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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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  • “You’re Fired!”

    2026-02-14 Rich Wright

    Remember when Donald Trump’s tagline was “You’re fired!” One might think that he’d be pulling that old standard out again, what with the clown car

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  • “YEMEN: A Forgotten Earth Where Time Still Breathes”

    2026-02-14 elrichiboy
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  • “Love in a Man’s World”

    2026-02-08 elrichiboy
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  • Mexico: Where Women Increasingly Rule

    2026-02-07 Kent Paterson

    by Kent Paterson In case you haven’t noticed, political power in Mexico is increasingly in the hands of women. That reality was proudly stated by

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  • MEXICO’S FORCED LAND CESSIONS TO THE UNITED STATES

    2026-02-02 Oscar J. Martinez

    by Oscar J. Martínez The year 2026 (on February 2) marks the 178th anniversary of the signing of one of the most important treaties in

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  • Gone Fishing

    2026-01-28 J. Eugenio Cotera E.

    by J. Eugenio Cotera E. As a young kid growing up in the vast and sparse Chihuahuan Desert, I believed that fish simply materialized wherever

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  • The Anti-Immigrant Family Judge

    2026-01-27 Rich Wright

    Here’s a story from ElPasoMatters.org: Attorneys with the immigration advocacy group Estrella del Paso last month asked that District Court Judge Marlene Gonzalez recuse herself

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  • “How We Make Hope Normal Again”

    2026-01-26 elrichiboy

    This is a Green Party ad from England and Wales.

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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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El Paso’s Population Soars to 700,698 In 2021* [Updated]

2023-07-17 Rich Wright Arrogance, City Council, City Management, Col. (Ret.) Cary Westin, Liar Liar, population, Slider Leave a comment

by Rich Wright From Page 3 of the City’s El Paso Uptown+Downtown Citywide Market Analysis Appendix: From the fine print:

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CITY BUDGET TO INCREASE TO $1.3B FOR FY 2024, HERNANDEZ WANTS MORE DEBT

2023-07-16 Max Grossman Cassandra Hernandez, City Council, Slider, Taxes 2 comments

by Max Grossman Cindy Ramirez of El Paso Matters published a substantive report on the ongoing budget talks in City

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“A Woman’s Vengeance”

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“Climate Change – Averting Catastrophe”

2023-07-15 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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DID A THIRD INDIVIDUAL USE HERNANDEZ’S GAS CARD?

2023-07-14 Max Grossman Cassandra Hernandez, Corruption, FOAC, Gassandrgate, Slider 3 comments

by Max Grossman Rep. Cassandra Hernandez purchased 35% of all gas purchased by the City Council and Mayor in 2022,

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The Brady List

2023-07-13 Rich Wright Crime, Dionne Mack, El Paso Police Department, Law Enforcement, Slider One comment

From ElPasoTimes.com: The El Paso Police Department announced the arrests of five of its officers in connection with three separate

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“The Man From Cairo”

2023-07-09 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“What Just Emerged in Antarctica Terrifies the Whole World”

2023-07-08 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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JORDAN AND HERNANDEZ ARE CONNECTED TO DEBORAH PAZ!

2023-07-06 Max Grossman Cassandra Hernandez, City Council, Gassandrgate, Slider Leave a comment

by Max Grossman Several days ago, a PAC called “Women’s Voices for Political Reform” proclaimed that on July 5 they

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Have You Lost Your Voice?

2023-07-04 elrichiboy Support El Chuqueño Leave a comment

Some of my best followers can’t comment on some of the posts. I don’t know why that is. Hackers? Extraterrestrials?

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“Nightmare”

2023-07-02 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Retrovision: The Road to Economic Development

2023-07-02 Rich Wright Art, ballpark, City Council, City Management, Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, The Arena 2 comments

This post originally appeared on 06 June 2013. This post has been slightly edited. As an El Pasoan, I appreciate

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