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  • Renaming the Cesar Chavez Border Highway

    2026-03-22 Oscar J. Martinez

    by Oscar J. Martinez Given the recent disturbing revelations about Cesar Chávez, it seems certain that the local Border Highway’s name will be changed.  Many

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  • “Hangover Square”

    2026-03-22 elrichiboy
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  • “The Rise and Ruin of the Coca-Cola Family”

    2026-03-21 elrichiboy
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  • El Paso is Falling

    2026-03-13 Rich Wright

    The trusted institutions we count on are letting us down. The streets are crumbling. The water utility can’t keep the water flowing. Texas Gas Services

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  • The 13th Anniversary of the Killing of Daniel Saenz

    2026-03-08 Rich Wright

    Today is the 13th anniversary of the day that El Paso Police Department Officer Jose Flores shot and killed the handcuffed prisoner Daniel Saenz in

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  • Lucille Ball in “The Dark Corner”

    2026-03-08 elrichiboy
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  • Puerto Vallarta Travel Log, Part Two: Preface and Postscript to “Black Sunday”

    2026-03-07 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson On a recent sunny day, tourists and locals on Puerto Vallarta’s ocean front boardwalk, the Malecon, watched intensely as a Mexican navy

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  • The Biggest Campaign of the Season

    2026-03-02 Rich Wright

    The biggest campaign of this election season isn’t taking place by any candidate on the ballot. The President of the University of Texas at El

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  • Economic Undevelopment

    2026-02-25 Rich Wright

    According to ElDiario.mx, El Paso lost 750 jobs in the last four months of 2025. Juarez lost 17,000 maquila jobs in all of 2025. That

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  • Puerto Vallarta Travel Log, Part One: Hurricane Mencho

    2026-02-23 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Fear, hunger, thirst and uncertainty. That’s what folks in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco lived through on February 22, now undoubtedly one of the

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  • “Where Texas Begins”

    2026-02-21 Rich Wright

    The latest (several years old) tagline from Visit El Paso/the Convention and Visitors Center/Destination El Paso appears to be “Where Texas Begins”. Of course Texas

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  • Charles Boyer and Lauren Bacall in “Confidential Agent”

    2026-02-15 elrichiboy
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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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“Rich Hall’s Red Menace”

2023-07-29 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Lincoln County, NM, Dismisses All Criminal Cases for Last 2 1/2 Years

2023-07-28 elrichiboy Uncategorized One comment
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“8 Hours in Juarez”

2023-07-27 elrichiboy Juarez, Juarez Walking Tour, Slider Leave a comment
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Retrovision: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About TIRZs*

2023-07-26 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Slider, TIRZs, Welfare for the Rich One comment

*That the City doesn’t want you to know. This post originally appeared on 23 May 2018. What is a Tax

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“On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs: A Work Rant”

2023-07-25 elrichiboy Business, Culture, Slider 4 comments

by David Graeber From StrikeMagazine.org: In the year 1930, John Maynard Keynes predicted that, by century’s end, technology would have

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Tornillo Truck Crossing to Resume in August

2023-07-24 elrichiboy Bridge of the Americas, Mexico, Slider One comment

From BorderReport.com: A border crossing built to spare urban areas in El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico, of heavy commercial

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“Loan Shark”

2023-07-23 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“China vs. United States”

2023-07-22 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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CITY DEBT APPROACHING $3 BILLION!

2023-07-18 elrichiboy Debt, Slider, Taxes Leave a comment

by Max Grossman According to page 79 of the FY 2023 Budget Book, our City owes $2,257,059,064, of which $851,565,991

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