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  • “EL PASO, WHERE SUNSHINE SPENDS THE WINTER”

    2025-10-23 Bob Chessey

    by Bob Chessey One hundred years ago, before El Paso simply advertised and referred to itself as the “Sun City,” the municipality boasted the slogan,

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  • Retrovision: El Paso Cool and the Brain Drain

    2025-10-20 Rich Wright

    by Rich Wright This article, or something very much like it, originally appeared on NewspaperTree.com in early May, 2008. There’s this brain drain argument that’s

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  • “The Other Woman”

    2025-10-19 elrichiboy
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  • “The Strangest Story in American History | OPUNTIA”

    2025-10-18 elrichiboy

    Thanks to The Border Chronicle for hipping me to this movie.

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  • Who’s the New Guy?

    2025-10-17 Rich Wright

    Ken Paxton, the Texas Attorney General who sometimes gets indicted and impeached, has launched a campaign to infiltrate left wing organizations. In response to the

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  • Ninja Convention

    2025-10-16 Rich Wright

    The Secret Society of Ninjas met in El Paso this week, and I was lucky enough to photograph their parade on Montana last night. Kudos

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  • “Trump and the FBI”

    2025-10-11 elrichiboy
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  • The Giant Data Center in the Desert Rises

    2025-10-07 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Amid the landscape of yucca and creosote plants, artificial intelligence-driven Project Stargate took shape this week just a tad up the road from

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  • Diminishing El Paso

    2025-10-06 Rich Wright

    Here’s a story from ElPasoMatters.org‘s CEO Bob Moore about El Paso County’s population growth prospects: El Paso County will continue to see little to moderate

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  • “Highway Dragnet”

    2025-10-05 elrichiboy
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  • “The 1916 [Irish] Rising of Like You’ve Never Seen It Before”

    2025-10-04 elrichiboy
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  • Ouch!

    2025-10-03 Rich Wright

    The El Paso Times delivered its mandated circulation report on page 5A of Thursday’s dead tree edition, and it’s not pretty. On July 25, 2025,

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Now that’s a good looking man.

2015-12-19 elrichiboy City Council, Politics Leave a comment

According to the agenda for next Tuesday’s City Council meeting, the Mayor is reappointing Fire Chief Samuel Pena to the

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Tim Cook on the Importance of Learning Computer Coding

2015-12-17 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, Politics Leave a comment

Imagine what we could do if we took all that money we’re throwing away on ballparks and arenas and devoted

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It’s Just Business

2015-12-16 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

You may have heard of the workers at Juarez’ Lexmark plant getting fired for asking for a raise. Printer and

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So how did they vote?

2015-12-16 elrichiboy City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Politics 2 comments

If you’re like me, you are mildly entertained by all the drama going on at City Hall, but you’re really

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Coding as a Core Class

2015-12-13 elrichiboy Economic Development, Politics Leave a comment

The Georgia State Board of Education has decided to allow high school students to include computer coding as a core

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Happy Birthday, Ol’ Blue Eyes

2015-12-12 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Frank Sinatra, December 12, 1915 — May 14, 1998

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Go Local: South Sun Rises

2015-12-11 elrichiboy Go Local, How to Live in El Paso Leave a comment

Here’s the first published literary effort from El Paso videographer Valentin Sandoval, and it’s pretty special. I’m no expert, but

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Skipping Along the Primrose Path

2015-12-11 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development Leave a comment

Do y’all read ElPasoSpeak.com? Old Brutus is a bulldog. I know he looks like a Rottweiler, but really he’s a

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The real story?

2015-12-10 elrichiboy City Council, Downtown, Economic Development Leave a comment

Given the nearly constant, egregious, dysfunctional, behavior of City Council and City Government, don’t you think that the recent righteous

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Who can you trust?

2015-12-10 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development, Media One comment

The following paragraph appeared in the El Paso Times December 8, 2015 attempt to impose moral rectitude on City Hall,

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From the Horse’s Mouth

2015-12-09 elrichiboy City Council, Politics 3 comments

From an article in the El Paso Times, regarding the selection of Ross Fischer of Golber Hilgers, PLLC, to investigate

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Is that even legal?

2015-12-08 elrichiboy City Council One comment

Here’s a screen shot of the notice of the special City Council meeting yesterday. See where the meeting time is

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El Día de Nuestra Señora

2015-12-08 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez Leave a comment

Saturday is El Día de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe. A multitude will meet in front of the cathedral in Juarez

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They must be around here somewhere.

2015-12-06 elrichiboy City Council, Media, Politics Leave a comment

Here’s a little tidbit from an El Paso Times editorial: At a City Council discussion Monday about ethics laws, it

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The Ouija Speaks

2015-12-04 elrichiboy City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Politics 2 comments

Why, you are probably asking yourself, would El Paso need a downtown arena? I mean we’ve got the Don Haskins

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Light at the end of the tunnel?

2015-12-03 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development 3 comments

Did you see this story in the El Paso Times? On Tuesday, the City Council was supposed to take action

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We’re Too Nice

2015-12-02 elrichiboy Economic Development 2 comments

People in El Paso are nice. That’s why we put up with so much crap. We don’t want to hurt

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“Cast Down Your Bucket”

2015-12-01 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development, Politics One comment

Before he mastered the B3, Booker T. Washington was an influential Black American. Here’s a paragraph from a speech he

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Four Things to be Thankful For

2015-11-26 elrichiboy Uncategorized 2 comments

1. The El Paso Times hasn’t called for your resignation. 2. You haven’t been linked to any political shenanigans that

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A Question, Dr. CFO, If You Please

2015-11-25 elrichiboy Economic Development, Politics Leave a comment

This article from The Atlantic’s City Lab, titled The Accounting Rules That Bankrupt Cities raises some interesting questions for El

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