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  • King David

    2025-08-13 Rich Wright

    From up above, from a rooftop, or an upper window, they could be dancing. The hip hop thumps from the oversize speakers in the trunk

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  • Retrovision: Billares El Cid

    2025-08-12 Rich Wright

    This post originally appeared on 12 October 2017. I’m not sure if the information is current. Like everything else in Mexico, like wealth and income

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  • We Don’t Need No Stinking Ethics

    2025-08-11 Rich Wright

    Isn’t it a violation of the City’s ethics rules for Mayor Renard Johnson to support the deck park when he owns apartments only a half

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  • “Criminal Lawyer”

    2025-08-10 elrichiboy
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  • “The Book of Enoch – What the Church Tried to Hide”

    2025-08-09 elrichiboy
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  • The History and Geography of Cartels in Juarez

    2025-08-08 Rich Wright

    Here’s an insightful portrait of the criminal organizations in Ciudad Juarez, their histories, and their geographic domains, from InsightCrime.org1: If you ask most Juarenses, “the

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  • What Redistricting Means to El Paso

    2025-08-07 Rich Wright

    From KTSM.com: The El Paso City Council has officially taken a stance to oppose Texas Republican legislators’ proposed redistricting map. . . . Republicans’ proposed

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  • “Liminal Spaces: A Border Dialogue” Art Opening This Friday

    2025-08-06 elrichiboy
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  • Let’s Put the Deck Park to a Vote

    2025-08-04 Rich Wright

    Isn’t that the way things get decided in a democracy? I know, elections are expensive, but not as expensive as a $400 million deck park.

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  • “Trapped”

    2025-08-03 elrichiboy
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  • “Bolivia: La vida en las nubes | Las carreteras más peligrosas del mundo”

    2025-08-02 elrichiboy
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  • The “Notorious NARCOTIC Smuggler” La Nacha: The El Paso Years

    2025-07-31 Bob Chessey

    So, “Who was ‘La Nacha’?” For 50 years “La Nacha” remained a name synonymous with Juarez and opiate trafficking, a woman who rose to become

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Rep. Cassandra Hernandez’ Letter of Reprimand Upheld by City’s Ethics Commission

2023-08-24 Rich Wright Cassandra Hernandez, Corruption, Gassandrgate, Slider 3 comments

by Rich Wright From ElPasoTimes.com: The Ethics Review Commission voted unanimously to reject a motion from El Paso city Rep.

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COUNTY VOTES FOR 16% SALARY INCREASE FOR COMMISSIONERS, UP 113% SINCE 2016

2023-08-24 Max Grossman Commissioners Court, Slider, Taxes One comment

by Max Grossman Our County Commissioners Court consists of four Commissioners and a County Judge. In 2016, our four County

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HERNANDEZ’S HUSBAND FILED BAR COMPLAINT AGAINST ETHICS COMMISSION CHAIR!

2023-08-22 Max Grossman Cassandra Hernandez, Gassandrgate, Slider 3 comments

by Max Grossman Adam Powell of the El Paso Times just published a report revealing that Jeremy Jordan, the husband

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“The Big Caper”

2023-08-20 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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HOME Nuestra Señora Apartments Shaping Up

2023-08-19 Rich Wright Downtown, Economic Development, Slider 5 comments

by Rich Wright HOME (the Housing Opportunity Management Enterprises, nee the Housing Authority of the City of El Paso) is

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“West Bank: War in the Hills”

2023-08-19 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment
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Inter Miami vs Nashville SC

2023-08-19 elrichiboy Slider, sports Leave a comment

Tonight at 7 Inter Miami plays Nashville SC for the Leagues Championship. I imagine you’ll be able to watch it

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Joe Pickett for Strong Mayor!?!

2023-08-17 Rich Wright City Management, Elections, Politics, Slider 3 comments

Did you see this piece on CBS4Local.com last week? [S]ince 2004, El Paso has had a “strong city manager system,”

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REP. HERNANDEZ MAINTAINS INNOCENCE AFTER REPRIMAND

2023-08-17 Max Grossman Cassandra Hernandez, Gassandrgate, Slider One comment

by Max Grossman Adam Powell of the El Paso Times just published an excellent report on Rep. Cassandra Hernandez’s refusal to

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CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO ACCEPT LEGAL AGREEMENT TO END ARENA LITIGATION!

2023-08-14 Max Grossman City Council, The Arena 5 comments

by Max Grossman I am pleased to report that after today’s three-hour executive session, the City Council voted 6-0 to

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Oliver Anthony – “Rich Men North of Richmond”

2023-08-14 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Retrovision: The City’s War on Small Business

2023-08-14 elrichiboy City Management, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes One comment

This post originally appeared on 7 December 2016. God bless those nice people in city government. They are completely clueless.

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“Blackout”

2023-08-13 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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EL PASO BADLY NEEDS MORE INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING

2023-08-12 Max Grossman El Paso Matters, El Paso Times, Media, Slider, Taxes, Uncategorized One comment

by Max Grossman Houston, like most major cities, has journalists with the requisite skills for investigating complex financial matters and

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“How AI Attains Consciousness”

2023-08-12 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Rio Grande Revisited: A Crisis of Civilization

2023-08-07 Kent Paterson Climate Change, Slider, The Environment Leave a comment

by Kent Paterson A one-hour audio documentary highlighting issues affecting the Middle Rio Grande Valley and the Paso del Norte

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“Seven Days in May”

2023-08-06 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

El Paso is featured prominently in this 1964 movie about a military coup in the United States. In the movie,

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“Oppenheimer – Destroyer of Worlds”

2023-08-05 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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TOMMY GONZALEZ WAS EMPLOYED BY CITIES OF EL PASO AND DURANGO SIMULTANEOUSLY!

2023-08-05 Max Grossman FOAC, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 3 comments

by Max Grossman August 3 at 9:34pm, City Reps. Kennedy, Annello, Molinar and Fierro—who all happen to serve on the

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“Our Man in Havana”

2023-07-30 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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