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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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Sunday Matinee: Humphrey Bogart in Last Edition USA

2017-09-03 elrichiboy Media, Sunday Matinee, Support El Chuqueño Leave a comment

Here’s a good flick, with Humphrey Bogart starring as the editor of a failing newspaper. The movie is all full

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The Downtown Management District’s War on Taxpayers

2017-09-02 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 2 comments

Here’s Downtown Management District Executive Director Joe Gudenrath blowing all his credibility and what’s left of his integrity to support

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Our Elected Officials’ Response

2017-09-01 elrichiboy City Council, Commissioners Court, Politics, The Arena One comment

Via the El Paso History Alliance: STATE SEN. RODRIGUEZ, COUNTY COMMISSIONER STOUT, AND CITY REP. ANNELLO RESPOND TO AD CAMPAIGN

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The Men Behind the Curtain

2017-09-01 elrichiboy Economic Development, Media, Quality of Life Projects, Taxes, The Arena 4 comments

You have no doubt seen this news story press release. Via KRWG: Commentary: El Paso, TX – MountainStar Sports Group

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Rockabilly Riot Saturday and Sunday

2017-08-31 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Time to bust out the pomade. Saturday and Sunday the El Paso County Coliseum hosts the Great American Rockabilly Riot.

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Mea Culpa

2017-08-31 elrichiboy Corrections Leave a comment

A couple weeks ago, in an opinion piece titled “Our Tax Base is Collapsing,” I stated that the homestead deduction

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They Outright Lied To You

2017-08-31 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, Elections, Media, Politics, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes One comment

Remember when all our good civil servants, elected officials, and captains of industry were pitching those Quality of Life bond

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Bullfight Friday Night

2017-08-30 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, What to Do Leave a comment

If you’re a bullfight aficionado you probably already know that there’s a bullfight Friday night at the Alberto Balderas bullring

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City of Dust: Lingo, New Mexico

2017-08-29 John Mulhouse City of Dust 6 comments

A Little Piece of Quiet I might as well stop pretending that I’m going to write more regularly and admit

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City Government is Killing El Paso

2017-08-28 elrichiboy City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Politics, Slider, The Arena 7 comments

Since 2012, the City of El Paso has only grown by 7,472 people, according to estimates by the U.S. Census

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Race Has Nothing To Do With It

2017-08-28 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Video, Welcome to Monday Leave a comment

Here’s a guy talking about race baiting, and classist oppression, and poverty, and guess which community makes a cameo appearance?

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Make America Grate Again

2017-08-28 GC Adams Uncategorized One comment

Watch this video on YouTube I don’t think people caught the slogan correctly. It’s “Make America GREAT Again.” Grrrrr-8. Great.

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Sunday Matinee: Killer Elite

2017-08-27 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

Robert DeNiro and Jason Statham star as professional killers hired to take on the SAS. What could go wrong? Watch

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A Failure in Branding

2017-08-24 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena 15 comments

Here’s a letter to the editor from the El Paso Times: Here in my hometown, I have never witnessed the

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Enter Los Saicos, a Proto-Punk Band from Peru

2017-08-24 elrichiboy Music, Video Leave a comment

Check out this cool documantary about Los Saicos, the grandfathers of punk, from Peru. Watch this video on YouTube And

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Mike and the Moonpies Tonight at the State Line

2017-08-23 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Music, shows, What to Do Leave a comment

Mike and the Moonpies bring their brand of outlaw country to the State Line tonight as part of the barbecue

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Music Video: Kikimora

2017-08-22 elrichiboy Music, Video Leave a comment

Here’s the jazz stylings of Kikimora, singing Sputnik live at Star City Studio. Watch this video on YouTube Check it

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Baby Stations on Sale

2017-08-22 elrichiboy City Council, Slider, Taxes 4 comments

Have you ever wondered why everything our City Government buys is so expensive? I mean, $7 million to fix up

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Our Tax Base Is Collapsing

2017-08-22 elrichiboy City Council, Cost of Living, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes, The Arena One comment

People are leaving town. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that between 2012 and 2016, El Paso County only grew by

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Death Valley Girls at Monarch Tonight

2017-08-22 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

You know what’s wrong with garage rock? There’s not enough girls doing it. Enter Death Valley Girls. Here they are

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