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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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  • F. E. Curry And Fate’s Vagary

    2026-06-25 Bob Chessey

    The 1923 trial of F. E. Curry is a tale of a lawman who, from performing official duties, became labeled a criminal and exemplifies the

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  • Golden Cobwebs from the Vault: El Paso’s Aborted Towers

    2026-06-17 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Up for a little historic sightseeing in West Side El Paso? If you happen to be driving west on North Mesa and

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  • You Can Pay When You’re Dead

    2026-06-08 Rich Wright

    Since 1979, the State of Texas has had a program that saves older homeowners from getting their houses seized because of past due property taxes.

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  • The Battle of Socorro (New Mexico) and the Futures of People and Data Centers

    2026-06-04 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Emerging as one of the hottest issues in the U.S. today, hyperscale AI data centers have become a magnet for citizen activism

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  • James Cagney in “Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye”

    2026-05-31 elrichiboy
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  • “Impossible Places: World’s Most Extreme Corners on Earth”

    2026-05-30 elrichiboy
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  • “Blackout”

    2026-05-24 elrichiboy
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  • “Sevres & Sykes–Picot: How the Middle East Was Divided”

    2026-05-23 elrichiboy
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Consider the Deck Park

2021-09-20 elrichiboy MountainStar Sports Group, ballpark, 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

2021-09-19 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Ransomed Bluegrass – I’ll Fly Away

2021-09-19 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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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

2021-09-17 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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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 City Council, Chamber of Commerce, 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 TxDOT, ballpark, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, The Trench 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

2021-09-13 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Sunday Matinee – Rope of Sand

2021-09-12 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Buddy Greene – Shall We Gather at the River

2021-09-12 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Saturday Matinee – Why Big Oil Loves to Talk About Your Carbon Footprint

2021-09-11 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Friday Short – Amber

2021-09-10 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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Insight Crime on the Adapting Cartels

2021-09-10 elrichiboy Mexico, Marijuana, 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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Panamá Cha-Cha – Fe Ciega

2021-09-09 elrichiboy Music One comment
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Their Strategy is Your Money

2021-09-09 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 5 comments

Here’s part of the City of El Paso’s Strategic Plan, which I lifted from their website. Look at 6.6. Does

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Another One Bites the Dust

2021-09-08 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Economic Development, Jessica Herrera, Slider, Taxes One comment

According to this article in the El Paso Times, some changes are taking place in the City of El Paso’s

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Sunday Matinee – Shock

2021-09-05 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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  • “Jigsaw”
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  • Pay Raises for Everybody (But Not for You)
  • “Guilty Bystander”
  • “Easy Riders, Raging Bulls”

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