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  • El Paso is Falling

    2026-03-13 Rich Wright

    The trusted institutions we count on are letting us down. The streets are crumbling. The water utility can’t keep the water flowing. Texas Gas Services

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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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Can El Paso Go Bankrupt?

2014-07-30 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

I mean, we’re not like other towns. We have assets. We own real estate. The Public Service Board (that’s the

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Those Pesky Secret Emails

2014-07-29 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, Law Enforcement, Politics Leave a comment

In order to understand the content of those secret emails that we’re never going to see, I consulted my trusty

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Our Troubles are Over

2014-07-21 elrichiboy Economic Development One comment

Good news for those of you who were worried about El Paso’s economic development: The Borderplex Alliance is proposing a

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You Decide

2014-07-11 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

According to this story in the local rag, there’s a new lawsuit over police shooting an unarmed man. Here’s part

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That was then. This is now.

2014-07-10 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Let’s pretend. Say you were a certain high-ranking city employee, and you made some controversial decisions in your official capacity,

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El Paso Vice: the Drug War Through a Gimlet Eye

2014-07-08 elrichiboy Uncategorized 3 comments

Here’s a piece that originally appeared in Der Spiegel, and was reprinted on the ABC News website. The war on

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El Paso’s Chief Debt Enabler Resigns, Takes Job in “Private Sector”

2014-07-08 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, Media, Politics Leave a comment

The City’s Chief Financial Officer and debt enabler has tendered her resignation, according to this article in El Paso’s English

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The Case of the Missing Deputy City Manager

2014-07-01 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

This week’s El Paso Inc. has another chiaroscuro report from the ever so subtle Mr. David Crowder. The article lays

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Al Jazeera Says Americans Don’t Trust Media

2014-06-21 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

According to Al Jazeera, Americans trust in media is at an all time low. Faith in print media is down

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Vice.com on the Case of Danny Saenz, Deceased

2014-06-20 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Here’s Vice weighing in on the the case of Danny Saenz. The headline for the article is “El Paso Releases

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The Case of Danny Saenz, Deceased

2014-06-18 elrichiboy Uncategorized 2 comments

Did you see the horrific video of El Paso Police Officer Jose Flores shooting handcuffed prisoner Danny Saenz? The City

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Start With Day Lilies

2014-06-17 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Are you looking for an income opportunity in your retirement years? Are you afraid that you won’t be able to

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Corrections

2014-06-16 elrichiboy Uncategorized 5 comments

For literally years I’ve been ranting about Texas Municipal Code Chapter 334, the one that deals with sports venues. Most

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The Third Court of Appeals on Secret Emails

2014-06-13 elrichiboy Uncategorized 4 comments

Here’s the latest on El Paso’s open records request (though it doesn’t deal specifically with El Paso’s case). Here’s a

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Jobs Outlook

2014-06-12 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

When the new City Manager takes over, will he replace the members of the City Administration who enabled all the

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Editorializing on the Times

2014-06-10 elrichiboy Uncategorized 6 comments

The El Paso Times today editorialized on the need to hurry up and build the “signature downtown projects” authorized by

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Internal Affairs Boss Out at Border Patrol

2014-06-10 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Yesterday we covered, a little bit, the problems the Border Patrol was having with its use-of-force investigations. Today, the man

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John Oliver and the World Cup

2014-06-09 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment
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Border Patrol Use of Force on NPR

2014-06-09 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

On Morning Edition, Steve Inskeep talks to Arizona Republic reporter Bob Ortega about that paper’s ongoing investigation into the use

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Falta de Agua

2014-06-08 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Here’s a story from El Diario this week detailing the challenges some homes in Juarez are having with water in

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