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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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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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Hasta La Vista

2017-09-14 elrichiboy ballpark, Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, The Arena 3 comments

This just in, from the El Paso Times: AT&T is closing its East Side call center by the end of

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The Story That Didn’t Happen

2017-09-14 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Economic Development, Law Enforcement, Slider, The Arena 9 comments

At three Tuesday afternoon I was home, trying to punch out a story through the fog of the night before.

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“Public Funding for Private Stadiums Is Bad Policy”

2017-09-14 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, Taxes, The Arena 3 comments

An alert reader sent me this article from RealClearSports.com. Economists have been researching public funds and their relationship with economic

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We’re Number 10!

2017-09-13 elrichiboy City Council, Cost of Living, Taxes One comment

But we’re moving up! From Governing.com: When citizens think about where local taxpayer money goes, they often assume it pays

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Dear Santa

2017-09-12 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, Slider, The Arena 3 comments

From the El Paso Times: “The city of El Paso is complying with the order [suspending demolition in Duranguito] issued

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The Emperor’s New Clothes

2017-09-12 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development, MountainStar Sports Group, Quality of Life Projects, Taxes Leave a comment

The El Paso Inc. ran a guest column this week. This year, TEDx ElPaso’s theme, “Your city, Your design,” is

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How Bad Does Your Life Suck?

2017-09-11 elrichiboy Media, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, The Arena Leave a comment

Here’s El Paso Times entertainment reporter Dave Acosta addressing the ongoing conflict between the Quality of Life projects’ proponents and

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It’s Cheap to Live in El Paso

2017-09-10 elrichiboy City Council, Cost of Living, Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, Taxes, The Arena Leave a comment

Here’s the kind of news story you usually see blasted from the El Paso Times. This version came to us

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