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  • Retrovision – The Economic Impact of Arenas: A Brief Survey

    2022-06-28 elrichiboy

    This post originally appeared on 13 December 2021. The El Paso City Council recently approved the following motion: “To direct the City Manager or designee

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  • Retrovision – Blame It On the Strategic Plan

    2022-06-22 Rich Wright

    This post originally appeared on 07 February 2022. If you want to know what’s wrong with governance in El Paso, you have to look no

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  • More Good News From EPISD

    2022-06-22 Rich Wright

    From KVIA.com: The El Paso Independent School District board is expected to vote on increasing teachers’ salaries by 5% — a pay boost that comes

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  • The (Migrant) Season of Death is Upon Us

    2022-06-21 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson  Summer Solstice should be a time for celebration. But for many desperate migrants attempting to enter the United States, it is a

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  • San Antonio’s Development Problems

    2022-06-20 elrichiboy

    From the Washington Post: Visitors entering Rebecca Flores’s San Antonio home pass a sepia-toned photo of her large Tejano family on the Texas farmland they

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  • “Towards an American Union”

    2022-06-07 Vanessa Johnson

    by Vanessa Johnson From Frank News: In the spirit of the European Union and specifically the Schengen Agreement, I propose that the Americas enter into

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  • Place Your Bets

    2022-06-07 elrichiboy

    District 1 Representative Peter Svarzbein filed a Code of Conduct complaint against Mayor Oscar Leeser today, according to this story from CBS4Local.com: The complaint comes

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  • Evaluating Our Priorities

    2022-06-02 Rich Wright

    They are coming out of the woodwork (and maybe from under rocks) to weigh in on Tommy Gonzalez’ future. From a guest column by former

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  • Tommy Gonzalez Doesn’t Like El Paso

    2022-05-30 Rich Wright

    Recently, Tommy Gonzalez applied for a job in Frisco, Texas, despite making more than $400,000 a year here. If he were to get the job

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  • People Don’t Like Tommy Gonzalez

    2022-05-27 Rich Wright

    At least the taxpayers don’t like him. He’s been here since 2014, and I haven’t met anyone who tells me what a nice guy he

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  • Now That’s a Clean River

    2022-05-26 Rich Wright

    Good news, everybody. From a May 6, 2022, story on ElPasoTimes.com: El Paso Water completed cleanup on the Rio Grande this week, with several weeks to

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  • Retrovision – El Paso, a Metaphor

    2022-05-23 Rich Wright

    This post originally appeared on 30 July 2015. El Paso is like that really nice girl with the shitty boyfriend who treats her badly and

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Hal Roach’s “The Fabulous Joe”

2022-06-19 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Goldilocks”

2022-06-17 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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“Ciclovías de Ciudad Juárez ¿Que tan funcional son?”

2022-06-14 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez Leave a comment
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“The Mystery of the Dodelston Messages”

2022-06-11 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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“Training Wheels”

2022-06-10 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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Pedro Infante in “El Gavilán Pollero”

2022-06-07 elrichiboy Cine Mexicano Leave a comment
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“Towards an American Union”

2022-06-07 Vanessa Johnson Immigration, Slider 7 comments

by Vanessa Johnson From Frank News: In the spirit of the European Union and specifically the Schengen Agreement, I propose

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Place Your Bets

2022-06-07 elrichiboy Oscar Leeser, Peter Svarzbein, Slider 3 comments

District 1 Representative Peter Svarzbein filed a Code of Conduct complaint against Mayor Oscar Leeser today, according to this story

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Climate Town – Who Broke Gas Prices?

2022-06-06 elrichiboy Climate Town Leave a comment
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How Jack Welch Ruined the World

2022-06-05 elrichiboy Business Leave a comment

From NYTimes.com: When Jack Welch died on March 1, 2020, tributes poured in for the longtime chief executive of General

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Fritz Lang’s “The Blue Gardenia”

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“Police on Trial”

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“Red String of Fate”

2022-06-03 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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Evaluating Our Priorities

2022-06-02 Rich Wright Certificates of Obligation, Cissy Lizarraga, City Council, City Management, Claudia Lizette Rodriguez, Isabel Salcido, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 5 comments

They are coming out of the woodwork (and maybe from under rocks) to weigh in on Tommy Gonzalez’ future. From

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Luis Aguilar and Jorge Negrete in “Tal Para Cual”

2022-05-31 elrichiboy Cine Mexicano Leave a comment
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Tommy Gonzalez Doesn’t Like El Paso

2022-05-30 Rich Wright City Council, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 2 comments

Recently, Tommy Gonzalez applied for a job in Frisco, Texas, despite making more than $400,000 a year here. If he

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Gary Cooper in “Cloak and Dagger”

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McKinney Sisters – “Nothing But the Blood”

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“Smog and Mirrors – The Secret Ways the Oil Industry Brainwashes You”

2022-05-28 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Willy McGee – “Do You Feel Good”

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