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  • Big Entertainment Projects Are Bad for El Paso

    2024-11-22 Rich Wright

    They pitch these projects as drivers of economic development, but they stifle the monetization of local culture, and tax (literally) the market’s disposable income. El

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  • The Expected Environmental Catastrophe

    2024-11-17 Rich Wright

    Here’s a story (in Spanish) from La Jornada about the impending railroad accident that imperils Cd. Juarez and El Paso: El corazón del centro histórico

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  • The Mayoral Runoff

    2024-11-08 Rich Wright

    The mayoral election is headed to a runoff. Renard Johnson faces Brian Kennedy. Mr. Johnson has offered a laundry list of promises. Here’s what the

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  • BOHICA, EPISD Style

    2024-11-07 elrichiboy

    There’s some controversy over there at the El Paso Independent School District. From KVIA.com: EPISD Board President Israel Irrobali is the current Executive Director of

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  • El Paso Community Gets a Boost for Environmental Health and Justice

    2024-11-03 Kent Paterson

    By Kent PatersonPhotos by Kent Paterson For years, residents of El Paso’s south-central Chamizal area have waged battles against pollution and public health threats, including

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  • “THE DANGERS OF BIG MONEY IN EL PASO ELECTIONS: Is the Mayor’s  office for sale?”

    2024-11-02 Rich Wright

    Here’s a Press Release from the Community First Coalition, announcing a Press Conference Monday, November 4, at 11 am outside, in front of County Courthouse. In

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  • Big Bullfight in Juarez this Sunday

    2024-10-31 Rich Wright

    This weekend, Juarez will host one of its rarest events in recent history: a Sunday bullfight. Sundays used to be the traditional day for bullfights.

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  • Cast Your Vote in a Different but Crucial “Election”

    2024-10-21 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Everyone’s eyes are on November 5. Still, democracy is far more than just casting votes for the next elected official or bond

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  • The Bullfights Are Back!

    2024-10-17 elrichiboy

    I’ve been remiss. For a long little while, the Alberto Balderas Bullring in downtown Juarez had a banner hanging on the front of it that

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  • New Mexico Chile: Notes on a Conquered and Downsized Empire

    2024-10-14 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson In the farmlands that sketch green the Mesilla Valley between Las Cruces and El Paso, the writer recently observed an increasingly scarce

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  • It’s Better to Hire a Legislator Than a Lobbyist

    2024-10-02 Rich Wright

    For the person doing the hiring. Not for the legislator’s constituents. District 78 State Representative Joe Moody’s day job is at WestStar Bank. You know.

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  • City Elections Candidate Forum

    2024-10-01 Rich Wright

    El Pasoans will select six City Council Representatives and a Mayor in the General Election taking place on November 5. Early voting starts October 21.

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Creedence Clearwater Revival – Lookin’ Out My Back Door

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Home Valuations to Rise in El Paso

2021-02-15 elrichiboy Cost of Living, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes, The Economy 4 comments

Vic Kolenc of the El Paso Times reports that the median price for a house in El Paso rose in

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Joe T. Hodo – Igualdad Para Explotar

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Things People from Albuquerque Say

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But it could be El Paso.

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Sunday Matinee – Alfred Hitchcock’s Foreign Correspondent

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Saturday Matinee – Sisters of the Blood

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Janis Joplin – Piece of My Heart

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Friday Short – Miscreant

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Leonard Cohen – Dance Me to the End of Love

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El Paso, (Temporary) Home of the Carpetbaggers

2021-02-10 elrichiboy City Management, Letters to the Editor, Media, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 5 comments

You know why there’s so little crime in El Paso? Because we all live here. We’re not going anywhere. You

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How to Live in El Paso – Franklin Mountains State Park

2021-02-08 elrichiboy Coronavirus, How to Live in El Paso, Quarantine, Slider, What to Do 5 comments

The pandemic made some winners. Amazon. Best Buy. FedEx, and UPS. Locally, Crazy Cat. People wondered whatever happened to that

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Retrovision: Is the City’s Strategic Plan Working for You?

2021-02-07 elrichiboy Borderplex Alliance, Brand El Paso, City Council, City Management, Downtown, Economic Development, Retrovision, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 6 comments

This post originally appeared on 21 February 2020. In 2012, the City of El Paso began implementing a strategic plan

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Sunday Matinee – Too Late For Tears

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Williamson Branch – Walking in the Spirit

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Friday Short – Something Like Loneliness

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The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band – Devils Look Like Angels

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How To Cripple an Economy

2021-02-04 elrichiboy Borderplex Alliance, Brand El Paso, City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, MountainStar Sports Group, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich 4 comments

Economies are delicate ecosystems that develop over time. Agent Orange, or napalm, or diesel fuel might kill a garden, but

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Retrovision: The Lies they Tell us

2021-02-02 Rich Wright Arena Highlights, City Council, City Management, Corruption, Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, Retrovision, Slider, Taxes, The Arena, Tommy Gonzalez One comment

This post originally appeared on 27 April 2020. Tomorrow the El Paso City Council will vote on a measure to

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Leonard Cohen – Winter Lady

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ABC-7 Xtra on the Downtown Historic District

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Max Grossman and Richard Dayoub

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