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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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  • Economic Undevelopment

    2026-02-25 Rich Wright

    According to ElDiario.mx, El Paso lost 750 jobs in the last four months of 2025. Juarez lost 17,000 maquila jobs in all of 2025. That

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  • Puerto Vallarta Travel Log, Part One: Hurricane Mencho

    2026-02-23 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Fear, hunger, thirst and uncertainty. That’s what folks in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco lived through on February 22, now undoubtedly one of the

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  • “Where Texas Begins”

    2026-02-21 Rich Wright

    The latest (several years old) tagline from Visit El Paso/the Convention and Visitors Center/Destination El Paso appears to be “Where Texas Begins”. Of course Texas

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  • Charles Boyer and Lauren Bacall in “Confidential Agent”

    2026-02-15 elrichiboy
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Senses Fail – Elevator to the Gallows

2021-01-29 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Lobbyist Loophole?

2021-01-29 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, City Management, Lobbyists, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez One comment

Or maybe the City Clerk is just not doing her job. Here’s Chapter 2.94 – REGULATION OF LOBBYING ACTIVITIES of

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Friday Short – David

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Fort Bliss Added to El Paso County’s Population

2021-01-28 elrichiboy population, Slider Leave a comment

Starting with the 10 year census in 2020, the Census Bureau will start counting the population of military bases as

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Miles Davis – So What

2021-01-27 elrichiboy Music One comment
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Sneaker Pimps – 6 Underground

2021-01-26 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Joe T. Hodo vs. Los DREAMers

2021-01-26 elrichiboy Joe T. Hodo Leave a comment
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Ministry – Just One Fix

2021-01-25 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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The Deck is Coming

2021-01-25 elrichiboy Corruption, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, The Arena, The Trench 10 comments

Here’s a message I received from TxDOT contractors via the Sunset Heights Neighborhood Association: As an interested party in the

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The United Nations Definition of Genocide

2021-01-24 elrichiboy Immigration, Slider 4 comments

From the UN.org website: Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide Article II In the present

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Sunday Matinee – The Young Savages

2021-01-24 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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The Teeter Totter Wall – Pro and Con

2021-01-23 elrichiboy Art, Immigration, Politics, Slider One comment

Did you read that the Teeter Totter Wall won an international design award? Here’s the skinny from NPR: An art

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Saturday Matinee – This Appalachian Music Man Lived a Beautiful Life

2021-01-23 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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What a Bunch of Jerks

2021-01-23 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Downtown Historic District, Economic Development, Heritage Tourism, Karla Nieman, Slider 6 comments

From KVIA: An El Paso attorney maintained Friday that plans to have a historic district downtown that includes the Duranguito

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Friday Short – Lughead

2021-01-22 elrichiboy Friday Short 2 comments
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La Molacha

2021-01-22 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development, Slider One comment

If you wanted to make a lot of money betting on El Paso’s future, vacant lots would be the way

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SKÁLD – Rún

2021-01-21 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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All the News That Fits an Agenda

2021-01-21 elrichiboy Breaking News, Ethics, Media, Slider 5 comments

Do you depend on the El Paso Times to keep you informed on local news? Or maybe you count on

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Ruin Your Life

2021-01-19 elrichiboy It's All Good, Slider, Unpopular Opinion 4 comments

This week, the two major lotteries have a combined payout of more than $1.5 billion. Even if you only win

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Samuel Tucker Young – Whiskey Burns

2021-01-18 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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