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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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  • “You’re Fired!”

    2026-02-14 Rich Wright

    Remember when Donald Trump’s tagline was “You’re fired!” One might think that he’d be pulling that old standard out again, what with the clown car

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  • “YEMEN: A Forgotten Earth Where Time Still Breathes”

    2026-02-14 elrichiboy
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  • “Love in a Man’s World”

    2026-02-08 elrichiboy
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“Female Empowerment”

2022-10-28 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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Dave Marino on the Proposed Bonds

2022-10-25 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 3 comments
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“People From ‘Up and Coming’ Cities”

2022-10-23 elrichiboy Video Leave a comment
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“The Economy of Tomorrow”

2022-10-22 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Taxes & Tax Incentives

2022-10-17 Rich Wright Political Advertisement, Rich Wright for District 8 Platform, Taxes 10 comments

Taxes are killing the local economy. Taxes hurt small businesses two ways. First, our punitive tax rates take a big

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The City Manager’s Contract

2022-10-17 Rich Wright Political Advertisement, Rich Wright for District 8 Platform, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

The City Manager’s contract is ridiculous. $400+ k a year plus benefits that put him well north half a million

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Widening the Freeway/The Deck

2022-10-17 Rich Wright Political Advertisement, Rich Wright for District 8 Platform, TxDOT, Widening I-10 One comment

I am against widening the freeway, and subsequently building a deck over it. Widening the freeway to reduce traffic is

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The Arena

2022-10-17 Rich Wright Political Advertisement, Rich Wright for District 8 Platform, The Arena Leave a comment

Building a $180 miilion arena in Duranguito was a bad idea 10 years ago, and it’s a bad idea now,

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El Paso is Unique

2022-10-17 Rich Wright Economic Development, Political Advertisement, Slider, Taxes, The Arena, Water Parks 3 comments

El Paso is as culturally unique as New Orleans, or San Francisco, or Key West. There is no place in

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“Pickup”

2022-10-16 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Southern Raised – “What a Day That Will Be”

2022-10-16 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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“Coverup – Behind the Iran Contra Affair”

2022-10-15 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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“Dinner for few”

2022-10-14 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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Those Folks at City Hall Think They’re Special

2022-10-07 Rich Wright Certificates of Obligation, City Council, City Management, Quality of Life Projects, Slider Leave a comment

The elected officials dress up, and look down at us from the dais, and once a week they might have

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Big Signs Available

2022-10-05 Rich Wright Political Advertisement, Slider 2 comments

Hey, I’ve got some of these big (4′ x 8′) signs available. If you live in District 8, and have

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Juarez Loses a Defender of the People

2022-10-03 Vanessa Johnson History, Juarez, Slider One comment

by Vanessa Johnson Beto Dominguez Rodriguez passed away on September 16, 2022, at 4 p.m., surrounded by his loved ones,

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Rich Wright Fundraiser This Thursday

2022-10-03 Rich Wright Political Advertisement 4 comments
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“Dark Journey”

2022-10-02 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Billy Preston – “You Can’t Beat God Giving”

2022-10-02 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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“Einstein’s Brain”

2022-10-01 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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