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  • You Can Pay When You’re Dead

    2026-06-08 Rich Wright

    Since 1979, the State of Texas has had a program that saves older homeowners from getting their houses seized because of past due property taxes.

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  • The Battle of Socorro (New Mexico) and the Futures of People and Data Centers

    2026-06-04 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Emerging as one of the hottest issues in the U.S. today, hyperscale AI data centers have become a magnet for citizen activism

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  • James Cagney in “Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye”

    2026-05-31 elrichiboy
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  • “Impossible Places: World’s Most Extreme Corners on Earth”

    2026-05-30 elrichiboy
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  • “Blackout”

    2026-05-24 elrichiboy
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  • “Sevres & Sykes–Picot: How the Middle East Was Divided”

    2026-05-23 elrichiboy
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  • Memories, Reflections and Connections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part Two

    2026-05-20 Kent Paterson

    Feature photo: Mercedes Doretti of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team addresses the Las Cruces gathering. (Photo by Cynthia Bejarano) Convened on the 20th anniversary of

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  • “Jealous Badge”

    2026-05-17 elrichiboy
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  • “The New ‘Oumuamua? Everything We Know So Far About 3I/Atlas”

    2026-05-16 elrichiboy
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  • Memories and Reflections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part One

    2026-05-13 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Paula Flores recently retold parts of a painfully long and unresolved story to an audience at New Mexico State University (NMSU) in

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  • “Cry Vegeance”

    2026-05-10 elrichiboy
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  • “The Officer Who Threw the Punch Isn’t the Problem. The Man Who Approved It Is.”

    2026-05-08 elrichiboy
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Straight Talk About the Arena

2017-09-28 elrichiboy City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena 5 comments

There’s a lot of noise about the arena. Duranguito. Gringolandia. Contempt of court. Arrogant and dismissive. Mysterious phone surveys. Voter

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There’s One Born Every Minute

2017-09-27 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development One comment

Downtown’s renovation is going swimmingly! Here’s a story in the El Paso Inc. about the Abdou Building. The historic Abdou

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The Monsoon

2017-09-26 John Mulhouse Fiction 3 comments

The war was almost over but we didn’t know it yet. I was still in bed. It was dark, but

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The Naked Cowboy Comes to Juarez

2017-09-26 elrichiboy Juarez Leave a comment

Celebrity is like paper money. Celebrity has no intrinsic value. It’s not like talent. It’s not like skill. It’s not,

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Greetings From Gringolandia!

2017-09-25 elrichiboy City Council, Commissioners Court, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena 6 comments

Wish you were here! County Commissioner Vince Perez is all in our face about Senator Jose Rodriguez’ quote in Texas

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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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