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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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You Are All Just Characters in My Video Game

2014-08-28 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Here’s a story that’s either comforting or disturbing or both. Government scientists are investigating whether reality is as real as

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Leading Indicators

2014-08-27 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

If the County of El Paso were a publicly held company, these two stories would give investors reason to short

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Mission Accomplished!

2014-08-26 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development Leave a comment

Well, the numbers are in, and the ballpark is a huge success. Attendance records have been broken, businesses are swarming

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More Tiny Houses for Homeless People

2014-08-21 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Here’s the latest. This one’s from Portland. Portland is preparing to endorse the construction of communities of tiny houses on

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A Closer Look at Austin’s Newest Housing Project

2014-08-20 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

My interest was piqued by the tidbit of information about Austin’s newest project to provide housing to the chronically homeless.

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The Divided Future of El Paso

2014-08-19 elrichiboy Uncategorized 4 comments

I was surprised to see many of El Paso’s first citizens at the recent meeting to discuss the potential move

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Our Budget Deficit

2014-08-18 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, Politics Leave a comment

By now you’ve heard that El Paso is facing a $3.5 million deficit, and City Council will probably raise property

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Take Me Out to the Ball Game

2014-08-17 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Friday I went to a ballgame. You remember the ballpark. “El Paso citizens approved $500 million in “Quality of Life”

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Stick It in Your Smug Pocket

2014-08-15 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Sometimes something so good happens, I want to tell everybody. But then I feel sorry for everyone who isn’t me.

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An Open Letter to the Man Behind the Curtain

2014-08-14 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Re Downtown Development: You’re doing it wrong (Read more.)

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Trouble at Team Shapleigh

2014-08-14 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

I don’t usually comment on local politics, per se. A lot of other bloggers cover that beat. But last night

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El Paso Asylum Seekers Sold Out

2014-08-12 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

If you’ve been paying attention, you may have noticed that the elements of our government tasked with protecting our borders

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So That’s What We’re Celebrating Today

2014-08-08 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Today is the International Day of the Female Orgasm. The holiday apparently originated in the northeast town of Esperantina [Brasil]

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Commercial Property Tax Valuations Down

2014-08-05 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

If you trust the El Paso Times as your only news source, you probably didn’t notice that commercial property tax

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The El Paso Times versus The El Paso Inc.

2014-08-04 elrichiboy Uncategorized 3 comments

I confess I rarely read the print edition of the El Paso Times. Last week one came with the Wall

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Who Will Replace Jaime Esparza?

2014-08-04 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

With his recent highly public history of selective enforcement of the law, one can only conclude that our District Attorney

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But Some of Us are More Equal

2014-08-02 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

A kid gets in a fist fight with an off-duty police officer, in which the officer falls down and hits

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Why There’s No Place Like El Paso

2014-07-31 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Here’s an incredible opportunity:

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Mmm, Yogurt

2014-07-31 elrichiboy Uncategorized One comment

Well, the El Paso Times reports that a yogurt shop is opening downtown: A combined TCBY frozen yogurt/Mrs. Fields cookies

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From Paris (or anywhere but El Paso) With Love

2014-07-31 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

In a related note, Homegrown El Paso is starting a music festival at Ascarate Park. According to this story in

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