s a story I came across in US News and World Report: After years of stagnation, New Mexico’s economy is

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Socialism for the Rich, Chuco-Style

2017-09-22 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Commissioners Court, Economic Development, Taxes 2 comments

Maybe you’ve been wondering what the taxpayers could do for the Hunts and WestStar Bank to thank them for all

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Finally, A Good News Story About El Paso

2017-09-22 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development, Media, Slider, The Arena Leave a comment

Here’s a story in Texas Monthly that paints El Paso as an enlightened community. Fighting the developers. Duranguito and the

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Another Inconvenient Truth

2017-09-20 elrichiboy Cost of Living, Economic Development, Taxes One comment

According the estimates from the United States Census Bureau, El Paso’s Median Household Income declined from $45,069 in 2015, to

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Brand Management Chuco-Style

2017-09-19 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Economic Development, Slider 5 comments

Five years from now, when people hear the name “Margo,” are they going to think of Tom Lea and FEMAP,

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Music Video: Double R x GK Productions

2017-09-18 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Music, Video Leave a comment

El Paso is home to a rich and diverse community. Here’s a cool rap video celebrating one of our beautiful

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What Could We Do With $180 Million?

2017-09-18 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena 6 comments

If we spend $180 million for a redundant arena, that’s $180 million we can’t spend on something else. Some people

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Blade Runner 2049 Prequel

2017-09-18 elrichiboy Video, Welcome to Monday Leave a comment

Here’s another prequel for Blade Runner 2049, starring Dave Bautista. Watch this video on YouTube Check it out.

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Sunday Matinee: The Last Witch Hunter

2017-09-17 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

This Vinn Diesel vehicle gets mixed reviews. Roger Ebert gave it three out of four. But don’t let him make

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The Lost World with the Alloy Orchestra

2017-09-17 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, What to Do Leave a comment

City of Dust contributor John Mulhouse offers El Chuqueño readers this: I just saw the Alloy Orchestra (featuring Roger Miller

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City of Dust: Fierro, New Mexico

2017-09-16 John Mulhouse City of Dust 3 comments

Iron Town Let’s pay a visit to Fierro, New Mexico, in the southwestern part of the state, a few miles

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