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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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City Rep Larry Romero on the City Manager’s Raise

2015-08-14 elrichiboy Uncategorized One comment

District 2 City Representative Larry Romero’s guest column in Sunday’s El Paso Times included this nugget: If the El Paso

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Tommy Gonzalez in the Land of Second Chances

2015-08-14 elrichiboy Politics One comment

People who say that we had to give City Manager Tommy Gonzalez a $61,000 raise to keep another city from

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Regional Economic Development

2015-08-13 elrichiboy Economic Development 3 comments

The Borderplex Alliance, an entity dedicated to regional economic development, commissioned a study by Angelou Economics to develop a plan

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The Empty Suit

2015-08-12 elrichiboy Politics One comment

Commenter Rex Kramer asks, regarding City Manager Tommy Gonzalez’ $61,000 raise, “Who really pulls the strings?” Wouldn’t it be kind

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Some questions about the latest police shooting

2015-08-12 elrichiboy Law Enforcement Leave a comment

How about this account from the El Paso Times of what happened during the police shooting on Dyer last week:

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Throwing Other People’s Money Around

2015-08-10 elrichiboy Politics One comment

The El Paso Times ran an editorial Sunday that was atypically critical of city government. The El Paso City Council’s

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Checks and Balances, El Chuco Style

2015-08-10 elrichiboy Law Enforcement, Media 3 comments

The United States runs by a system of checks and balances. If the executive and the legislative branches disagree, then

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The El Paso Police Shot Somebody, Maybe

2015-08-07 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

From this story in the El Paso Times: A man was shot and killed Thursday night in a parking lot

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Not Too Bad If You’ve Got Low Standards, Part 2

2015-08-06 elrichiboy Uncategorized 2 comments

Did you see this article on clickbait website WalletHub.com? It claims that, among big cities in the U.S., El Paso

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Another Two Bite the Dust

2015-08-06 elrichiboy Economic Development 4 comments

The bar business is dynamic. The barriers to entry in Texas are relatively small, and almost everyone who’s been in

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The Price of Gasoline: Updated

2015-08-05 elrichiboy Economic Development Leave a comment

Update: According to this story in yesterday’s English language daily, business is good for Western Refining. Western Refining beat analysts’

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The Lives and Deaths of Jack Thompson: Updated

2015-08-05 elrichiboy Uncategorized 9 comments

Update: I emailed Jason McGahan, the author The Chicago cocaine kingpin who was a federal informant, the original piece in

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The Price of Gasoline

2015-08-04 elrichiboy Economic Development 4 comments

One time, years ago, I stopped for gas at the 7 Eleven at the corner of Mesa and University. At

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Who Represents El Paso?

2015-08-03 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development, Politics 4 comments

If you only read the local newspapers, and maybe watch the City Council meetings on the internet, you might not

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The Lives and Deaths of Jack Thompson

2015-08-02 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Jack Thompson was one of those oversized personalities that El Paso frequently gives birth to. Jack was a drug dealer.

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How to Live in El Paso: Rosco’s Burger Inn

2015-08-01 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso 5 comments

In and Out? Fuddrucker’s? Johnny Rockets? Blake’s? And even (heresy alert) Whataburger? Forget it. El Paso has lots of great

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The Onion: “It’s not funny anymore.”

2015-07-31 elrichiboy Law Enforcement Leave a comment

You’re familiar with the Onion, the satirical magazine and website that pokes fun at American foibles. Well, yesterday they posted

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More of the Same

2015-07-31 elrichiboy It's All Good, Politics Leave a comment

From a July 29 article in El Paso’s English language daily: “I am confident that with the City Council’s guidance,

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Not Too Bad If You’ve Got Low Standards

2015-07-31 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, It's All Good 2 comments

My City Rep posted this link on her Facepage. When it comes to walkable cities, Texas tends to get a

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El Paso: A Metaphor

2015-07-30 elrichiboy Economic Development, It's All Good, Politics One comment

El Paso is like that really nice girl with the shitty boyfriend who treats her badly and maybe hits her

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