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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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Debbie Nathan on the PDNG and Plan El Paso

2023-06-21 Rich Wright Brand El Paso, Downtown, History, Slider 3 comments

Lest We Forget Here’s a piece local hero Debbie Nathan wrote for Texas Monthly back in 2013. These days El

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The El Paso Times Reports on the FOAC and Gassandragate

2023-06-19 Rich Wright Cassandra Hernandez, City Council, Corruption, El Paso Times, Slider One comment

Maybe you didn’t see this story in the El Paso Times. The story was posted on ElPasoTimes.com on Friday, June

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“Try and Get Me”

2023-06-18 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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The Best Charter Amendment That Didn’t Pass

2023-06-18 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Joyce Wilson, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez One comment

It was Proposition A: “Should section 3.1 of the City Charter, relating to creation, composition; powers and duties of Council

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“The World In 2050”

2023-06-17 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Who Runs El Paso Water?

2023-06-13 Rich Wright Arrogance, El Paso Water, Public Service Board, Slider, Welfare for the Rich 7 comments

by Rich Wright From the website of the City of El Paso: “The [Public Service Board] has complete management and

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EL PASO MATTERS INVESTIGATES GAS CARD USE OF HERNANDEZ AND RODRIGUEZ

2023-06-12 Max Grossman Cassandra Hernandez, City Council, City Management, Corruption, El Paso Matters, Slider Leave a comment

by Max Grossman Elisa S. Perez of El Paso Matters independently obtained records of City Council gas card usage going

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“The Lady From Shanghai”

2023-06-11 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Your Brain: Who’s In Control”

2023-06-10 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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The City’s U-Matter Program

2023-06-02 Rich Wright City Management, Corruption, Laura Cruz-Acosta, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez One comment

by Rich Wright You Are Not the You in U-Matter KVIA continues its block busting reporting with more information of

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The Poor Quality of Local Media

2023-06-02 Rich Wright Claudia Lizette Rodriguez, Corruption, El Paso Matters, El Paso Times, Media, Robert Cortinas, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez One comment

by Rich Wright Did you see this report from KVIA? Former District 6 City of El Paso Representative Claudia Rodriguez

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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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