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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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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

2021-02-16 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Creedence Clearwater Revival – Lookin’ Out My Back Door

2021-02-15 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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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

2021-02-15 elrichiboy Video, Joe T. Hodo Leave a comment
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Things People from Albuquerque Say

2021-02-14 elrichiboy Video Leave a comment

But it could be El Paso.

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Sunday Matinee – Alfred Hitchcock’s Foreign Correspondent

2021-02-14 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Saturday Matinee – Sisters of the Blood

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Janis Joplin – Piece of My Heart

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Friday Short – Miscreant

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Leonard Cohen – Dance Me to the End of Love

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El Paso, (Temporary) Home of the Carpetbaggers

2021-02-10 elrichiboy City Management, Letters to the Editor, Media, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 5 comments

You know why there’s so little crime in El Paso? Because we all live here. We’re not going anywhere. You

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How to Live in El Paso – Franklin Mountains State Park

2021-02-08 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Coronavirus, Quarantine, Slider, What to Do 5 comments

The pandemic made some winners. Amazon. Best Buy. FedEx, and UPS. Locally, Crazy Cat. People wondered whatever happened to that

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Retrovision: Is the City’s Strategic Plan Working for You?

2021-02-07 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Borderplex Alliance, City Council, City Management, Downtown, Economic Development, Retrovision, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 6 comments

This post originally appeared on 21 February 2020. In 2012, the City of El Paso began implementing a strategic plan

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Sunday Matinee – Too Late For Tears

2021-02-07 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Williamson Branch – Walking in the Spirit

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Friday Short – Something Like Loneliness

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The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band – Devils Look Like Angels

2021-02-04 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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How To Cripple an Economy

2021-02-04 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Borderplex Alliance, City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, MountainStar Sports Group, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich 4 comments

Economies are delicate ecosystems that develop over time. Agent Orange, or napalm, or diesel fuel might kill a garden, but

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Retrovision: The Lies they Tell us

2021-02-02 Rich Wright The Arena, Arena Highlights, City Council, City Management, Corruption, Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, Retrovision, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez One comment

This post originally appeared on 27 April 2020. Tomorrow the El Paso City Council will vote on a measure to

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