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  • Fritz Lang’s “House by the River”

    2026-01-18 elrichiboy
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  • “The Gilded Age”

    2026-01-17 elrichiboy
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  • An “Unprecedented” Event

    2026-01-13 Rich Wright

    This from ElPasoTimes.com: It could be until mid-week when a boil water notice is lifted and water service is fully returned to normal after a

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  • The Primary Elections

    2026-01-12 Rich Wright

    I always vote. Every election. School boards. State judges. Railroad Commissioner. I have even gone to the fire station to make no selection in every

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  • “Between Midnight and Dawn”

    2026-01-11 elrichiboy
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  • “This Border City Isn’t What You Think (El Paso)”

    2026-01-03 elrichiboy
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  • Shopping South El Paso Street

    2025-12-22 Rich Wright

    South El Paso Street is El Paso’s most vibrant street. In the daytime, South El Paso Street is what our city planners aspire to. Walkable,

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  • “Fire Maidens from Outer Space”

    2025-12-21 elrichiboy
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  • “White, Poor & Angry: Inside America’s Most Racist Town”

    2025-12-20 elrichiboy
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  • Project Jupiter’s Environmental Impact

    2025-12-17 Rich Wright

    Here’s another article critical about Project Jupiter. This critique is environmental. From Truthout.org: At the very Southeastern tip of New Mexico bordering Texas and Mexico,

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  • Humphery Bogart & Rod Steiger in “The Harder They Fall”

    2025-12-14 elrichiboy
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  • “Why Turkmenistan Makes North Korea Look Normal”

    2025-12-13 elrichiboy
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Willy McGee – “Do You Feel Good”

2022-05-28 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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People Don’t Like Tommy Gonzalez

2022-05-27 Rich Wright City Council, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 3 comments

At least the taxpayers don’t like him. He’s been here since 2014, and I haven’t met anyone who tells me

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Now That’s a Clean River

2022-05-26 Rich Wright El Paso Water, Slider 6 comments

Good news, everybody. From a May 6, 2022, story on ElPasoTimes.com: El Paso Water completed cleanup on the Rio Grande this

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Los Lobos with Cafe Tacvba – “La Venganza de los Pelados”

2022-05-25 elrichiboy Music One comment
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Retrovision – El Paso, a Metaphor

2022-05-23 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Media, Slider One comment

This post originally appeared on 30 July 2015. El Paso is like that really nice girl with the shitty boyfriend

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“A Street With No Name”

2022-05-22 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Kris Kristofferson and Friends – “Why Me Lord”

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“School Of Assassins”

2022-05-21 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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David Stout for County Commissioner Precinct 2

2022-05-21 Rich Wright Commissioners Court, Elections 2 comments

We’re at war. It’s a class war. We didn’t start it. The richest people in El Paso started it. Over

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“Dream of Aces”

2022-05-20 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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Los Straitjackets – Crime Scene

2022-05-20 elrichiboy Music One comment
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Expo-Subasta for Edificio de los Sueños

2022-05-18 elrichiboy Juarez One comment

Downtown Juarez is experiencing a renaissance and it’s not all financed by tax credits and municipal largess for Juarez’ richest

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Another Salvo in the War on Taxpayers

2022-05-18 Rich Wright Cassandra Hernandez, Cissy Lizarraga, City Council, City Management, Henry Rivera, Isabel Salcido, MountainStar Sports Group, Peter Svarzbein, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich 5 comments

The City of El Paso, the El Paso Chamber of Commerce, and MountainStar Sports group are waging a class war

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“Justicia Fronteriza Denounces Extension of Tommy Gonzalez’ Contract”

2022-05-18 Rich Wright City Council, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 3 comments

The following is a Press Release from Justicia Fronteriza: Justicia Fronteriza PAC is extremely disappointed, but not surprised that a

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“City Manager’s Contract Extension is Not Sound Governance”

2022-05-17 elrichiboy City Council, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez One comment

The following is a press release from the Community First Coalition of El Paso: The El Paso City Council’s action

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Stockholm Syndrome?

2022-05-16 Rich Wright Breaking News, Cassandra Hernandez, City Council, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 6 comments

Did you see the latest edition of ABC-7 Xtra? I have to wonder what our City Council members are thinking.

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Kalush Orchestra – Stefania

2022-05-15 elrichiboy Music One comment
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“The Man Who Wouldn’t Die”

2022-05-15 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Jose Feliciano – Come Down Jesus

2022-05-15 elrichiboy Music One comment
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“Stress, Portrait of a Killer”

2022-05-14 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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