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  • Again, Who’s the New Guy?

    2025-11-23 elrichiboy

    I’m probably late to the party with this. Won’t AI generated “people” start infiltrating your social media feed? Come on, AI is going to be

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  • “Powering AI: The Environmental Impacts of Borderland Data Centers”

    2025-11-17 elrichiboy

    “[NMELC] Staff Attorney, Kacey Hovden, along with our clients, has been invited as a guest speaker at a University of Texas El Paso panel, Powering AI: The Environmental

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  • “Harper”

    2025-11-16 elrichiboy
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  • Thank the Taxpayers

    2025-11-10 Rich Wright

    Here’s a story at ElPasoTimes.com titled State of the County address touts growth through bonds in address. “On time and on budget” was the rallying

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  • Can’t We Just Wait?

    2025-11-09 Rich Wright

    Judging from what I see on social media, the proposed deck park is wildly unpopular. Even most of the people who are okay with the

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  • “The Sniper”

    2025-11-09 elrichiboy
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  • “Why The Normans Were The Most Feared Warriors Across Medieval Europe”

    2025-11-08 elrichiboy
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  • “Deadfall”

    2025-11-02 elrichiboy
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  • Andres Muro Art Opening Tonight at Traffick Artspace

    2025-11-01 elrichiboy

    With music by David Romo.

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  • Bullfight Tonight!

    2025-10-31 Rich Wright

    The 2025 bullfighting season carries on tonight with another spectacle at the Aberto Balderas Bullring in downtown Juarez. Tonight’s headliner is El Zapata. From LaPrensa.org,

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  • Gregory Peck in “The Case of the Enchanted Prisoner”

    2025-10-26 elrichiboy
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  • “Medieval Feudalism, Explained”

    2025-10-25 elrichiboy
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Arrogance

2023-06-02 Rich Wright Arrogance, City Council, City Management, Economic Development, Opportunity Costs, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 3 comments

If you look at the Census Bureau estimates for El Paso’s population, the inflection point was 2012. It didn’t turn

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CITY POPULATION DECLINES ANOTHER 1,000 INHABITANTS SINCE LAST YEAR

2023-05-30 Max Grossman City Management, population, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 2 comments

by Max Grossman The American Community Survey (ACS) of the Census Bureau has revealed that as of July 2022, the

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“The Breaking Point”

2023-05-28 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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CITY AUDITOR PRESSURED TO ALTER HIS REPORT ON CITY GAS CARDS!

2023-05-27 Max Grossman Cassandra Hernandez, City Council, City Management, Corruption, FOAC, Slider 2 comments

by Max Grossman In its reporting on the City gas card scandal, KVIA has reminded our community why it is

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“The American Middle Class Crisis”

2023-05-27 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Max Grossman: “VIDEO SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE OF CITY GAS CARD USAGE SOON TO BE RELEASED”

2023-05-25 Max Grossman Cassandra Hernandez, City Council, FOAC, Slider Leave a comment

by Max Grossman As we learned from Edmundo Calderon, Chief Internal Auditor of the City Rep. Cassandra Hernandez and former

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Adam Smith on Politics in El Paso

2023-05-24 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Slider, Welfare for the Rich One comment

by Rich Wright From The Wealth of Nations: “To hurt in any degree the interest of any one order of

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What do you get the man who has everything?

2023-05-22 Rich Wright El Paso Water, Slider, TIRZ 13, Welfare for the Rich 10 comments

by Rich Wright How about a man made river? According to this story from the daily rag, El Paso Water

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Audrey Hepburn & Humphrey Bogart in “Sabrina”

2023-05-21 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power and the Supreme Court”

2023-05-21 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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CONSTRUCTION BEGINS IN TIRZ 13, THE LARGEST CORPORATE HANDOUT IN EL PASO HISTORY

2023-05-19 Max Grossman City Council, Great Wolf Resorts, Karla Nieman, Slider, TIRZs, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich 3 comments

by Max Grossman Vic Kolenc of the El Paso Times and the Staff of the El Paso Inc have both

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DRAINING THE SWAMP: FOAC COMMITTEE TO AUDIT CITY 380 AGREEMENTS AND NO-BID CONTRACTS

2023-05-17 Max Grossman City Council, City Management, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes, Welfare for the Rich 2 comments

by Max Grossman According to the Texas Comptroller, “Chapter 380 of the Local Government Code authorizes municipalities to offer incentives

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“SALTY” NELL

2023-05-16 Bob Chessey History, Slider 5 comments

by Bob Chessey El Paso’s First Career Customs Inspectress When crossing an international bridge from Juarez to enter El Paso,

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Our Taxing Politicians

2023-05-15 Rich Wright Cesar Blanco, Claudia Ordaz, El Paso Delegation, Joe Moody, Lina Ortega, Mary Gonzalez, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Taxes 3 comments

You read here that email that Max Grossman sent out, decrying the proposed $10 increase for cars registered El Paso

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“Dragonwyck”

2023-05-14 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee One comment
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“The Phenomenon”

2023-05-13 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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A Little Corrupt

2023-05-12 Rich Wright Cassandra Hernandez, Certificates of Obligation, City Council, Corruption, Slider 3 comments

As the famous Jewish philosopher said, “If I can’t trust you with gas cards, how can I trust you with

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A Tax By Any Other Name

2023-05-10 Max Grossman Cesar Blanco, Claudia Ordaz, Joe Moody, Lina Ortega, Mary Gonzalez, Slider, Widening I-10 4 comments

by Max Grossman On May 3, the Texas House passed HB 78, which would increase the registration fee for a

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“Leave Her to Heaven”

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“Frankie Boyle’s Farewell to the Monarchy”

2023-05-06 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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