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  • You Can Pay When You’re Dead

    2026-06-08 Rich Wright

    Since 1979, the State of Texas has had a program that saves older homeowners from getting their houses seized because of past due property taxes.

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  • The Battle of Socorro (New Mexico) and the Futures of People and Data Centers

    2026-06-04 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Emerging as one of the hottest issues in the U.S. today, hyperscale AI data centers have become a magnet for citizen activism

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  • James Cagney in “Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye”

    2026-05-31 elrichiboy
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  • “Impossible Places: World’s Most Extreme Corners on Earth”

    2026-05-30 elrichiboy
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  • “Blackout”

    2026-05-24 elrichiboy
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  • “Sevres & Sykes–Picot: How the Middle East Was Divided”

    2026-05-23 elrichiboy
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  • Memories, Reflections and Connections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part Two

    2026-05-20 Kent Paterson

    Feature photo: Mercedes Doretti of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team addresses the Las Cruces gathering. (Photo by Cynthia Bejarano) Convened on the 20th anniversary of

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  • “Jealous Badge”

    2026-05-17 elrichiboy
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  • “The New ‘Oumuamua? Everything We Know So Far About 3I/Atlas”

    2026-05-16 elrichiboy
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  • Memories and Reflections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part One

    2026-05-13 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Paula Flores recently retold parts of a painfully long and unresolved story to an audience at New Mexico State University (NMSU) in

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  • “Cry Vegeance”

    2026-05-10 elrichiboy
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  • “The Officer Who Threw the Punch Isn’t the Problem. The Man Who Approved It Is.”

    2026-05-08 elrichiboy
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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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John Fogerty “110 in the Shade”

2023-06-29 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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City Settles Taser Death Lawsuit for $600,000

2023-06-28 Rich Wright Dionne Mack, El Paso Police Department, El Paso Times, Karla Nieman, Slider Leave a comment

Did I ever tell you that the El Paso Police Department is taser happy? Here’s more of the latest evidence,

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Rightsizing El Paso’s Government

2023-06-28 Rich Wright Borderplex Alliance, Economic Development, MountainStar Sports Group, Quality of Life Projects, Slider 3 comments

by Rich Wright When you’re in a hole, stop digging. It’s time to acknowledge that the Borderplex Alliance’s plan for

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CITY SUED OVER TWO STREET PAVING CONTRACTS WORTH $34 MILLION

2023-06-27 Max Grossman City Council, City Management, Sam Rodriguez, Slider, Taxes 2 comments

by Max Grossman Erik Elken of KVIA aired an exclusive report last night revealing that ZTEX Construction, Inc. filed two

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“Black Angel”

2023-06-25 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee, Uncategorized Leave a comment
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You Are Still Paying for the Great Wolf Lodge Fiasco

2023-06-24 Rick Bonart City Council, Economic Development, Elizabeth Gibson, Slider, Taxes, TIRZ 10, TIRZ 13 2 comments

by Rick Bonart While Council investigates trivial gas card infractions, millions of public dollars are being wasted. Left unchecked, these

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“On the Battlefields of the Future”

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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”

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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”

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“Your Brain: Who’s In Control”

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  • The Battle of Socorro (New Mexico) and the Futures of People and Data Centers
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