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  • Blow, Wind, Blow

    2025-05-13 Rich Wright

    From a May 4 post on Gizmodo.com: This year’s drought-exacerbated dusty season is “truly exceptional—one for the record books,” said Thomas Gill, an environmental scientist

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  • “Yes, Your Arrogancy”

    2025-05-12 elrichiboy

    From ElPasoTimes.com: The El Paso City Council this week will take another look at public engagement at meetings after a vote limiting audience speakers to

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  • Lady Liberty

    2025-05-11 Kent Paterson
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  • The New Soccer Stadium

    2025-04-26 Rich Wright

    From Mexico’s national media outlet Milenio.com: Alejandra de la Vega, propietaria de los Bravos de Juárez, ha confirmado uno de los proyectos más ambiciosos en

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  • “Prohibition Era Bars in Juarez”

    2025-04-24 elrichiboy

    Local historian and frequent contributor to El Chuqueño Bob Chessey gives a talk about the proliferation of bars and bar owners on Saturday, April 26,

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  • A Border Story You Might Have Missed

    2025-04-23 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson If you rely on El Paso online media for your news, you might have missed one of the biggest stories in the

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  • About the Deck Park

    2025-04-23 Rich Wright

    by Rich Wright You may have noticed that the deck park is still in play, even after funding sources have dried up. Here’s Mayor Renard

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  • Elephant March

    2025-04-22 Rich Wright

    by Rich Wright When I was six, my father took me to the circus. My father drank a lot, and drunk or sober he seemed

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  • Sphere and Shakedown in Las Vegas: 60 Years Later the Grateful Dead Family Keeps Truckin’ On

    2025-04-21 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson For the second year in a row, the Good Ship Terrapin Station has landed in Las Vegas, Nevada. The prestigious passengers disembarking

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  • Retrovision: I Could Tolerate the Deck Park, Maybe

    2025-04-16 elrichiboy

    This post originally appeared on 23 Novemeber, 2021. I could tolerate the deck park, maybe, if the plans didn’t include widening the freeway, and increasing

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  • Community Forum with EPISD D1 Candidates

    2025-04-15 Xavier Miranda

    From Xavier Miranda Please consider attending this community forum.  Our public schools face daunting challenges coming from the federal and state levels.  An array of

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  • Dolores Huerta: Still Inspiring the Fight for a New Society

    2025-04-09 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Sporting a black beret that nicely complemented her attire, Dolores Huerta looked ready for battle. The life-long activist, who turns 95 on

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I Hope They’re On the Take

2017-09-08 elrichiboy City Council, The Arena One comment

It would be a shame to think that they sold us out for nothing.

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Remember When?

2017-09-05 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, MountainStar Sports Group, Politics, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 4 comments

It seems like only yesterday that MountainStar Sports Group announced their ad campaign in support of the downtown arena. The

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Tuesday Video: The Bladerunner 2049 Prequels

2017-09-05 elrichiboy Video Leave a comment

Blade Runner was a cult classic, a film noir in the early 80’s. Now there’s a sequel coming out on

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What’s It Mean?

2017-09-04 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, Economic Development, If it didn't probably happen, then I wouldn't have to talk about it, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 2 comments

After years of playing the part of disinterested bystanders, MountainStar Sports came out with an ad this week in support

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Sunday Matinee: Humphrey Bogart in Last Edition USA

2017-09-03 elrichiboy Media, Sunday Matinee, Support El Chuqueño Leave a comment

Here’s a good flick, with Humphrey Bogart starring as the editor of a failing newspaper. The movie is all full

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The Downtown Management District’s War on Taxpayers

2017-09-02 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 2 comments

Here’s Downtown Management District Executive Director Joe Gudenrath blowing all his credibility and what’s left of his integrity to support

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Our Elected Officials’ Response

2017-09-01 elrichiboy City Council, Commissioners Court, Politics, The Arena One comment

Via the El Paso History Alliance: STATE SEN. RODRIGUEZ, COUNTY COMMISSIONER STOUT, AND CITY REP. ANNELLO RESPOND TO AD CAMPAIGN

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The Men Behind the Curtain

2017-09-01 elrichiboy Economic Development, Media, Quality of Life Projects, Taxes, The Arena 4 comments

You have no doubt seen this news story press release. Via KRWG: Commentary: El Paso, TX – MountainStar Sports Group

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Rockabilly Riot Saturday and Sunday

2017-08-31 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Time to bust out the pomade. Saturday and Sunday the El Paso County Coliseum hosts the Great American Rockabilly Riot.

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Mea Culpa

2017-08-31 elrichiboy Corrections Leave a comment

A couple weeks ago, in an opinion piece titled “Our Tax Base is Collapsing,” I stated that the homestead deduction

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They Outright Lied To You

2017-08-31 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, Elections, Media, Politics, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes One comment

Remember when all our good civil servants, elected officials, and captains of industry were pitching those Quality of Life bond

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Bullfight Friday Night

2017-08-30 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, What to Do Leave a comment

If you’re a bullfight aficionado you probably already know that there’s a bullfight Friday night at the Alberto Balderas bullring

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City of Dust: Lingo, New Mexico

2017-08-29 John Mulhouse City of Dust 6 comments

A Little Piece of Quiet I might as well stop pretending that I’m going to write more regularly and admit

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City Government is Killing El Paso

2017-08-28 elrichiboy City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Politics, Slider, The Arena 7 comments

Since 2012, the City of El Paso has only grown by 7,472 people, according to estimates by the U.S. Census

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Race Has Nothing To Do With It

2017-08-28 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Video, Welcome to Monday Leave a comment

Here’s a guy talking about race baiting, and classist oppression, and poverty, and guess which community makes a cameo appearance?

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Make America Grate Again

2017-08-28 GC Adams Uncategorized One comment

Watch this video on YouTube I don’t think people caught the slogan correctly. It’s “Make America GREAT Again.” Grrrrr-8. Great.

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Sunday Matinee: Killer Elite

2017-08-27 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

Robert DeNiro and Jason Statham star as professional killers hired to take on the SAS. What could go wrong? Watch

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A Failure in Branding

2017-08-24 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena 15 comments

Here’s a letter to the editor from the El Paso Times: Here in my hometown, I have never witnessed the

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Enter Los Saicos, a Proto-Punk Band from Peru

2017-08-24 elrichiboy Music, Video Leave a comment

Check out this cool documantary about Los Saicos, the grandfathers of punk, from Peru. Watch this video on YouTube And

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Mike and the Moonpies Tonight at the State Line

2017-08-23 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Music, shows, What to Do Leave a comment

Mike and the Moonpies bring their brand of outlaw country to the State Line tonight as part of the barbecue

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