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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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Viva Juarez, Cabrones. A Downtown Restaurant Guide.

2016-08-24 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez 2 comments

One of the best things about El Paso is Juarez. It’s more than a different city, or a different country.

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Blank Range with Black Joe Lewis at Tricky Falls

2016-08-23 elrichiboy Downtown, How to Live in El Paso Leave a comment

Blank Range opens for Black Joe Lewis and the Honey Bears on Friday, August 26, at Tricky Falls. Tickets are

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La Vero Speaks Out

2016-08-23 elrichiboy Commissioners Court 2 comments

County Judge Veronica Escobar addressed the salary increase issue with this letter posted via the Constant Contact website. In it

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There You Have It.

2016-08-22 elrichiboy Commissioners Court, Media, Politics 6 comments

This weekend the El Paso Times told us what they thought about the County Commissioners Court giving themselves raises last

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Black Joe Lewis at Tricky Falls

2016-08-20 elrichiboy Downtown, How to Live in El Paso Leave a comment

Austin’s Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears play Friday at Tricky Falls. Tickets are $13 in advance.

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Progress, at last.

2016-08-19 elrichiboy Economic Development, Juarez One comment

There used to be the nicest neighborhood over there in Juarez. It was called the Mariscal for one of the

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I’m taking a mulligan.

2016-08-19 elrichiboy Economic Development, Taxes One comment

Yesterday I dropped the ball. Occasional commenter Henry offered this in response to my post about the popular exodus from

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The Truth About the EPISD Bond Proposal

2016-08-18 elrichiboy Politics, School Districts, Taxes Leave a comment

The El Paso Independent School District is asking voters to approve a $669 million bond. (I bet it was $666

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Juan Mexicano Arrested in Chicago

2016-08-18 elrichiboy Media Leave a comment

That’s what the Chicago Tribune says: Bail was set at $1 million Tuesday for a Addison man after Elgin Police,

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Things are heating up in Juarez.

2016-08-18 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez Leave a comment

My favorite Juarez news source La Polaka reports that there have been 29 murders so far this month in Juarez,

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People also vote with their feet.

2016-08-18 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Commissioners Court, Economic Development, School Districts 10 comments

According to this estimate provided by the City of El Paso, El Paso County population was 833,487 in 2014. For

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Manufacturing Consent

2016-08-18 elrichiboy School Districts, Taxes, Uncategorized Leave a comment

The EPISD School Board claims that recommending less than what the Bond Committee asked for would be “disrespecting” the committee.

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It’s Almost Good.

2016-08-17 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, How to Live in El Paso 2 comments

El Paso is beautiful. The mountains. The sky. My wife. (That’s not her in the mural.) And the art. Especially

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Surprise!

2016-08-17 elrichiboy Commissioners Court, Economic Development, Taxes Leave a comment

Well, there it is. The El Paso Times reports that the University Medical Center, overseen by the El Paso County

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I’m Too Clever by Half

2016-08-17 elrichiboy Commissioners Court, Taxes 2 comments

Fellow blogger Mr. Jaime Abeytia informed me, via a response to a comment I made on his blog and through

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Did they, or didn’t they?

2016-08-16 elrichiboy Commissioners Court, Politics, Taxes 2 comments

Did the Commissioners Court publish their intent to raise their salaries in a local newspaper of general circulation? Because according

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There’s nothing wrong with El Paso . . .

2016-08-16 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Commissioners Court, Economic Development, Media, Politics, School Districts 2 comments

that can’t be fixed with higher taxes and bigger government bureaucracies. Am I right?

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What does the Times Think?

2016-08-15 elrichiboy City Council, Commissioners Court, Economic Development, Media 4 comments

Don’t you suppose that it’s the duty of the preeminent English-language newspaper to give voice to their opinion on the

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Stacking the Deck So Everyone Loses

2016-08-15 elrichiboy Economic Development, School Districts, Taxes Leave a comment

Do you reckon that the El Paso Independent School District will put mobile voting stations in their high schools the

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The El Paso Times: Duplicitous, or Grossly Incompetent?

2016-08-14 elrichiboy Commissioners Court, Media, Politics, Taxes 5 comments

Like every other sentient being in the Mexoplex, you have probably wondered if the El Paso Times is biased or

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