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  • Trouble in ChucoTown

    2022-07-07 Rich Wright

    The trouble with City Government is that the City Manager thinks that his job is to protect and promote the bureaucracy that is the City

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  • The Border Wager: Santa Teresa’s Pot of Gold

    2022-08-10 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson In the annals of border history, U.S.-Mexico relations and global commerce, Ciudad Juárez has often played a pivotal role. Nudged against El

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  • Traffic Studies

    2022-08-09 Rich Wright

    “It’s the most congested part of the freeway,” they say. I took that picture up there this morning (Tuesday, August 9, at about 8:10 am).

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  • Big Fibbers at City Hall Redux

    2022-08-08 Rich Wright

    Somehow I missed the point of City Manager Tommy Gonzalez’ press release about the new budget. When Tommy Gonzalez was talking about the $20 million

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  • Can I Give You a Yard Sign?

    2022-08-06 elrichiboy

    Do you live in, or near, District 8? Do you have a business in District 8? (The district boundaries recently changed. You can see which

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  • Big Fibbers at City Hall

    2022-08-04 Rich Wright

    In a recent guest column at ElPasoTimes.com, Representatives Hernandez, Salcido, and Rodriguez wrote the following: The city of El Paso has not increased property taxes

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  • More Harder Times

    2022-08-04 elrichiboy

    From USAToday.com: Gannett, owner of USA TODAY and local news operations in 45 states, [including the El Paso Times] reported Thursday that it would undertake

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  • Defending the Big River

    2022-07-28 Kent Paterson

    by Kent Paterson Every river searches for the seaEvery life runs its own destinyCanyons white and wild stretches calm and mildCutting through the stones of

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  • Why Your Taxes Are So High

    2022-07-15 Rich Wright

    Because the City won’t stop spending money. While we’re catching our breath (this is, after all, an election year) the City is making plans to

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  • What Gives?

    2022-07-13 Rich Wright

    Sunday I went to Cloudcroft. The high temperature was 72. The low was 58. You should try it. Nowhere on the whole trip was gasoline

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  • Hard Times

    2022-07-12 Rich Wright

    The El Paso Times didn’t come out with a print edition on the 4th of July. They stopped printing a Saturday edition a while ago.

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  • Cary Westin’s Lucrative Retirement

    2022-07-07 Rich Wright

    You’ll remember that back in May, Col. (Ret.) Cary Westin retired from his position as Deputy City Manager for the City of El Paso. To

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Another Sunny Day – You Should All Be Murdered

2022-06-23 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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“Bernie’s Message to Fox News Viewers”

2022-06-23 elrichiboy Inequality, Perspectives One comment
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Retrovision – Blame It On the Strategic Plan

2022-06-22 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Economic Development, Slider, Strategic Plan, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

This post originally appeared on 07 February 2022. If you want to know what’s wrong with governance in El Paso,

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More Good News From EPISD

2022-06-22 Rich Wright EPISD, Slider, Taxes 5 comments

From KVIA.com: The El Paso Independent School District board is expected to vote on increasing teachers’ salaries by 5% —

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Pedro Infante in “La Vida No Vale Nada”

2022-06-21 elrichiboy Cine Mexicano Leave a comment
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The (Migrant) Season of Death is Upon Us

2022-06-21 Kent Paterson Mexico, Migration, Slider One comment

By Kent Paterson  Summer Solstice should be a time for celebration. But for many desperate migrants attempting to enter the

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Juarez Walking Tour on The Royal Tour

2022-06-20 elrichiboy Juarez 3 comments

From the TheRoyalTourBlog.com: “Call me as soon as you’re back across the border,” said my mother. “Text me every hour,”

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San Antonio’s Development Problems

2022-06-20 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Downtown, Economic Development, Slider 4 comments

From the Washington Post: Visitors entering Rebecca Flores’s San Antonio home pass a sepia-toned photo of her large Tejano family

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Hal Roach’s “The Fabulous Joe”

2022-06-19 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Goldilocks”

2022-06-17 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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“Ciclovías de Ciudad Juárez ¿Que tan funcional son?”

2022-06-14 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez Leave a comment
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“The Mystery of the Dodelston Messages”

2022-06-11 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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“Training Wheels”

2022-06-10 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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Pedro Infante in “El Gavilán Pollero”

2022-06-07 elrichiboy Cine Mexicano Leave a comment
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“Towards an American Union”

2022-06-07 Vanessa Johnson Immigration, Slider 7 comments

by Vanessa Johnson From Frank News: In the spirit of the European Union and specifically the Schengen Agreement, I propose

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Place Your Bets

2022-06-07 elrichiboy Oscar Leeser, Peter Svarzbein, Slider 3 comments

District 1 Representative Peter Svarzbein filed a Code of Conduct complaint against Mayor Oscar Leeser today, according to this story

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Climate Town – Who Broke Gas Prices?

2022-06-06 elrichiboy Climate Town Leave a comment
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How Jack Welch Ruined the World

2022-06-05 elrichiboy Business Leave a comment

From NYTimes.com: When Jack Welch died on March 1, 2020, tributes poured in for the longtime chief executive of General

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Fritz Lang’s “The Blue Gardenia”

2022-06-05 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Police on Trial”

2022-06-04 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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