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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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  • Economic Undevelopment

    2026-02-25 Rich Wright

    According to ElDiario.mx, El Paso lost 750 jobs in the last four months of 2025. Juarez lost 17,000 maquila jobs in all of 2025. That

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  • Puerto Vallarta Travel Log, Part One: Hurricane Mencho

    2026-02-23 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Fear, hunger, thirst and uncertainty. That’s what folks in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco lived through on February 22, now undoubtedly one of the

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  • “Where Texas Begins”

    2026-02-21 Rich Wright

    The latest (several years old) tagline from Visit El Paso/the Convention and Visitors Center/Destination El Paso appears to be “Where Texas Begins”. Of course Texas

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  • Charles Boyer and Lauren Bacall in “Confidential Agent”

    2026-02-15 elrichiboy
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All The News That Fits Our Agenda

2018-01-11 elrichiboy Media, Politics, Slider 2 comments

Back in 2009, El Paso Inc. ran an interview titled Q and A with Woody Hunt The Real Cost of

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Retrovision: Regional Economic Development

2018-01-10 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development Leave a comment

This article originally appeared on 13 August 2015. The Borderplex Alliance, an entity dedicated to regional economic development, commissioned a

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“You Can’t Go Home Again”

2018-01-10 elrichiboy Art, Perspectives Leave a comment

From Thomas Wolfe’s novel about the time preceding the stock market crash of 1929: “But he spoke at length about

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Conveniently Located Halfway Between Warsaw, Poland, and the Fiji Islands

2018-01-09 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development 4 comments

I wasn’t able to attend yesterday’s special City Council meeting. So I didn’t get to witness the Hunt Institute for

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Isn’t That Special

2018-01-08 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, Taxes Leave a comment

Today there’s a special meeting of City Council. I was hoping to attend, but life had other plans for me.

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Sunday Matinee: The Butcher

2018-01-07 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

Have you had your dose of over-the-top violence today? Here’s an Eric Roberts movie about a ex-boxer who has fallen

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Ballpark Numbers Updated

2018-01-05 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, MountainStar Sports Group, Quality of Life Projects, The Arena 4 comments

An alert reader sent me this spreadsheet which shows the actual numbers for the ballpark. Four years in and we’re

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Ballpark Numbers

2018-01-05 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, Cost of Living, Economic Development, Taxes 2 comments

Are you troubled by insomnia? Then I’ve got some ballpark numbers that should put you right to sleep. Because there

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City of Dust: Kingston, New Mexico

2018-01-05 John Mulhouse City of Dust 5 comments

The Way Things Weren’t Kingston, New Mexico isn’t a ghost town. But it’s also not the place of which it

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Will Tourism Save Us?

2018-01-04 elrichiboy ballpark, Brand El Paso, City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Politics, Quality of Life Projects One comment

Besides call centers, the City of El Paso’s economic development policy seems to be solely focused on tourism as a

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Sunday Matinee: Hammerhead (1968)

2017-12-31 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

Remember 1968? Yeah, me neither. But I hear it was groovy. And here’s proof. Watch this video on YouTube Here’s

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Sunday Matinee: Game of Aces

2017-12-31 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

Here’s a World War I movie about pilots and traitors. Watch this video on YouTube Check it out.

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A Second Bite at the Apple

2017-12-28 elrichiboy City Council, Cost of Living, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes One comment

The city budget is fat. Obviously they have extra money. Lookie here. From the El Paso Times: The city will

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The Last Days of Jason Rabedeaux from ESPN

2017-12-28 elrichiboy Media, Slider, sports, World News 4 comments

Here’s a story about former UTEP basketball coach Jason Rabedeaux’s career and final days coaching the Saigon Heat. JASON RABEDEAUX

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Sunday Matinee: The Numbers Station

2017-12-24 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee One comment

John Cusack leads this one, as a CIA assassin assigned to watch over a secret broadcasting station and the girl

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Rellenos

2017-12-24 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, Mexico Leave a comment

Despite Mexico’s reputation as a culinary destination, downtown Juarez lacks an abundance of great street food. Mostly the street food

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PSY’s DADDY: Your New Favorite Song

2017-12-21 elrichiboy Music, Video 2 comments

PSY’s Gangnum Style is the most watched video of all time with over three billion views. Here’s his latest offering:

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City of Dust: Monticello, New Mexico

2017-12-21 John Mulhouse City of Dust 39 comments

Peace in the Valley Okay, it’s true that Monticello, New Mexico isn’t a full-on ghost town. Some folks do indeed

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Retrovision: Go Local: Holiday Edition

2017-12-20 elrichiboy Go Local, How to Live in El Paso Leave a comment

[This post originally appeared on 22 December 2015, but it’s still got legs.] Somehow the holidays always sneak up on

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Roy Clark and Gatemouth Brown: Frankie and Johnny

2017-12-20 elrichiboy Music, Video Leave a comment

Listen to Roy Clark and Gatemouth Brown trade licks on this rendition of a classic song of questionable parentage. Watch

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