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  • An “Unprecedented” Event

    2026-01-13 Rich Wright

    This from ElPasoTimes.com: It could be until mid-week when a boil water notice is lifted and water service is fully returned to normal after a

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  • The Primary Elections

    2026-01-12 Rich Wright

    I always vote. Every election. School boards. State judges. Railroad Commissioner. I have even gone to the fire station to make no selection in every

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  • “Between Midnight and Dawn”

    2026-01-11 elrichiboy
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  • “This Border City Isn’t What You Think (El Paso)”

    2026-01-03 elrichiboy
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  • Shopping South El Paso Street

    2025-12-22 Rich Wright

    South El Paso Street is El Paso’s most vibrant street. In the daytime, South El Paso Street is what our city planners aspire to. Walkable,

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  • “Fire Maidens from Outer Space”

    2025-12-21 elrichiboy
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  • “White, Poor & Angry: Inside America’s Most Racist Town”

    2025-12-20 elrichiboy
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  • Project Jupiter’s Environmental Impact

    2025-12-17 Rich Wright

    Here’s another article critical about Project Jupiter. This critique is environmental. From Truthout.org: At the very Southeastern tip of New Mexico bordering Texas and Mexico,

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  • Humphery Bogart & Rod Steiger in “The Harder They Fall”

    2025-12-14 elrichiboy
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  • “Why Turkmenistan Makes North Korea Look Normal”

    2025-12-13 elrichiboy
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  • The New York Times on Project Jupiter

    2025-12-11 elrichiboy

    NYTimes.com did a story about Project Jupiter Stargate Project Miner, the mega data center that is to built out there by Santa Teresa. Mostly the

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  • The Santa Teresa Data Center: On Pollutants, Permits and Project Alphabet Soup

    2025-12-06 Kent Paterson

    Text and Photos by Kent Paterson Since last summer, the hyperscale AI data center under construction in Santa Teresa has been promoted under different names

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Cosmonauts at Monarch on Thursday

2017-11-28 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Music, sponsored, What to Do Leave a comment

Here’s a show we can all get behind. The Cosmonauts play jangly, gloopy, alt-rock. Like this: Watch this video on

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Why Everything the Government Does Is Expensive

2017-11-28 elrichiboy City Council, Taxes One comment

Here’s a John Stossel story on a $2 million bathroom in New York City. Watch this video on YouTube Sound

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Nurturing Kudzu

2017-11-28 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, Slider 2 comments

Good news, everyone. From KVIA: Transmountain partners is planning to build a massive new mall and entertainment complex expected to

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Is El Paso City Government a Secret Public/Private Partnership?

2017-11-27 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes, The Arena One comment

Nothing else makes sense. The City is pursuing a plan formulated by the Paso del Norte Group, a bunch of

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Sunday Matinee: Murder By Contract

2017-11-26 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

Here’s a killer low-budget 1958 film noir about a hitman. Check out the cars. Check out the proto-surf tunes. Check

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An Argument for Concealed Carry

2017-11-23 elrichiboy Law Enforcement, National Policy, Video Leave a comment

Here’s a provoking video from those critical thinkers at Cracked.com that punctures some illusions. Watch this video on YouTube Check

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That Smarts

2017-11-22 GC Adams Uncategorized Leave a comment

Hey, it’s me, Rich, from El Chuqueño. I’m afraid you’ve been doing these 60 Hot Seconds wrong. It’s multimedia. You’re

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City of Dust: Riley, New Mexico

2017-11-21 John Mulhouse City of Dust One comment

A Town With Two Names While the Man with No Name might feel right at home in the ghost town

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The $100,000 Paint Job

2017-11-21 elrichiboy City Council, Slider, Taxes Leave a comment

I think I’ve probably mentioned my theory that during the budget process, the City underestimated revenues and overstated costs to

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Did You Know That I Am An Award-Winning Chef?

2017-11-18 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, What to Do One comment

Yup. Lookie here: I won that at the second occasional casserole contest over there in Steglich’s backyard. My winning dish

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Andrew Joseph at TEDx El Paso

2017-11-18 elrichiboy Video Leave a comment

Here’s a video of local cyber-genius Andrew Joseph delivering a presentation at this year’s TEDx. Watch this video on YouTube

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Advice for Bar and Restaurant Entrepreneurs: Wealth vs. Income

2017-11-16 elrichiboy Uncategorized One comment

For young entrepreneurs in El Paso, the popular thing to do these days to open a restaurant, or a bar.

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Chile Cookoff at Hope & Anchor

2017-11-15 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, What to Do Leave a comment

Okay, sports fans. Sunday at 4 pm there’s a chile cookoff taking place at Hope & Anchor. I’ll be there.

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The Emperor’s New Clothes

2017-11-15 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, It's All Good, Slider, Taxes 4 comments

Is the City out of touch with the taxpayers? Here’s an op-ed in the El Paso Times from Mayor Dee

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Reuters on El Paso and NAFTA

2017-11-14 elrichiboy Economic Development, Slider, World News 2 comments

Here’s a report from Reuters on the effect that NAFTA had on El Paso, and the likely effect discontinuing NAFTA

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Sparta Concert! FREE Tickets!

2017-11-13 elrichiboy Go Local, How to Live in El Paso, Music, What to Do Leave a comment

Sparta’s playing a benefit concert on Saturday, December 16, at Tricky Falls. And tickets are FREE, FREE, FREE. But you

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A New Verse to the Same Old Song

2017-11-13 elrichiboy City Council, Cost of Living, Economic Development, Media, Slider, Taxes 5 comments

Remember last week I asked “Is the City Paying Companies to Not Leave Town?” Well, Vic Kolenc of the El

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Sunday Matinee: Flashpoint

2017-11-12 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee One comment

Here’s a movie from 1984 featuring one of America’s greatest songwriters Kris Kristofferson, as a Border Patrol agent on the

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Salsa Brava

2017-11-11 elrichiboy Go Local, How to Live in El Paso Leave a comment

At Monarch last night the salsa brava was pretty popular. “You should sell it,” people said. But I’m not into

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Maybe You Can Relate

2017-11-10 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Video 3 comments

Perhaps you’ve seen this. It’s a used car commercial for a 1996 Honda Accord. Watch this video on YouTube Check

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