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  • “The Last Crooked Mile”

    2026-08-02 elrichiboy
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  • “Your Summer Electric Bill Explained”

    2026-07-31 anonymous

    Shouts and Murmurs On July 30, El Paso Electric sent out an email to its customers, with the subject line “Your Summer Electric Bill Explained.”

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  • John Prine – “I Remember Everything”

    2026-07-30 elrichiboy
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  • Another Actor Suddenly Exits the Doña Ana County Political Stage

    2026-07-23 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Government in Doña Ana County is in turmoil. The shakeups continued this week as the Doña Ana County Board of Commissioners terminated

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  • How Government Works

    2026-07-22 Rich Wright

    Some people are talking a lot about the evils of socialism these days. None of the other isms are pure gold, either. Capitalism. Populism. Communism.

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  • “The Great Depression – America’s Biggest Economic Crisis”

    2026-07-18 elrichiboy
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  • “The Merry Gentlemen”

    2026-07-12 elrichiboy
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  • “The Siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC): How Archimedes Stopped Rome”

    2026-07-11 elrichiboy
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  • “Jigsaw”

    2026-07-05 elrichiboy
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  • Pay Raises for Everybody (But Not for You)

    2026-07-02 Rich Wright

    Our elected officials at the City (the Mayor and City Representatives) are getting 15% pay raises this year. The people at the City working for

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  • “Guilty Bystander”

    2026-06-28 elrichiboy
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  • “Easy Riders, Raging Bulls”

    2026-06-27 elrichiboy
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Luis Aguilar and Jorge Negrete in “Tal Para Cual”

2022-05-31 elrichiboy Cine Mexicano Leave a comment
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Tommy Gonzalez Doesn’t Like El Paso

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

2022-05-29 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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McKinney Sisters – “Nothing But the Blood”

2022-05-29 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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“Smog and Mirrors – The Secret Ways the Oil Industry Brainwashes You”

2022-05-28 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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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”

2022-05-22 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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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 City Council, Cassandra Hernandez, Cissy Lizarraga, 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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