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  • Another Actor Suddenly Exits the Doña Ana County Political Stage

    2026-07-23 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Government in Doña Ana County is in turmoil. The shakeups continued this week as the Doña Ana County Board of Commissioners terminated

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  • How Government Works

    2026-07-22 Rich Wright

    Some people are talking a lot about the evils of socialism these days. None of the other isms are pure gold, either. Capitalism. Populism. Communism.

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  • “The Great Depression – America’s Biggest Economic Crisis”

    2026-07-18 elrichiboy
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  • “The Merry Gentlemen”

    2026-07-12 elrichiboy
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  • “The Siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC): How Archimedes Stopped Rome”

    2026-07-11 elrichiboy
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  • “Jigsaw”

    2026-07-05 elrichiboy
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  • Pay Raises for Everybody (But Not for You)

    2026-07-02 Rich Wright

    Our elected officials at the City (the Mayor and City Representatives) are getting 15% pay raises this year. The people at the City working for

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  • “Guilty Bystander”

    2026-06-28 elrichiboy
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  • “Easy Riders, Raging Bulls”

    2026-06-27 elrichiboy
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  • F. E. Curry And Fate’s Vagary

    2026-06-25 Bob Chessey

    The 1923 trial of F. E. Curry is a tale of a lawman who, from performing official duties, became labeled a criminal and exemplifies the

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  • Golden Cobwebs from the Vault: El Paso’s Aborted Towers

    2026-06-17 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Up for a little historic sightseeing in West Side El Paso? If you happen to be driving west on North Mesa and

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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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El Chuqueño Presents Almost Live for 2/8/23

2023-02-09 elrichiboy Almost Live!, Slider Leave a comment

Here’s the latest from the El Chuqueño podcast, Almost Live, with some talk about the AirBnB ordinance, and a brief

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This Is A Test

2023-02-07 elrichiboy Support El Chuqueño 4 comments

I upgraded my email sender, and I’m hoping that now all y’all that have signed up for emails will get

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“People Do Bad Things”

2023-02-03 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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The Delta Bombers – “Hey You Know You Wanna’

2023-02-02 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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I’ve Got a Secret

2023-02-01 elrichiboy Almost Live!, Slider Leave a comment

It’s a podcast. You can tune into El Chuqueño presents Almost Live, wherever you get your podcasts, like Spotify, or

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“Has humanity passed its zenith?”

2023-01-28 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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“Sympathy for the Dealer”

2023-01-27 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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“Killing Kelly”

2023-01-21 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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“Signal Dark”

2023-01-20 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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We Will Not Be Silenced

2023-01-19 elrichiboy Slider, Support El Chuqueño Leave a comment

It came to my attention yesterday that your favorite website was somehow compromised, and we’re not sending out emails after

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Tobacco in Mexico

2023-01-18 elrichiboy Juarez, Mexico, Slider 2 comments

Here’s one you didn’t see coming. From the New York Daily News: Mexico now bans smoking in hotels, beaches, parks

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“Dull and Dreary”

2023-01-17 elrichiboy El Paso Times Leave a comment

The El Paso Times is editorializing their weather forecast. Today, the Times described the weather as “Dull and Dreary”. Well,

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The New Feudalism

2023-01-17 elrichiboy Economic Development, El Paso Water, Slider, Urban Planning, Welfare for the Rich 2 comments

Water rates are going up again, for the eighth year in a row. From the El Paso Times: El Paso

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“The History of Rigged Super Bowls”

2023-01-14 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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“The Soft-Boiled Detective”

2023-01-13 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard in “The Cat and the Canary”

2023-01-08 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Bad Friend”

2023-01-07 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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Economic Development for the Few

2023-01-07 Rich Wright Economic Development, Slider, Taxes, The Arena, Welfare for the Rich 2 comments

Some of those arena advocates act like it’s our patriotic duty to support downtown development. “Economic development,” they say. “Fortune

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Did You Feel That Earthquake?

2023-01-03 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Politics, Slider 9 comments

My personal seismograph put the epicenter at City Hall. Damages haven’t been assessed yet, but I’m hoping it’s a lot.

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About the Arena

2023-01-03 Rich Wright The Arena, City Council, City Management, Economic Development, Economics, Quality of Life Projects, Slider One comment

Advocates say we need the arena as an engine of economic development. That’s not how economic development works. If you

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  • Another Actor Suddenly Exits the Doña Ana County Political Stage
  • How Government Works
  • “The Great Depression – America’s Biggest Economic Crisis”
  • “The Merry Gentlemen”
  • “The Siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC): How Archimedes Stopped Rome”

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