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  • “Passport to Suez”

    2026-08-23 elrichiboy
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  • The Future of El Paso | Inspired by True Events

    2026-08-23 Guest Column

    by Andres Powers I. The Ledger Start with what is already true, because prophecy is cheap and the record is not. In 2012 the city

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  • The Restorative Power of Restaurants

    2026-08-21 J. Eugenio Cotera E.

    by Javier E. Cotera The date was a Sunday in July 1985. My friend Roger and I could see parishioners spilling out of the Nuestra

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  • How Much AI Is Too Much AI?

    2026-08-18 Tim Holt

    by Tim Holt Recently, I submitted a long-form editorial to El Paso Matters that I thought was worthy of posting. It was about how the

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  • La Cucaracha

    2026-08-14 Howard Campbell

    by Howard Campbell After walking across the heavily fortified Paso del Norte bridge and ducking through Mexican customs, you arrive at the foot of Juárez

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  • Drones for Them, But Not for Us?

    2026-08-12 Tim Holt

    By Tim Holt The ACLU released a report in March called Drones For Them But Not For Us? Most people will probably see that title

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  • “There Is No AI, Really (It’s Just People), with Jaron Lanier”

    2026-08-22 elrichiboy

    Jaron Lanier attended New Mexico State University, and (I think) Morehead Elementary.

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  • Alejandor Escovedo — “Always a Friend”

    2026-08-20 elrichiboy
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  • The Traditional Barbershops of Juárez

    2026-08-19 Howard Campbell

    by Howard Campbell In many American cities, the great barbershop tradition is being replaced by heavily marketed, generic chain shops. While these corporate establishments are

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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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  • An Economic Forecast

    2025-08-22 Rich Wright

    Here’s part of an editorial from El Diario de Juarez:1 Ayer informamos que, a tasa mensual, la producción de la maquila en Ciudad Juárez cayó

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  • Retrovision: Billares El Cid

    2025-08-12 Rich Wright

    This post originally appeared on 12 October 2017. I’m not sure if the information is current. Like everything else in Mexico, like wealth and income

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  • The “Notorious NARCOTIC Smuggler” La Nacha: The El Paso Years

    2025-07-31 Bob Chessey

    So, “Who was ‘La Nacha’?” For 50 years “La Nacha” remained a name synonymous with Juarez and opiate trafficking, a woman who rose to become

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  • “Time Table”

    2026-08-16 elrichiboy
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  • NY Times — “41 of the Greatest Mexican Restaurants Across the United States”

    2026-08-15 Rich Wright

    Some yankees from the New York Times compiled a list of “41 of the Greatest Mexican Restaurants Across the United States.” According to this post

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  • “The Real History of Africa They Never Taught You | Africa’s Great Civilizations”

    2026-08-15 elrichiboy
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  • Citlali Delgado, Artist

    2026-08-11 Rich Wright

    Every artist needs a body of work. One painting, or one song, or one role, on stage or the big screen, won’t lead to fame

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  • “The Arrest That Exposed the CIA’s Most Secret Mission”

    2026-08-08 elrichiboy
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  • El Paso Matters to the Rescue

    2026-08-07 Rich Wright

    From ElPasoMatters.org: Between 2015 and 2025, the number of El Pasoans under age 65 grew by fewer than 4,000. The number of those 65 and

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The Poor Quality of Local Media

2023-06-02 Rich Wright Corruption, Claudia Lizette Rodriguez, 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 City Council, Arrogance, 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 population, City Management, 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”

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CITY AUDITOR PRESSURED TO ALTER HIS REPORT ON CITY GAS CARDS!

2023-05-27 Max Grossman Corruption, Cassandra Hernandez, City Council, City Management, 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”

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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 Welfare for the Rich, City Council, City Management, Slider 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 Slider, El Paso Water, 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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“Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power and the Supreme Court”

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CONSTRUCTION BEGINS IN TIRZ 13, THE LARGEST CORPORATE HANDOUT IN EL PASO HISTORY

2023-05-19 Max Grossman TIRZs, City Council, Great Wolf Resorts, Karla Nieman, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich 3 comments

by Max Grossman Vic Kolenc of the El Paso Times and the Staff of the El Paso Inc have both

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DRAINING THE SWAMP: FOAC COMMITTEE TO AUDIT CITY 380 AGREEMENTS AND NO-BID CONTRACTS

2023-05-17 Max Grossman City Council, City Management, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes, Welfare for the Rich 2 comments

by Max Grossman According to the Texas Comptroller, “Chapter 380 of the Local Government Code authorizes municipalities to offer incentives

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“SALTY” NELL

2023-05-16 Bob Chessey History, Slider 5 comments

by Bob Chessey El Paso’s First Career Customs Inspectress When crossing an international bridge from Juarez to enter El Paso,

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Our Taxing Politicians

2023-05-15 Rich Wright Cesar Blanco, Claudia Ordaz, El Paso Delegation, Joe Moody, Lina Ortega, Mary Gonzalez, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Taxes 3 comments

You read here that email that Max Grossman sent out, decrying the proposed $10 increase for cars registered El Paso

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“Dragonwyck”

2023-05-14 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee One comment
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“The Phenomenon”

2023-05-13 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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A Little Corrupt

2023-05-12 Rich Wright Cassandra Hernandez, Certificates of Obligation, City Council, Corruption, Slider 3 comments

As the famous Jewish philosopher said, “If I can’t trust you with gas cards, how can I trust you with

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A Tax By Any Other Name

2023-05-10 Max Grossman Slider, Cesar Blanco, Claudia Ordaz, Joe Moody, Lina Ortega, Mary Gonzalez, Widening I-10 4 comments

by Max Grossman On May 3, the Texas House passed HB 78, which would increase the registration fee for a

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“Leave Her to Heaven”

2023-05-07 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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  • Alejandor Escovedo — “Always a Friend”

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