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  • Gone Fishing

    2026-01-28 J. Eugenio Cotera E.

    by J. Eugenio Cotera E. As a young kid growing up in the vast and sparse Chihuahuan Desert, I believed that fish simply materialized wherever

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  • The Anti-Immigrant Family Judge

    2026-01-27 Rich Wright

    Here’s a story from ElPasoMatters.org: Attorneys with the immigration advocacy group Estrella del Paso last month asked that District Court Judge Marlene Gonzalez recuse herself

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  • “How We Make Hope Normal Again”

    2026-01-26 elrichiboy

    This is a Green Party ad from England and Wales.

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  • “Nightfall”

    2026-01-25 elrichiboy
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  • Ricardo Pepi to Fullham?

    2026-01-25 Rich Wright

    ESPN reports that English Premier League’s Fullham F.C. have reportedly offered Dutch futbol team PSV $38 million for the contract of El Paso/San Elizario native

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  • Masa pa’ la Raza: Taconeta

    2026-01-23 Rich Wright

    For the third year in a row, Taconeta made it to the semi-finals of the James Beard Awards in the category Outstanding Wine and Other

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  • Fritz Lang’s “House by the River”

    2026-01-18 elrichiboy
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  • “The Gilded Age”

    2026-01-17 elrichiboy
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  • An “Unprecedented” Event

    2026-01-13 Rich Wright

    This from ElPasoTimes.com: It could be until mid-week when a boil water notice is lifted and water service is fully returned to normal after a

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  • The Primary Elections

    2026-01-12 Rich Wright

    I always vote. Every election. School boards. State judges. Railroad Commissioner. I have even gone to the fire station to make no selection in every

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  • “Between Midnight and Dawn”

    2026-01-11 elrichiboy
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  • “This Border City Isn’t What You Think (El Paso)”

    2026-01-03 elrichiboy
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National Cover Charge

2016-04-26 elrichiboy Juarez 5 comments

According to this story in the El Paso Times, U.S. Customs and Border Protection is proposing a fine for U.S.

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They’ll do whatever it takes, and they don’t care how much it costs you.

2016-04-25 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Politics One comment

Remember when everyone was celebrating all the new development going on in downtown El Paso? One of the big projects

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Nothing to see here. Move along.

2016-04-22 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, It's All Good, Media 2 comments

Here’s an interesting story about the Tigua Tribal Police arresting a seven-year-old at South Loop Elementary School. His mother found

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The City of El Paso Gets Sued for Throwing Poor People in Jail

2016-04-22 elrichiboy City Council, Law Enforcement, Politics Leave a comment

Remember when Buzzfeed reported that El Paso’s policy of jailing people who can’t afford to pay their traffic fines was

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Winners and Losers

2016-04-14 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development, Politics One comment

Former City Manager and current Chair of the Steering Committee of the Borderplex Alliance Joyce Wilson would like you to

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Muslims for Trump

2016-04-12 elrichiboy Politics One comment
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Poor Joyce

2016-04-11 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Politics Leave a comment

It was a lot of responsibility to unilaterally saddle El Paso taxpayers with debt from the ballpark, and now those

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Payback? Ha!

2016-04-05 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Economic Development, Politics 3 comments

In my next life, I want top come back as a member of El Paso’s Ruling Class. It’s as much

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Just the facts, ma’am.

2016-03-29 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Economic Development, It's All Good, Politics 4 comments

Has the local economy ever performed worse? Household income in El Paso is going down. Wages are among the lowest

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It’s Only (Your) Money

2016-03-28 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, Politics 2 comments

Remember when the machine was pitching those Quality of Life bonds? Some of us were afraid that all that new

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The Gift That Keeps on Giving

2016-03-25 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, Politics 5 comments

According to this story in the El Paso Times, County Commissioner David Stout has nominated former City of El Paso

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“Why Tax Rates Matter More Than Incentives”

2016-03-25 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, Politics One comment

Here’s an excellent article that explains why lower property tax rates are more important than economic incentives for attracting new

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You Decide

2016-03-24 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, Politics 3 comments

Well, here’s how it is. Household income in El Paso is going down. Wages are among the lowest in the

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Ticket Fixing

2016-03-18 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, How to Live in El Paso, Law Enforcement One comment

Remember back in December, there was that fatal accident on Hondo Pass? The one where the passenger called 911 and

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The Robber Barons versus the Citizens of El Paso

2016-03-16 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, Politics 2 comments

One time, (okay, more than once), I accused the Big Money in El Paso of foisting all those Quality of

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It’s Only Money

2016-03-15 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Politics 2 comments

According to this story in El Diario, the City of El Paso has hired attorneys to defend the City against

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Remember how cool El Paso used to be?

2016-03-09 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development 2 comments

In case you haven’t heard, the former El Paso band Cigarettes After Sex is blowing up, as evidenced by this

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The Shooting of Daniel Saenz

2016-03-08 elrichiboy Law Enforcement, Politics Leave a comment

Today is the third anniversary of the day when El Paso Police Officer Jose Flores shot handcuffed prisoner Daniel Saenz

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Cross Border Shootings

2016-03-07 elrichiboy Juarez, Law Enforcement, Politics One comment

Here’s a story from the New York Times Magazine reviewing the shooting of José Antonio Elena Rodríguez, a sixteen-year-old boy

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Outbreak at the Zoo (Website)

2016-03-04 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso 3 comments

Here’s an alert from a concerned citizen: The El Paso zoo is running a malware infested website. I think this

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