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  • Golden Cobwebs from the Vault: El Paso’s Aborted Towers

    2026-06-17 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Up for a little historic sightseeing in West Side El Paso? If you happen to be driving west on North Mesa and

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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 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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Sunday Matinee Double Feature: La Ley de Herodes and La Dictadura Perfecta

2017-09-10 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

If you want to understand Mexico, here’s a good place to start. La Ley de Herodes tells the story of

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Does That Tickle?

2017-09-08 elrichiboy MountainStar Sports Group, The Arena 2 comments

That’s the local billionaires sticking their hands in your pockets. They want to make sure they haven’t overlooked any pennies

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I Hope They’re On the Take

2017-09-08 elrichiboy City Council, The Arena One comment

It would be a shame to think that they sold us out for nothing.

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Remember When?

2017-09-05 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, MountainStar Sports Group, Politics, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 4 comments

It seems like only yesterday that MountainStar Sports Group announced their ad campaign in support of the downtown arena. The

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Tuesday Video: The Bladerunner 2049 Prequels

2017-09-05 elrichiboy Video Leave a comment

Blade Runner was a cult classic, a film noir in the early 80’s. Now there’s a sequel coming out on

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What’s It Mean?

2017-09-04 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, Economic Development, If it didn't probably happen, then I wouldn't have to talk about it, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 2 comments

After years of playing the part of disinterested bystanders, MountainStar Sports came out with an ad this week in support

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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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  • Lela Gayle Braswell Merz on City of Dust: Center Point, New Mexico (Updated)
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  • Mark Z on La Fiesta, Downtown Juarez
  • Greg on Memories and Reflections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part One
  • Annony on New Chief, Same as the Old Chief
  • Jerry K on Memories and Reflections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part One
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  • Golden Cobwebs from the Vault: El Paso’s Aborted Towers
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  • You Can Pay When You’re Dead
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  • The Battle of Socorro (New Mexico) and the Futures of People and Data Centers

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