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  • Paul and Julie Ten Years After

    2026-04-13 Rich Wright

    On or about 05 October 2016, I took Paul and Julie to Juarez. Paul and Julie were ballroom dancers. Like The Sound of Music. Okay

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  • “The Gary Webb Story: CIA, Cocaine, and a Media Assassination”

    2026-04-11 elrichiboy
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  • (Some of) The Straight Skinny on Torre Centinela

    2026-04-09 elrichiboy

    If you are interested in the Torre Centinela that is almost fully operational in downtown Ciudad Juárez, then you should read this story from RestOfWorld.org.

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  • Humphrey Bogart in “Knock on Any Door”

    2026-04-05 elrichiboy
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  • NYT: “Hegseth Fires Army Chief Amid Battle With Its Leaders”

    2026-04-03 Rich Wright

    (Scene: Somewhere deep in the bowels of the Pentagon.) Secretary Pete Hegseth: . . . and that, gentlemen, is how we will end this war.

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  • People Rising: Snapshots from El Paso’s Data Center Battles

    2026-03-31 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Data centers are a burning issue in the Paso del Norte borderland of 2026. Plans to open a giant data center complex

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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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“Untold History of the United States: Bush, Obama and the age of terror”

2023-04-29 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment
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“Normality”

2023-04-28 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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Climate Town — “The Troll Army of Big Oil”

2023-04-27 elrichiboy Climate Town, Video Leave a comment
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“The Secret Life of a Female Yakuza Boss”

2023-04-27 elrichiboy Uncategorized, Video Leave a comment
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Buried in Debt

2023-04-25 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

I lifted this image from the FY2023 City of El Paso Budget Book: You’ll notice that this year we payed

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Community First Coalition Voting Guide

2023-04-24 elrichiboy Elections, Slider 3 comments

Here’s a voting guide prepared by the Community First Coalition. The Community First Coalition is made up of local organizations

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Max Grossman: 318 BANKRUPTCIES IN EL PASO FROM JANUARY TO MARCH, UP 32.5% OVER LAST YEAR

2023-04-20 Max Grossman Max Grossman, Slider, The Economy 2 comments

by Max Grossman According to today’s issue of the Paso del Norte Economic Indicator Review of the Hunt Institute for Global

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My Take: About the City’s New Bond Rating

2023-04-18 Rich Wright Cassandra Hernandez, Robert Cortinas, Slider, Strategic Plan, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

by Rich Wright I get it. If you can believe everything the City is telling us (always a dubious proposition),

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Max Grossman: About a New Bond Rating for the City

2023-04-18 Max Grossman Cassandra Hernandez, Robert Cortinas, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 6 comments

by Max Grossman Luisa Barrios of KTSM 9 News broke the “news” on Thursday that the Kroll Bond Rating Agency

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New Podcast Episode: What’s Up With Prop I?

2023-04-17 Rich Wright El Chuqueño Presents Leave a comment

What’s Prop I? From ElPasoMatters.com: El Paso voters are being asked to decide whether the city should lift a long-time

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Who Is Behind the Prop K Propaganda?

2023-04-12 Rich Wright Chamber of Commerce, Elections, Slider, The Environment One comment

We the people are supposed to know who is financing election high jinks. There are laws for that. Unfortunately, the

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Tollgate Canyon, New Mexico

2023-04-11 John Mulhouse City of Dust 2 comments

by John Mulhouse Take the Flat Way Home If you’re reading this it means I’ve managed to successfully upload the

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“Adios, Amigos”

2023-04-11 Rich Wright Certificates of Obligation, City Council, City Management, population, Taxes 7 comments

El Paso’s population growth continues to stagnate, according to this report in ElPasoMatters.org: El Paso County’s population grew by fewer

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CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE ON FATE OF STREETCARS, WHICH LOSE $2.9M PER YEAR, COSTING TAXPAYERS $44.61 PER RIDE!

2023-04-10 Max Grossman City Council, Slider, Taxes, Trolley 3 comments

by Max Grossman Tomorrow under agenda item 17 our City Council will decide the fate of our insolvent streetcars, which are

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“The Scapegoat”

2023-04-09 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Potatoes – South America’s Gift to the World”

2023-04-08 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment
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Mary Pickford in D.W. Griffith’s “Friends”

2023-04-07 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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Día de San Ricardo

2023-04-03 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso 2 comments

Today is the feast day of Saint Richard, or, as we say en español, el día de San Ricardo. So

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Our Forecast Budget Shortfall

2023-04-03 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Robert Cortinas, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 2 comments

Look up at that graph there. I lifted it from the budget presentation that the City gave to City Council

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“Bad Blonde”

2023-04-02 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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The People Speak!

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  • Sinister Publications on Renaming the Cesar Chavez Border Highway
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  • Paul and Julie Ten Years After
  • “The Gary Webb Story: CIA, Cocaine, and a Media Assassination”
  • (Some of) The Straight Skinny on Torre Centinela
  • Humphrey Bogart in “Knock on Any Door”
  • NYT: “Hegseth Fires Army Chief Amid Battle With Its Leaders”

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