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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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  • Shopping South El Paso Street

    2025-12-22 Rich Wright

    South El Paso Street is El Paso’s most vibrant street. In the daytime, South El Paso Street is what our city planners aspire to. Walkable,

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  • “Fire Maidens from Outer Space”

    2025-12-21 elrichiboy
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  • “White, Poor & Angry: Inside America’s Most Racist Town”

    2025-12-20 elrichiboy
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  • Project Jupiter’s Environmental Impact

    2025-12-17 Rich Wright

    Here’s another article critical about Project Jupiter. This critique is environmental. From Truthout.org: At the very Southeastern tip of New Mexico bordering Texas and Mexico,

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  • Humphery Bogart & Rod Steiger in “The Harder They Fall”

    2025-12-14 elrichiboy
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  • “Why Turkmenistan Makes North Korea Look Normal”

    2025-12-13 elrichiboy
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  • The New York Times on Project Jupiter

    2025-12-11 elrichiboy

    NYTimes.com did a story about Project Jupiter Stargate Project Miner, the mega data center that is to built out there by Santa Teresa. Mostly the

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  • The Santa Teresa Data Center: On Pollutants, Permits and Project Alphabet Soup

    2025-12-06 Kent Paterson

    Text and Photos by Kent Paterson Since last summer, the hyperscale AI data center under construction in Santa Teresa has been promoted under different names

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“Shadow of the Thin Man”

2023-10-01 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“China vs. United States”

2023-09-30 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Retrovision: Rat Park and Addiction

2023-09-27 elrichiboy Media, Perspectives, Science, Slider Leave a comment

This post originally appeared on 04 September 2018. What are the factors that contribute to drug abuse and addiction? We

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An Open Letter to El Paso’s Mayor and City Council

2023-09-25 Max Grossman City Council, Downtown Historic District, Heritage Tourism, Slider 2 comments

from Max Grossman Dear Mayor and City Council, In 2017, the El Paso County Commissioners Court conducted an architectural survey

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Earth, Wind & Fire – September

2023-09-21 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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City of El Paso Strategic Communications Director LAURA CRUZ-ACOSTA BARS MEDIA FROM INTERVIEWING CANDIDATES FOR POLICE CHIEF

2023-09-19 Max Grossman City Management, El Paso Police Department, Laura Cruz-Acosta, Slider One comment

by Max Grossman Those in our media who have had contact with the City’s Director of Strategic Communications, Laura Cruz-Acosta,

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Bait and Switch

2023-09-19 Rich Wright Bridge of the Americas, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Veronica Escobar 3 comments

by Rich Wright From KTSM.com: The federal government plans to spend up to $700 million on an expansion of the

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TOTAL DEBT OF OUR FIVE TAXING ENTITIES EXCEEDS $5.1 BILLION!

2023-09-19 Max Grossman City Council, City Management, Commissioners Court, Debt, EPISD, Slider, Taxes One comment

by Max Grossman Our property tax consists of the combined levies of five local taxing entities. If you live within the

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John Ford’s “They Were Expendable” with Robert Montgomery and John Wayne

2023-09-17 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Us and Them

2023-09-12 Rich Wright Commissioners Court, Opportunity Costs, Slider, Taxes 3 comments

The problem with giving our “public servants” big salaries is that it changes who they are and who they serve.

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COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR ATTACKS NON-PARTISAN PETITION

2023-09-11 Max Grossman Cassandra Hernandez, Corruption, Gassandrgate, Slider 6 comments

by Max Grossman Michael Apodaca, Chair of the El Paso County Democratic Party, issued a press release today attacking the

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Gary Cooper and David Niven in “The Real Glory”

2023-09-10 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Orwell – A Warning to Mankind”

2023-09-09 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Cartels at the Border

2023-09-08 Rich Wright Corruption, Law Enforcement, Mexico, Slider 5 comments

Here’s an enlightening article about corruption at the border from the author of El Narco: Since the Department of Homeland

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“The Great Flamarion”

2023-09-03 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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The Temptations – Papa Was a Rolling Stone

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“Iraq’s True Story”

2023-09-02 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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COUNTY VOTES 4-1 TO INCREASE PROPERTY TAX

2023-08-28 Max Grossman Commissioners Court, Slider, Taxes 3 comments

by Max Grossman Today the County Commissioners Court voted 4-1 to increase the County property tax rate to $0.458889 per

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What Do Our County Commissioners Do For Us Anyway?

2023-08-28 Rich Wright Commissioners Court, Ricardo Samaniego One comment

For that matter, what all do they do? Sure, the county runs the courts (some of them) and the jail.

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“The Illusion of Democracy: Who Really Controls Our Lives”

2023-08-26 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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