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  • Another Actor Suddenly Exits the Doña Ana County Political Stage

    2026-07-23 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Government in Doña Ana County is in turmoil. The shakeups continued this week as the Doña Ana County Board of Commissioners terminated

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  • How Government Works

    2026-07-22 Rich Wright

    Some people are talking a lot about the evils of socialism these days. None of the other isms are pure gold, either. Capitalism. Populism. Communism.

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  • “The Great Depression – America’s Biggest Economic Crisis”

    2026-07-18 elrichiboy
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  • “The Merry Gentlemen”

    2026-07-12 elrichiboy
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  • “The Siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC): How Archimedes Stopped Rome”

    2026-07-11 elrichiboy
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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 Yale Spizzwinks – Sixteen Tons

2021-08-28 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Let Them Eat Cake

2021-08-27 elrichiboy City Council, Peter Svarzbein, Slider, Taxes 4 comments

“For anyone to reject this budget is an inappropriate and immature reaction, rejecting the actual and authentic voices of El

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Friday Short – Rhinos

2021-08-27 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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“Why Is El Paso’s Property tax Rate So High?”

2021-08-27 elrichiboy Taxes, City Council, City Management, Slider 2 comments

That’s the teaser on the El Paso Times landing page today. If you click on it, the story is headlined

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Rich People’s Hobbies

2021-08-26 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, City Management, MountainStar Sports Group, Quality of Life Projects, Slider Leave a comment

Some rich people collect art. Some collect racehorses. Some collect cars. In El Paso, some rich people collect professional sports

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Sunday Matinee – Tight Spot

2021-08-22 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Chris Rodrigues & the Spoon Lady – Angels in Heaven

2021-08-22 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Saturday Matinee – Operation InfeKtion: How Russia Perfected the Art of War

2021-08-21 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Friday Short – Room 88

2021-08-20 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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Veratasium – Why Gravity is NOT a Force

2021-08-18 elrichiboy Veritasium Leave a comment
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Vice News – This Is What Winning Looks Like

2021-08-16 elrichiboy World News, Slider One comment

Here’s a Vice News video from 2013 that deals with the current political crisis in Afghanistan. Do you reckon the

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Climate Town – Exxon Lobbyist Caught on Camera Going Full Cartoon Villain

2021-08-16 elrichiboy Climate Town Leave a comment
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Sunday Matinee – Otto Preminger’s Where the Sidewalk Ends

2021-08-15 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Carl Jackson and Val Storey – Little Mountain Church

2021-08-15 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Saturday Matinee – In the Shadow of 9/11

2021-08-14 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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You Can’t Tell the Players Without a Program

2021-08-14 elrichiboy Juarez, Mexico Leave a comment

Here’s an article from Insight Crime profiling “the most important newer criminal actors in Mexico.” La Línea began life as

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Friday Short – Hyperuranios

2021-08-13 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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The Count is Out

2021-08-13 elrichiboy population, Slider 4 comments

The census data for the County of El Paso has been released, and it’s screwy. In the data headed Population

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Why Your Taxes Are So High

2021-08-13 elrichiboy City Council, Alexsandra Annello, Cassandra Hernandez, Cissy Lizarraga, City Management, Downtown, Economic Development, Isabel Salcido, Peter Svarzbein, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 4 comments

El Paso has the highest residential property tax rates in the country. Our elected officials used to say that was

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Election Rumors

2021-08-11 elrichiboy Elections, City Council, Commissioners Court, Slider 2 comments

Believe it or not, election season is right around the corner. Lots of local offices are up for grabs in

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  • Another Actor Suddenly Exits the Doña Ana County Political Stage
  • How Government Works
  • “The Great Depression – America’s Biggest Economic Crisis”
  • “The Merry Gentlemen”
  • “The Siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC): How Archimedes Stopped Rome”

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