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The Santa Teresa Data Center: On Pollutants, Permits and Project Alphabet Soup

2025-12-06 Kent Paterson

Text and Photos by Kent Paterson Since last summer, the hyperscale AI data center under construction in Santa Teresa has been promoted under different names

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Retrovision: The Problem With TIRZs

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This post originally appeared on 10 February 2023. Part of the reason that property taxes are so high in the City of El Paso is

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Solving the City’s Budget Problem: Let’s Get Rid of the TIRZs

2025-12-02 Rich Wright

Did you see last week that the City Manager wanted to charge every house and business in El Paso a monthly fee to fix the

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Higher Border Water Rates, Donut Holes and a Thorny Divorce in Sunland Park and Santa Teresa

2025-11-25 Kent Paterson

By Kent Paterson Customers of the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority (CRRUA) in the New Mexico border communities of Sunland Park and Santa Teresa will

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Again, Who’s the New Guy?

2025-11-23 elrichiboy

I’m probably late to the party with this. Won’t AI generated “people” start infiltrating your social media feed? Come on, AI is going to be

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“Powering AI: The Environmental Impacts of Borderland Data Centers”

2025-11-17 elrichiboy

“[NMELC] Staff Attorney, Kacey Hovden, along with our clients, has been invited as a guest speaker at a University of Texas El Paso panel, Powering AI: The Environmental

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“Harper”

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Thank the Taxpayers

2025-11-10 Rich Wright

Here’s a story at ElPasoTimes.com titled State of the County address touts growth through bonds in address. “On time and on budget” was the rallying

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Can’t We Just Wait?

2025-11-09 Rich Wright

Judging from what I see on social media, the proposed deck park is wildly unpopular. Even most of the people who are okay with the

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“The Sniper”

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“Why The Normans Were The Most Feared Warriors Across Medieval Europe”

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“Deadfall”

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“Man Hunt”

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“4Chan VS Scientology”

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Retrovision – TEDx El Paso: A City Reimagined

2022-08-23 Rich Wright ballpark, City Management, Economic Development, MountainStar Sports Group, Retrovision, Slider, Strategic Plan, Tommy Gonzalez 5 comments

This post originally appeared on 04 March 2022. Saturday, March 5 (tomorrow, or today, or last week, depending on when

Tuba Skinny – “Jubilee Stomp”

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Ray Milland in “The Thief”

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Celtic Worship – “Come Thou Fount”

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“The Mystery of the Vampire Skeletons Buried in Ireland”

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About Rich Wright

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Even if you don’t know me, we may have met. District 8 is a small town, especially now that it’s

“Holy Moses”

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The City of Dust Books are Back!

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BACK IN STOCK! The remainder of the reprint of “Abandoned New Mexico: Ghost Towns, Endangered Architecture, and Hidden History” has

The Petition to Change Elections

2022-08-17 elrichiboy City Council, Elections, Politics, Slider One comment

From Adam Powell at ElPasoTimes.com: Elections in El Paso could look much different if El Pasoans for Fair Elections is

Tin Tan in “Simbad El Mareado”

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The Petition

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You’ve probably heard about the petition circulating in opposition to the issuance of Certificates of Obligation for expansion of the

Gregory Peck in “The Gunfighter”

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“Larceny”

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“The Fight for Water – Is Water the New Gold?”

2022-08-13 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary One comment

“The House on the Cliff”

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A New Advertiser

2022-08-11 Rich Wright ballpark, Slider 2 comments

Good news, everybody. The ballpark has a new advertiser. That should help offset some of the expense that the City

Do they have a long term plan?

2022-08-11 Rich Wright Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Urban Planning One comment

I mean the richest people in El Paso. The people who got us into this mess. Do they have a

Roger Corman’s “Swamp Women”

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