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Retrovision: The Real Costs of the QoL Projects

2025-01-17 elrichiboy

This article originally appeared on 12 April 2017. Sure, half a billion dollars is a lot of money. Especially for a the city with the

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Saucedo’s Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Children’s Hospital Dismissed

2025-01-13 Rich Wright

From this week’s El Paso Inc.*: A district judge has dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit filed against El Paso Children’s Hospital by parents of Ivanna

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The Looming Immigration Policy

2025-01-10 Xavier Miranda

by Xavier Miranda As we approach a second Trump presidential term, it is vital we educate ourselves on looming immigration policy that must be called

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The Most Bilingual City in America

2025-01-06 elrichiboy

According to this story on Preply.com, El Paso is the most bilingual city in America: The ability to speak more than one language can come

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The Water Crisis in Sunland Park and Santa Teresa One Year Later, Part One: Residents Seek Stricter Federal Oversight of Water Utility

2025-01-03 Kent Paterson

By Kent Paterson Lawyers for residents of Sunland Park and Santa Teresa have requested stepped up oversight of a publicly-owned water utility from the U.S.

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A Letter From David Saucedo

2024-12-19 David Saucedo

Friends, On December 9, my legal team filed a brief in response to the El Paso Children’s Hospital (EPCH) motion to dismiss by asserting a

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The Obscene Entitlement of Cassandra Hernandez

2024-12-18 Rich Wright

You’ve read the news. From ElPasoTimes.com: El Paso city Rep. Cassandra Hernandez’s husband was arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault after allegedly threatening to kill

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Bernie Sanders on the Military Budget

2024-12-16 elrichiboy

From TheGuardian.com: Today in the United States, 60% of our people live paycheck to paycheck, 85 million people are uninsured or underinsured and 21.5m households

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In Unprecedented Event, Juárez’s City Government Honors Dirty War Relatives and Survivors

2024-12-14 Kent Paterson

By Kent Paterson Standing at the entrance to Ciudad Juárez’s old city hall, Judith Galarza recalled the days of yore when activists like herself were

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Schuster and Stanton: The Consequences of Incompetence

2024-12-09 elrichiboy

Have you driven down Schuster lately? From Stanton to Brown Schuster has a new bike lane. The City has eliminated one of the eastbound lanes

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Sniper Drones Coming Soon!

2024-12-05 Rich Wright

Here’s a story from NPR: The quadcopter is what many Palestinians in the Gaza Strip call a small sniper drone with a gun attached that

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Local Democrats have lost their way.

2024-12-02 Rich Wright

Prominent Democrats in El Paso have endorsed Renard Johnson in the race for El Paso mayor. Mr. Johnson is also supported by Project Red TX,

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Low Rent Mayhem in Cruces

2024-08-11 elrichiboy Crime, Las Cruces, New Mexico, News One comment

Look at this crazy story from Las Cruces, via CBS4Local.com: A Santa Fe, N.M., murder suspect was arrested Saturday evening

James Mason in “Odd Man Out”

2024-08-11 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

“Black Money: Inside the Shadowy World of International Bribery”

2024-08-10 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment

Elvis Costello, John Prine, Ray La Montagne, and Lyle Lovett – “Loretta”

2024-08-09 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment

Retrovision: “El Paso’s Highway Boondoggle”

2024-08-06 Rich Wright Deck Park, Slider, TxDOT, Widening I-10 One comment

This post originally appeared on 2023-11-19. An alert reader hipped me to the Public Interest Research Group’s Fall 2023 publication

Tony Curtis and Gilbert Roland in “The Midnight Story”

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“The Deadliest City in Mexico | Tijuana: 7 Murders a Day”

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Induced Demand

2024-07-31 Rich Wright Slider, TxDOT 2 comments

From Vox.com: From Massachusetts to California, transportation departments are pursuing controversial plans to widen highways, expansions that are sure to