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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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  • Memories, Reflections and Connections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part Two

    2026-05-20 Kent Paterson

    Feature photo: Mercedes Doretti of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team addresses the Las Cruces gathering. (Photo by Cynthia Bejarano) Convened on the 20th anniversary of

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Willi Carlisle – Angels

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Tom Petty – Free Fallin’

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Armed Thugs Attack Veteran at El Paso V.A.

2021-02-20 elrichiboy Law Enforcement, News, Slider 7 comments

El Paso is in the national spotlight again. Again, it’s for all the wrong reasons. From Forbes.com: Shortly after he

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Saturday Matinee – Plastic Wars

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Green Day – Boulevard of Broken Dreams

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Friday Short – The Dentist

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The View From the Top

2021-02-19 elrichiboy ballpark, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Taxes One comment

Lookie here. I took that photo from in front of the main gate, on Santa Fe, of the ballpark. See

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Darren Carter – Teddy’s Cougar Den, El Paso, Texas

2021-02-19 elrichiboy Video 2 comments

Hollywood (RIP) called Teddy’s Jurassic Park.

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The Duskwhales – Today

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Charley Crockett – Blackjack County Chain

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Emmylou Harris – Tulsa Queen

2021-02-17 elrichiboy Music One comment
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What the EPPD is Against

2021-02-17 elrichiboy City Management, Dionne Mack, El Paso Police Department, Law Enforcement, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 6 comments

During Monday’s City Council Work Session, our elected officials discussed the direction they were going to give our legislative delegation

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More Certificate of Obligation Debt

2021-02-17 elrichiboy Certificates of Obligation, City Council, City Management, Robert Cortinas, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 4 comments

While you were sleeping Monday night, the kids on City Council were stealing your credit card. Around 10 o’clock, during

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Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band – Ways and Means

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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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