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El Paso is Falling

2026-03-13 Rich Wright

The trusted institutions we count on are letting us down. The streets are crumbling. The water utility can’t keep the water flowing. Texas Gas Services

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The 13th Anniversary of the Killing of Daniel Saenz

2026-03-08 Rich Wright

Today is the 13th anniversary of the day that El Paso Police Department Officer Jose Flores shot and killed the handcuffed prisoner Daniel Saenz in

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Lucille Ball in “The Dark Corner”

2026-03-08 elrichiboy

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Puerto Vallarta Travel Log, Part Two: Preface and Postscript to “Black Sunday”

2026-03-07 Kent Paterson

By Kent Paterson On a recent sunny day, tourists and locals on Puerto Vallarta’s ocean front boardwalk, the Malecon, watched intensely as a Mexican navy

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The Biggest Campaign of the Season

2026-03-02 Rich Wright

The biggest campaign of this election season isn’t taking place by any candidate on the ballot. The President of the University of Texas at El

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Economic Undevelopment

2026-02-25 Rich Wright

According to ElDiario.mx, El Paso lost 750 jobs in the last four months of 2025. Juarez lost 17,000 maquila jobs in all of 2025. That

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Puerto Vallarta Travel Log, Part One: Hurricane Mencho

2026-02-23 Kent Paterson

By Kent Paterson Fear, hunger, thirst and uncertainty. That’s what folks in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco lived through on February 22, now undoubtedly one of the

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“Where Texas Begins”

2026-02-21 Rich Wright

The latest (several years old) tagline from Visit El Paso/the Convention and Visitors Center/Destination El Paso appears to be “Where Texas Begins”. Of course Texas

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Charles Boyer and Lauren Bacall in “Confidential Agent”

2026-02-15 elrichiboy

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“You’re Fired!”

2026-02-14 Rich Wright

Remember when Donald Trump’s tagline was “You’re fired!” One might think that he’d be pulling that old standard out again, what with the clown car

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“YEMEN: A Forgotten Earth Where Time Still Breathes”

2026-02-14 elrichiboy

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“Love in a Man’s World”

2026-02-08 elrichiboy

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Pentatonix – Hallelujah

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Frontline – Putin’s Road to War

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Arcade Fire – The Lightning I, II

2022-03-18 elrichiboy Music 2 comments

Next to Last Call for Redistricting

2022-03-16 elrichiboy City Council, Redistricting, Slider One comment

As you probably know, the City of El Paso is in the throes of redrawing district boundaries. The City Charter

Luis Aguilar and Lucha Villa in “Agarrando Parejo”

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El Ojo del Chuco

2022-03-15 elrichiboy History, Juarez 2 comments

This isn’t my first blog. If you’d asked me yesterday, I would have said it is, but today I stumbled

2CELLOS – Thunderstruck

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The Ongoing Class War

2022-03-14 Rich Wright Chamber of Commerce, City Council, City Management, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 3 comments

Have I ever mentioned that it feels like the City of El Paso, and the El Paso Chamber of Commerce,

The October Man (1947)

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Celtic Worship – How Great Thou Art

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Petroglyphs

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Last weekend we went to see some petroglyphs. They were out there past the Border Patrol checkpoint on I-10. By

The Case of Phil Spector

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Mutiny!

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Endurance wreck: Ernest Shackleton’s lost ship found off Antarctica

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Antonio Badu in “Las coronelas”

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9 Years Ago

2022-03-08 Rich Wright Chief Greg Allen, City Council, City Management, El Paso Police Department, Law Enforcement, Slider, Veronica Escobar One comment

On March 8, 2013, El Paso Police Officer Jose Flores shot the handcuffed prisoner Danny Saenz in the sallyport of

James Mason in The Upturned Glass

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Jara Bolivia – El amor de Dios

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TEDx El Paso: A City Reimagined

2022-03-04 Rich Wright ballpark, Chamber of Commerce, City Management, Economic Development, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Strategic Plan, Tommy Gonzalez, TxDOT 6 comments

Saturday, March 5 (tomorrow, or today, or last week, depending on when you are reading this) TEDx El Paso is

Greetings From Cyberspace

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Lately El Chuqueño has been attacked by Russian bots. Lots of bots. Maybe it’s because last week in the comments