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  • “Surprise Witness”

    2026-04-26 elrichiboy
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  • “Four Dead in Five Seconds”

    2026-04-25 elrichiboy
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  • The 1915 Collision of the Iron Cure and the Harrison Narcotic Act in El Paso

    2026-04-23 Bob Chessey

    Kicking an opiate habit is a bitch. Before the advent of modern medical and pharmaceutical interventions, counseling, and peer support groups, the nationwide de facto

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  • Is El Paso the Second Best City to Live In?

    2026-04-22 Rich Wright

    You probably heard lately that El Paso is the second best big city in the U.S. in which to live. It was on the news.

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  • We’re Still Bombing New Mexico: Nuclear Cycle Victims on the Long Road to Justice

    2026-04-21 Kent Paterson

    Downwinder leader Tina Cordova speaks at the Valle de Oro Community Earth Day event. Seated to Cordova’s immediate left is Loretta Anderson and next to

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  • Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas in “I Walk Alone”

    2026-04-19 elrichiboy
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  • “How Ciudad Juárez Spiralled Into Cartel Madness”

    2026-04-18 elrichiboy
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  • “Now We Know Their Names”

    2026-04-17 elrichiboy
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  • Water Wrangling, Data Center Dealmaking and Deep Distrust in Sunland Park and Beyond

    2026-04-16 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson After a lapse of nearly one year-and-a-half, the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) conducted a community meeting the evening of April 7

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  • Paul and Julie Ten Years After

    2026-04-13 Rich Wright

    On or about 05 October 2016, I took Paul and Julie to Juarez. Paul and Julie were ballroom dancers. Like The Sound of Music. Okay

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  • “The Gary Webb Story: CIA, Cocaine, and a Media Assassination”

    2026-04-11 elrichiboy
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  • (Some of) The Straight Skinny on Torre Centinela

    2026-04-09 Rich Wright

    If you are interested in the Torre Centinela that is almost fully operational in downtown Ciudad Juárez, then you should read this story from RestOfWorld.org.

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Evaluating Our Priorities

2022-06-02 Rich Wright Certificates of Obligation, Cissy Lizarraga, City Council, City Management, Claudia Lizette Rodriguez, Isabel Salcido, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 5 comments

They are coming out of the woodwork (and maybe from under rocks) to weigh in on Tommy Gonzalez’ future. From

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Luis Aguilar and Jorge Negrete in “Tal Para Cual”

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Tommy Gonzalez Doesn’t Like El Paso

2022-05-30 Rich Wright City Council, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 2 comments

Recently, Tommy Gonzalez applied for a job in Frisco, Texas, despite making more than $400,000 a year here. If he

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Gary Cooper in “Cloak and Dagger”

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McKinney Sisters – “Nothing But the Blood”

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“Smog and Mirrors – The Secret Ways the Oil Industry Brainwashes You”

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Willy McGee – “Do You Feel Good”

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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”

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Kris Kristofferson and Friends – “Why Me Lord”

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“School Of Assassins”

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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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