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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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  • Mexico: Where Women Increasingly Rule

    2026-02-07 Kent Paterson

    by Kent Paterson In case you haven’t noticed, political power in Mexico is increasingly in the hands of women. That reality was proudly stated by

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Good News from Mexico

2015-10-20 elrichiboy Economic Development, Juarez One comment

Great news, everybody! According to this story in El Diario, Chihuahua is sitting on one of the largest shale gas

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Jailing Poor People

2015-10-17 elrichiboy Law Enforcement Leave a comment

Remember that story about El Paso Municipal Court judges sending poor people to jail because they can’t pay their traffic

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The More Things Change

2015-10-16 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Law Enforcement, Media, Politics 4 comments

Did you see this story in the El Paso Times about our local gendarmerie apprehending a wanted fugitive? The El

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Well, There It Is

2015-10-15 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development, Politics 6 comments

The sociopaths running the city have decided that we’re getting a downtown arena, whether we need it or not. They

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How to Live in El Paso: AM 1060

2015-10-12 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso One comment

It’s nice to have someone curate the music for you. And someone over there at AM 1060 is curating great

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Joe Ely at Bowie Feathers Tonight

2015-10-08 elrichiboy Downtown, How to Live in El Paso One comment

Doors at 7:00, show at 8:00. See you there.

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More Ink in the National Press

2015-10-08 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Law Enforcement, Media 3 comments

Here’s a story on Buzzfeed, which prominently features El Paso: Levi Lane shuffled into the pews of the El Paso

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Is El Paso run by sociopaths?

2015-10-06 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Downtown, Economic Development 6 comments

According to this blog on the website PsychCentral.com, here are six defining characteristics of sociopaths: Six Signs of a Sociopath

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How to Live in El Paso: Joe Ely at Bowie Feathers

2015-10-03 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso 3 comments

Legendary Texas troubadour Joe Ely performs at Bowie Feathers on Thursday, October 8. Once upon a life I ran a

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A Local Expert’s Perspective on Economic Development

2015-10-01 elrichiboy Economic Development One comment

Here’s what Jerry Pacheco, the Executive Director of the International Business Accelerator, a trade counseling and training program of the

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How to Live in El Paso: The Ron Coleman Trail

2015-09-29 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso One comment

The Ron Coleman Trail starts at the end of McKelligon Canyon, climbs to the ridge, and then snakes along the

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El Paso Bike Share

2015-09-24 elrichiboy Downtown 9 comments

Bike share! What a great idea! I love to ride my bike. And now there’s rental bikes, all over the

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Weather Report

2015-09-23 elrichiboy Law Enforcement, Media One comment

It rained Saturday. Claire’s parents were out of town. She went by their house, and both the Wall Street Journal

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VIP El Paso

2015-09-21 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development 2 comments

Noted El Chuqueño commenter and international man of mystery Rex Kramer had this to say about the City’s current downtown

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NYC to Teach Computer Science to All Students

2015-09-16 elrichiboy Economic Development Leave a comment

Remember back in April, when El Chuqueño advocated teaching computer coding in our public schools? Apparently New York City Mayor

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Blame the Politicians

2015-09-14 elrichiboy Economic Development, It's All Good, Law Enforcement, Politics One comment

Here’s an article written in 1984 by Charlie Reese, a columnist for the Orlando Sentinel. It just landed in my

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The Future Revealed?

2015-09-12 elrichiboy Economic Development One comment

Sometimes I like to pretend that our city leaders occasionally roll down the windows of their luxury sports coupes and

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A Column from Mr. Diamondstein

2015-09-11 elrichiboy Politics 3 comments

Those of you who don’t read El Paso’s English language daily may have missed this column by adjunct lecturer in

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A Politician’s Spin on Economic Development

2015-09-11 elrichiboy Uncategorized One comment

According to this story in the El Paso Times, Mayor Oscar Leeser had this to say about El Paso’s economic

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The Pitch – Low and Outside

2015-09-11 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development, Politics One comment

You know that when Mayor Oscar Leeser and Borderplex Alliance President Rolando Pablos hit the road trying to entice businesses

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