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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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“CITY PREPARING FOR MASS DEMOLITION OF DURANGUITO” – Max Grossman

2017-06-22 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, The Arena Leave a comment

Dear Friends, I have attached three photos of the Flor de Luna building, the first from now and the other

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“It’s You, Only Faster”

2017-06-21 elrichiboy Go Local, How to Live in El Paso, What to Do One comment

Riding bikes is fun. The wind’s in your hair, and you’re right out there in the environment. Not like in

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What the Employment Numbers Mean

2017-06-19 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, Politics 2 comments

I’ve been sussing out the employment situation here in El Paso over the last some years, and here’s what I’ve

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Welcome to Monday

2017-06-19 elrichiboy Welcome to Monday One comment

I’m just going to leave this here: Have a nice week.

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Sunday Matinee: In Pursuit of Honor

2017-06-18 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

This made-for-teevee Western stars Don Johnson with a little bit of Rod Steiger thrown in for good measure. It’s nice,

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Gabriel Solis on Father’s Day

2017-06-18 elrichiboy Navel Gazing Leave a comment

From Vice.com: This weekend, I plan on bringing my father’s grave an ofrenda: a bundle of flowers, a lime-and-salt rimmed

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The Bad Batch at Alamo Drafthouse Today

2017-06-17 elrichiboy What to Do Leave a comment

Here’s the trailer for a new movie from Ana Lily Amirpour. It looks pretty trippy. It opens tomorrow in a

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Retrovision: What the Ballpark Means

2017-06-16 elrichiboy ballpark, Brand El Paso, sports Leave a comment

[This post originally appeared on November 27, 2013. I’m re-posting it because it echoes the article from earlier today.] The

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And the Winner Is . . .

2017-06-16 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, What to Do Leave a comment

Hope & Anchor, of course. Best Bar. Best Happy Hour. Best Outdoor Patio. Best Bar for Day Drinking. All of

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Mezcal, the Next Big Thing

2017-06-16 elrichiboy World News One comment

French liquor giant Pernod Ricard is buying an interest in a mezcal importer, according to this story in Forbes. In

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“Affordable Family Entertainment”

2017-06-16 elrichiboy Cost of Living, Taxes, The Arena One comment

Remember when those nice people were pitching the ballpark as “affordable family entertainment”? Here’s Josh Hunt in an El Paso

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Cafe Tacvba at JRZ Music Fest

2017-06-15 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, shows, What to Do Leave a comment

Tomorrow at the JRZ Music Fest the headliner is Cafe Tacvba. Cafe Tacvba had a slew of hits back in

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Mo’ Money

2017-06-15 elrichiboy City Council, Cost of Living, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes Leave a comment

Did you see this story on KVIA about Cohen Stadium? A windstorm damaged the shade canopy structure [at Cohen Stadium]

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Elroop

2017-06-15 elrichiboy Art, Navel Gazing One comment

I’m thinking about marketing myself as a lifestyle brand. You know. Like Gwyneth Paltrow. From the New York Post: Gwyneth

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Happy Birthday, Monarch

2017-06-14 elrichiboy Go Local, How to Live in El Paso, What to Do Leave a comment

Monarch turns four today. I remember when she was in pigtails and braces, with skinned knees from learning to ride

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Now That the Horse Has Left the Barn . . .

2017-06-14 elrichiboy Economic Development, Slider, The Arena 3 comments

Too late for some stadiums . . . From ESPN.com: A group of politicians who are tired of taxpayer money

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JRZ Music Fest Schedule

2017-06-13 elrichiboy Juarez, shows, What to Do Leave a comment

This weekend is the JRZ Music Fest in Juarez. On Friday the headliners are Cafe Tacvba. On Saturday it’s Los

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Good News and Bad News

2017-06-13 elrichiboy Trolley 2 comments

The good news is that Stanton Street is open for two-way traffic north of Schuster. The bad news is that

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Why didn’t they call it an arena?

2017-06-13 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, Quality of Life Projects, The Arena 3 comments

I know you’ve been wondering the same thing. If they wanted to build an arena downtown, why didn’t they call

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What 8.57% Means

2017-06-12 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, Slider 14 comments

Politics in El Paso is in a sorry state. There are 364,537 registered voters in El Paso. Only 31,255 of

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