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  • The History and Geography of Cartels in Juarez

    2025-08-08 Rich Wright

    Here’s an insightful portrait of the criminal organizations in Ciudad Juarez, their histories, and their geographic domains, from InsightCrime.org1: If you ask most Juarenses, “the

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  • What Redistricting Means to El Paso

    2025-08-07 Rich Wright

    From KTSM.com: The El Paso City Council has officially taken a stance to oppose Texas Republican legislators’ proposed redistricting map. . . . Republicans’ proposed

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  • “Liminal Spaces: A Border Dialogue” Art Opening This Friday

    2025-08-06 elrichiboy
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  • Let’s Put the Deck Park to a Vote

    2025-08-04 Rich Wright

    Isn’t that the way things get decided in a democracy? I know, elections are expensive, but not as expensive as a $400 million deck park.

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  • “Trapped”

    2025-08-03 elrichiboy
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  • “Bolivia: La vida en las nubes | Las carreteras más peligrosas del mundo”

    2025-08-02 elrichiboy
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  • The “Notorious NARCOTIC Smuggler” La Nacha: The El Paso Years

    2025-07-31 Bob Chessey

    So, “Who was ‘La Nacha’?” For 50 years “La Nacha” remained a name synonymous with Juarez and opiate trafficking, a woman who rose to become

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  • Garbage Revisited

    2025-07-29 Rich Wright

    Don’t you imagine that the City’s Environmental Services Department would love to get its hands on the local dumpster services? The ESD is one of

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  • The Opportunity Costs of the Deck Park

    2025-07-28 Rich Wright

    The estimated cost of the deck park is more than $400 million before it’s done. The initial phase is projected to cost $207 million, just

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  • El Paso Matters Can’t Be Bought Cheap

    2025-07-24 Rich Wright

    An email I received from District 3 Representative Deanna M. Rocha contained this nugget: The City of El Paso proudly recognized El Paso Matters with

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  • Sunwest Seafood Sales

    2025-07-23 elrichiboy

    Fresh Seafood at Wholesale Prices A hundred oysters for $100. Yeah, I know, who can eat a hundred oysters? Well, me and the missus can,

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  • Retrovision: I Could Tolerate the Deck Park, Maybe

    2025-07-22 Rich Wright

    This post originally appeared on 23 November, 2021. I could tolerate the deck park, maybe, if the plans didn’t include widening the freeway, and increasing

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“Strange Illusion”

2025-01-05 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Ruthless: Monopoly’s Secret History”

2025-01-04 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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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 CRRUA, New Mexico, Slider, Sunland Park, The Environment, Water Leave a comment

By Kent Paterson Lawyers for residents of Sunland Park and Santa Teresa have requested stepped up oversight of a publicly-owned

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The Last Corrida

2025-01-03 James Sawtelle History, Juarez One comment

By James Sawtelle That Sunday afternoon I had time to cut loose and go with Richard Grenier (my high school

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Humphrey Bogart in”Knock on Any Door”

2024-12-29 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“To Catch a Genius”

2024-12-28 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Finger Man”

2024-12-22 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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A Letter From David Saucedo

2024-12-19 David Saucedo El Paso Children's Hospital, Slider One comment

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

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The Obscene Entitlement of Cassandra Hernandez

2024-12-18 Rich Wright Cassandra Hernandez, Slider 3 comments

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

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Bernie Sanders on the Military Budget

2024-12-16 elrichiboy Politics, Slider, Welfare for the Rich 2 comments

From TheGuardian.com: Today in the United States, 60% of our people live paycheck to paycheck, 85 million people are uninsured

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“Sun Tzu – The Art of War”

2024-12-14 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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In Unprecedented Event, Juárez’s City Government Honors Dirty War Relatives and Survivors

2024-12-14 Kent Paterson Juarez, Slider One comment

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

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Schuster and Stanton: The Consequences of Incompetence

2024-12-09 elrichiboy City Management, Dionne Mack, Slider 4 comments

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

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“New York Confidential”

2024-12-08 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Riding the Line”

2024-12-07 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Sniper Drones Coming Soon!

2024-12-05 Rich Wright Slider, World News Leave a comment

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

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Local Democrats have lost their way.

2024-12-02 Rich Wright César Blanco, Elections, Politics, Renard Johnson, Slider One comment

Prominent Democrats in El Paso have endorsed Renard Johnson in the race for El Paso mayor. Mr. Johnson is also

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“Portland Exposé”

2024-12-01 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Smart Insects – The astonishing intelligence of bumblebees, wasps, & co.”

2024-11-30 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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“And Then There Were None”

2024-11-24 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee One comment
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