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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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  • “You’re Fired!”

    2026-02-14 Rich Wright

    Remember when Donald Trump’s tagline was “You’re fired!” One might think that he’d be pulling that old standard out again, what with the clown car

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  • “YEMEN: A Forgotten Earth Where Time Still Breathes”

    2026-02-14 elrichiboy
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  • “Love in a Man’s World”

    2026-02-08 elrichiboy
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Gentrification and Income Inequality in Oaxaca

2024-09-12 elrichiboy Economic Development, Slider 2 comments

The benefits of “economic development” are unequally distributed. Sound familiar? Here’s a story bout that theme, and censorship, and tourism

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Green Screen B-Roll El Paso

2024-09-11 elrichiboy Movie Night 2 comments

El Paso is prominently featured in this 2022 movie starring Liam Neeson.

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“Moontide”

2024-09-08 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“The Viking Invasions of Ireland, 795-1014: The Complete History”

2024-09-07 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Anti Onward Alameda Press Conference

2024-09-04 elrichiboy City Management, Culture, Welfare for the Rich Leave a comment

On July 15,2022, I wrote about the Onward Alamedo project here. “The city has another project on the burner called

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“Papa Was A Rolling Stone”

2024-09-03 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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“The Dark Past”

2024-09-01 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“The man of the cliffs”

2024-08-31 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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BOHICA

2024-08-29 Rich Wright Commissioners Court, Deck Park, Ricardo Samaniego, Slider 4 comments

If you liked the way the ballpark deal went down, you’re going to love the deck park. From CBS4Local.com: On

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Movin’ On Up

2024-08-28 elrichiboy Borderplex Alliance, News 3 comments

Rolando Pablos, the former CEO of the Borderplex Alliance, and former Texas Secretary of State, and maybe he had some

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“The City of El Paso’s Inflection Point and Public Safety Dilemma”

2024-08-28 Rich Wright El Paso Fire Department, El Paso Police Department, Slider Leave a comment

If you listen to all the politicians running for office, Public Safety is one of the top concerns for all

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Who Does Our State Delegation Represent?

2024-08-27 Rich Wright César Blanco, Claudia Ordaz, Deck Park, El Paso Delegation, Joe Moody, Lina Ortega, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, TxDOT, Widening I-10 2 comments

Normally if voters wanted to derail TxDOT’s plans to widen the freeway through downtown El Paso, they could complain to

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Humphrey Bogart in “Sirocco”

2024-08-25 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“The Man Who Lost Over a Billion Dollars”

2024-08-24 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary, Uncategorized Leave a comment
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“La Señora” by Mariel la abogada featuring Emma Coronel

2024-08-23 elrichiboy Mexico, Music Leave a comment

InsightCrime.com reports that Mariel “la abogada” Colon was a lawyer for both Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera and his wife

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Food & Wine & Hatch Chiles

2024-08-23 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso Leave a comment

Well, it’s chile season. So FoodandWine.com has an article. Perhaps you’re wondering what all the fuss is about. They’re just

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Where Do Politicians Go After They Term Out?

2024-08-23 Rich Wright Elections, Gassandrgate, Politics, Slider 5 comments

Five days ago Isabel Salcido filed to run for Mayor. Twelve days ago I received a text message poll about

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Joyce Wilson Speaks (Again)

2024-08-22 Rich Wright Elections, Joyce Wilson, Politics, Slider One comment

Former City Manager Joyce Wilson is the gift that won’t stop giving. She wrote another letter to the El Paso

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Retrovision: “I Could Tolerate the Deck Park, Maybe”

2024-08-22 Rich Wright ballpark, Deck Park, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, TxDOT One comment

This post originally appeared on 2021-11-23. I could tolerate the deck park, maybe, if the plans didn’t include widening the

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The Deck Park

2024-08-20 Rich Wright Deck Park, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider One comment

Anyone who has been outside in the last four months should question the motives and judgment of the deck park

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