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  • El Paso Electric is Coming for Your Money

    2025-06-23 Rich Wright

    Vic Kolenc has written an article for the El Paso Times headlined ‘An international issue’ | El Paso Electric substation construction boom aimed at big-energy

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  • “The Spider”

    2025-06-22 elrichiboy
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  • “The Last Volcanic Cave Village | Habitats of the World: Iran”

    2025-06-21 elrichiboy
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  • “The First Livestreamed Genocide”

    2025-06-21 Rich Wright

    From AlJazeera.com: The Al Jazeera Investigative Unit’s feature documentary GAZA exposes Israeli war crimes through the use of videos and photographs posted online by Israeli soldiers themselves.

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  • I Don’t Like Bullies

    2025-06-20 Rich Wright

    On Wednesday, CBSNews.com reported that President Trump said “They [Iran] were bullies. They were schoolyard bullies, and now they’re not bullies anymore.” Wait a minute.

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  • Commercial Traffic at the Bridge of the Americas

    2025-06-18 Rich Wright

    Mexican business leaders want to keep truck traffic on the Free Bridge, despite the United States General Services Administration’s decision to eliminate it. From KVIA.com:

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  • STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE, SIR, or Fear and Loathing in El Paso

    2025-06-16 Paul Dickerson

    by Paul Dickerson This morning, I was crossing the Puente Paso del Norte back to El Paso after running a pressing errand in Ciudad Juárez.

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  • “Outside the Law”

    2025-06-15 elrichiboy
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  • “Colombian Cartels: Meet the World’s Biggest Drug Suppliers”

    2025-06-14 elrichiboy
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  • Dead People

    2025-06-13 Rich Wright

    I am of an age where I know lots of dead people. Some, of course, have been dead for a while. Hollywood. Asshole Bob. Jimmy

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  • “The League of Gentlemen”

    2025-06-08 elrichiboy
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  • “1964: The Year That Changed America”

    2025-06-07 elrichiboy
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“Leave Her to Heaven”

2023-05-07 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Frankie Boyle’s Farewell to the Monarchy”

2023-05-06 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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About Gassandragate

2023-05-05 Rich Wright Cassandra Hernandez, City Council, Claudia Lizette Rodriguez, Corruption, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 5 comments

Yesterday I went to the City of El Paso’s Financial Oversight Audit Committee’s meeting at City Hall. It was great.

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“Gone, Fishing”

2023-05-05 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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El Chuco and The Rock

2023-05-05 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso One comment

From InsideTheMagic.net: Actor Dwayne Johnson is being sued in a massive $3 billion lawsuit, and the case just made progress

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Cassandra Hernandez and Gasgate

2023-05-04 elrichiboy Cassandra Hernandez, City Council, City Management, Politics, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 6 comments

Last night I got this email from Max Grossman: The Financial Oversight and Audit Committee (FOAC) will be meeting tomorrow

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“Untold History of the United States: Bush, Obama and the age of terror”

2023-04-29 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment
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“Normality”

2023-04-28 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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Climate Town — “The Troll Army of Big Oil”

2023-04-27 elrichiboy Climate Town, Video Leave a comment
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“The Secret Life of a Female Yakuza Boss”

2023-04-27 elrichiboy Uncategorized, Video Leave a comment
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Buried in Debt

2023-04-25 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

I lifted this image from the FY2023 City of El Paso Budget Book: You’ll notice that this year we payed

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Community First Coalition Voting Guide

2023-04-24 elrichiboy Elections, Slider 3 comments

Here’s a voting guide prepared by the Community First Coalition. The Community First Coalition is made up of local organizations

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Max Grossman: 318 BANKRUPTCIES IN EL PASO FROM JANUARY TO MARCH, UP 32.5% OVER LAST YEAR

2023-04-20 Max Grossman Max Grossman, Slider, The Economy 2 comments

by Max Grossman According to today’s issue of the Paso del Norte Economic Indicator Review of the Hunt Institute for Global

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My Take: About the City’s New Bond Rating

2023-04-18 Rich Wright Cassandra Hernandez, Robert Cortinas, Slider, Strategic Plan, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

by Rich Wright I get it. If you can believe everything the City is telling us (always a dubious proposition),

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Max Grossman: About a New Bond Rating for the City

2023-04-18 Max Grossman Cassandra Hernandez, Robert Cortinas, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 6 comments

by Max Grossman Luisa Barrios of KTSM 9 News broke the “news” on Thursday that the Kroll Bond Rating Agency

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New Podcast Episode: What’s Up With Prop I?

2023-04-17 Rich Wright El Chuqueño Presents Leave a comment

What’s Prop I? From ElPasoMatters.com: El Paso voters are being asked to decide whether the city should lift a long-time

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Who Is Behind the Prop K Propaganda?

2023-04-12 Rich Wright Chamber of Commerce, Elections, Slider, The Environment One comment

We the people are supposed to know who is financing election high jinks. There are laws for that. Unfortunately, the

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Tollgate Canyon, New Mexico

2023-04-11 John Mulhouse City of Dust 2 comments

by John Mulhouse Take the Flat Way Home If you’re reading this it means I’ve managed to successfully upload the

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“Adios, Amigos”

2023-04-11 Rich Wright Certificates of Obligation, City Council, City Management, population, Taxes 7 comments

El Paso’s population growth continues to stagnate, according to this report in ElPasoMatters.org: El Paso County’s population grew by fewer

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CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE ON FATE OF STREETCARS, WHICH LOSE $2.9M PER YEAR, COSTING TAXPAYERS $44.61 PER RIDE!

2023-04-10 Max Grossman City Council, Slider, Taxes, Trolley 3 comments

by Max Grossman Tomorrow under agenda item 17 our City Council will decide the fate of our insolvent streetcars, which are

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