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  • Another Actor Suddenly Exits the Doña Ana County Political Stage

    2026-07-23 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Government in Doña Ana County is in turmoil. The shakeups continued this week as the Doña Ana County Board of Commissioners terminated

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  • How Government Works

    2026-07-22 Rich Wright

    Some people are talking a lot about the evils of socialism these days. None of the other isms are pure gold, either. Capitalism. Populism. Communism.

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  • “The Great Depression – America’s Biggest Economic Crisis”

    2026-07-18 elrichiboy
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  • “The Merry Gentlemen”

    2026-07-12 elrichiboy
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  • “The Siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC): How Archimedes Stopped Rome”

    2026-07-11 elrichiboy
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  • “Jigsaw”

    2026-07-05 elrichiboy
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  • Pay Raises for Everybody (But Not for You)

    2026-07-02 Rich Wright

    Our elected officials at the City (the Mayor and City Representatives) are getting 15% pay raises this year. The people at the City working for

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  • “Guilty Bystander”

    2026-06-28 elrichiboy
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  • “Easy Riders, Raging Bulls”

    2026-06-27 elrichiboy
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  • F. E. Curry And Fate’s Vagary

    2026-06-25 Bob Chessey

    The 1923 trial of F. E. Curry is a tale of a lawman who, from performing official duties, became labeled a criminal and exemplifies the

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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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Me and Paul

2017-03-11 elrichiboy Media, Music Leave a comment

Here’s a killer story about Willie Nelson’s drummer, best friend, and bodyguard, Paul English. And it’s got an El Paso

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Nothing’s For Sure but Debt and Taxes

2017-03-10 elrichiboy City Council, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 2 comments

The ever-vigilant Brutus over at El Paso Speak alerted me (and all his other readers) to this slide from a

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Retrovision: Economic Development: Economics 101

2017-03-10 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development, Slider 4 comments

This post originally appeared on August 27, 2015. I am republishing it in partial response to a comment made by

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Rancho El Paso

2017-03-10 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development 2 comments

Our City Fathers would have you believe that El Paso is a modern, dynamic city, but really we’re just a

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Khalid Video

2017-03-09 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment

Y’all been hearing about this local cat who’s blowing it up. But maybe you haven’t seen or heard him yet.

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City of Dust: Dripping Springs, New Mexico

2017-03-09 John Mulhouse City of Dust One comment

Cool Water The hike from the Dripping Springs Natural Area visitor center to a cluster of lovely old ruins tucked

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The Cristalero War

2017-03-09 elrichiboy Juarez, Slider Leave a comment

They’re killing people in Juarez. On Monday they hung a banner off a bridge. The full text of the banner

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The Other Shoe Drops . . .

2017-03-08 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, Slider 5 comments

but it hasn’t hit the ground yet. The El Paso Times reports this morning that Mayor Oscar Leeser vetoed the

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The Fourth Anniversary of the Killing of Daniel Saenz

2017-03-08 elrichiboy City Council, Commissioners Court, Law Enforcement, Politics, Slider Leave a comment

Four years ago today, El Paso Police Officer Jose Flores shot and killed handcuffed prisoner Daniel Saenz in the sallyport

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WUGC Highlights

2017-03-06 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Check it out.

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The Simplest Thing

2017-03-06 GC Adams Music Leave a comment

Tonight, as I walked the dogs around a park we’ve lived near for 20 years, I watched a family playing

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The 40 47 Days of Lent

2017-03-06 elrichiboy If it didn't probably happen, then I wouldn't have to talk about it 2 comments

The Church is scamming you. From Wikipedia: Lent is traditionally described as lasting for forty days, in commemoration of the

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Sunday Matinee: Triple 9

2017-03-05 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

Here’s a cool dirty cop movie, with the MS 13 and Russian mafia. What more could you ask for? With

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Scary video.

2017-03-04 elrichiboy Video Leave a comment

Here’s a horror movie that will keep you up at night. From the Masters of Horror over there at the

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Logan Starts Today

2017-03-03 elrichiboy Video, What to Do One comment

They say they shot some of this movie near El Paso. I haven’t seen it. Lemme know.

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Friday Short: The Gunfighter

2017-03-03 elrichiboy Video Leave a comment

I know you’re busy today, because we can’t all work for the the City, so here’s a short video to

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Follow the Money

2017-03-03 elrichiboy City Council, The Arena One comment

Most El Pasoans aren’t aware that the City gets a little juice on all its projects. It’s called “Construction Management.”

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South by Southwest Will Rat You Out

2017-03-03 elrichiboy Art Leave a comment

Like Austin, South by Southwest used to be cool. Not anymore. Here’s part of their artists’ agreement, according to Rolling

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City of Dust: Organ, New Mexico

2017-03-02 John Mulhouse City of Dust 90 comments

Pat Garret Really Should Have Stayed the Night Organ, New Mexico isn’t really a ghost town these days, but I’m

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#Highland Park, Episode 4: Larry Wants His Keys

2017-03-02 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

More from those folks at #Highland Park. Check it out.

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  • Another Actor Suddenly Exits the Doña Ana County Political Stage
  • How Government Works
  • “The Great Depression – America’s Biggest Economic Crisis”
  • “The Merry Gentlemen”
  • “The Siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC): How Archimedes Stopped Rome”

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