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  • NY Times — “41 of the Greatest Mexican Restaurant Across the United States”

    2026-08-15 Rich Wright

    Some yankees from the New York Times compiled a list of “41 of the Greatest Mexican Restaurants Across the United States.” According to this post

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  • La Cucaracha

    2026-08-14 Howard Campbell

    by Howard Campbell After walking across the heavily fortified Paso del Norte bridge and ducking through Mexican customs, you arrive at the foot of Juárez

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  • Drones for Them, But Not for Us?

    2026-08-12 Tim Holt

    By Tim Holt The ACLU released a report in March called Drones For Them But Not For Us? Most people will probably see that title

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  • Citlali Delgado, Artist

    2026-08-11 Rich Wright

    Every artist needs a body of work. One painting, or one song, or one role, on stage or the big screen, won’t lead to fame

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  • “Your Summer Electric Bill Explained”

    2026-07-31 Vanessa Johnson

    Shouts and Murmurs On July 30, El Paso Electric sent out an email to its customers, with the subject line “Your Summer Electric Bill Explained.”

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  • You Can Pay When You’re Dead

    2026-06-08 Rich Wright

    Since 1979, the State of Texas has had a program that saves older homeowners from getting their houses seized because of past due property taxes.

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  • Our Surveillance State

    2026-05-05 Rich Wright

    From APNews.com: Once limited to policing the nation’s boundaries, the Border Patrol has built a surveillance system stretching into the country’s interior that can monitor

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  • “Time Table”

    2026-08-16 elrichiboy
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  • “The Real History of Africa They Never Taught You | Africa’s Great Civilizations”

    2026-08-15 elrichiboy
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  • “The Arrest That Exposed the CIA’s Most Secret Mission”

    2026-08-08 elrichiboy
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  • El Paso Matters to the Rescue

    2026-08-07 Rich Wright

    From ElPasoMatters.org: Between 2015 and 2025, the number of El Pasoans under age 65 grew by fewer than 4,000. The number of those 65 and

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  • The Michigan Earthquake: Did Data Centers Clinch Al-Sayed’s Primary Victory?

    2026-08-05 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Outspent 11 to 1 by incumbent Congresswoman Haley Stevens, Dr. Abdul Al-Sayed’s August 4 win in the Michigan Democratic primary for the

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  • “The Last Crooked Mile”

    2026-08-02 elrichiboy
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  • John Prine – “I Remember Everything”

    2026-07-30 elrichiboy
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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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The Falling Peso

2015-09-10 elrichiboy Economic Development, Juarez Leave a comment

In the past year, the Mexican peso has lost more than 25 percent of it’s value. A year ago it

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More El Paso Branding Efforts

2015-09-09 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, It's All Good Leave a comment

I almost feel bad making fun of these guys. Obviously they’re doing their darnedest. On the other hand, El Paso’s

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Downtown El Paso: Field of Dreams

2015-09-04 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Downtown, Economic Development 3 comments

Been downtown lately? There are lots of things happening downtown. Unfortunately, there aren’t a lot of people. Maybe the people

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Coincidence?

2015-08-31 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Then there’s this that just popped up on the El Paso Times website: El Paso police found more than a

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Downtown El Paso: Creating an Ambience

2015-08-28 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Downtown, Economic Development One comment

This morning I posted a piece about Sense of Place. Now I’m going to tell you about something similar: Ambience.

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Money Making Opportunity

2015-08-28 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, It's All Good, Law Enforcement Leave a comment

You know who could make a lot of money in El Paso? A lawyer who specialized in suing the police.

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Sense of Place

2015-08-28 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Downtown, Economic Development Leave a comment

Here’s a nugget from Urbanland, the magazine of the Urban Land Institute, written by Edward T. McMahon: In 2010, the

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Viejas Puchadoras

2015-08-27 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

This story from our friends at La Polaka tells us about two matronly types who were arrested in Juarez for

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Some Friendly Advice

2015-08-27 elrichiboy Uncategorized 2 comments

From my friend a former federal agent: If you’re ever in a knife fight, and you get to the other

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  • Tim Holt on NY Times — “41 of the Greatest Mexican Restaurant Across the United States”
  • Javier Cotera on La Cucaracha
  • elrichiboy on El Paso Matters to the Rescue
  • elrichiboy on Drones for Them, But Not for Us?
  • Tim Holt on Drones for Them, But Not for Us?
  • John G. Dungan on Citlali Delgado, Artist
  • Tim Holt on Data centers, school closures and sprawl are a signal that El Paso needs a new civic vision
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  • “Time Table”
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  • “The Real History of Africa They Never Taught You | Africa’s Great Civilizations”
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  • Drones for Them, But Not for Us?

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