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  • (Some of) The Straight Skinny on Torre Centinela

    2026-04-09 elrichiboy

    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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  • Humphrey Bogart in “Knock on Any Door”

    2026-04-05 elrichiboy
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  • NYT: “Hegseth Fires Army Chief Amid Battle With Its Leaders”

    2026-04-03 Rich Wright

    (Scene: Somewhere deep in the bowels of the Pentagon.) Secretary Pete Hegseth: . . . and that, gentlemen, is how we will end this war.

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  • People Rising: Snapshots from El Paso’s Data Center Battles

    2026-03-31 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Data centers are a burning issue in the Paso del Norte borderland of 2026. Plans to open a giant data center complex

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  • Renaming the Cesar Chavez Border Highway

    2026-03-22 Oscar J. Martinez

    by Oscar J. Martinez Given the recent disturbing revelations about Cesar Chávez, it seems certain that the local Border Highway’s name will be changed.  Many

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  • “Hangover Square”

    2026-03-22 elrichiboy
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  • “The Rise and Ruin of the Coca-Cola Family”

    2026-03-21 elrichiboy
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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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The KFOX Report on Tommy Gonzalez’ Contract

2021-09-23 elrichiboy Certificates of Obligation, City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 2 comments

Last night KFOX El Paso reported on El Paso City Manager Tommy Gonzalez’ golden parachute. The report highlighted the separation

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Friday Short – Bliss is Orange

2021-09-23 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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The Effects of Fiscal Profligacy

2021-09-23 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, population, Slider, Taxes One comment

“Why do you keep hitting yourself in the head with that hammer?” “Because it feels so good when I stop.”

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Earth, Wind & Fire – September

2021-09-21 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Consider the Deck Park

2021-09-20 elrichiboy ballpark, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Taxes, The Trench, TxDOT 11 comments

The latest push from the people who want to build a deck over the freeway is connectivity. Connect those neighborhoods

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Sunday Matinee – 5 Steps to Danger

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Ransomed Bluegrass – I’ll Fly Away

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Saturday Matinee – Inside Mexico’s Most Powerful Drug Cartel

2021-09-18 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Justice For Chet

2021-09-18 elrichiboy El Paso Police Department, History, Music, Slider One comment

Today is the second anniversary of the day that blues drummer Chet Woodward was murdered at the streetcar stop by

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Friday Short – Liverpool Ferry

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Et Tu, Brutus?

2021-09-17 elrichiboy Meta Blog One comment

After a hiatus of more than a year, the El Paso Speak blog is back. The blogger, who writes under

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Manufacturing Consent

2021-09-16 Rich Wright Chamber of Commerce, City Council, City Management, Downtown Management District, Economic Development, El Paso Times, Manufacturing Consent, Media, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Taxes 6 comments

Reality is subjective. That notion isn’t popular in the hard sciences, but anyone with a television or internet connection can

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He’s a Witch!

2021-09-15 elrichiboy ballpark, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, The Trench, TxDOT 3 comments

From a September 5, 2021 article by Sara Sanchez in the El Paso Inc.: A multimillion-dollar project that includes rebuilding

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The Exodus

2021-09-14 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, El Paso Times, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes 4 comments

Nine years ago, powerful people in El Paso pushed the 2012 Quality of Life bonds. According to U.S. Census estimates,

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Michael Jackson – They Don’t Care About Us

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Sunday Matinee – Rope of Sand

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Buddy Greene – Shall We Gather at the River

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Saturday Matinee – Why Big Oil Loves to Talk About Your Carbon Footprint

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Friday Short – Amber

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Insight Crime on the Adapting Cartels

2021-09-10 elrichiboy Marijuana, Mexico, Slider Leave a comment

Here’s an interesting piece from Insight Crime about the evolving interests of criminal groups in our neighbor to the south.

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El Chuqueño Lately

  • “The Gary Webb Story: CIA, Cocaine, and a Media Assassination”
  • (Some of) The Straight Skinny on Torre Centinela
  • Humphrey Bogart in “Knock on Any Door”
  • NYT: “Hegseth Fires Army Chief Amid Battle With Its Leaders”
  • People Rising: Snapshots from El Paso’s Data Center Battles

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