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  • The Michigan Earthquake: Did Data Centers Clinch Al-Sayed’s Primary Victory?

    2026-08-05 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Outspent 11 to 1 by incumbent Congresswoman Haley Stevens, Dr. Abdul Al-Sayed’s August 4 win in the Michigan Democratic primary for the

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  • “Your Summer Electric Bill Explained”

    2026-07-31 Vanessa Johnson

    Shouts and Murmurs On July 30, El Paso Electric sent out an email to its customers, with the subject line “Your Summer Electric Bill Explained.”

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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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  • Data centers, school closures and sprawl are a signal that El Paso needs a new civic vision

    2026-07-30 Guest Column

    By Dylan Corbett, Special to El Paso Matters. Our city stands at a turning point. Schools are closing. Young people are leaving. The global economy

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  • El Paso Matters to the Rescue

    2026-08-07 Rich Wright

    From ElPasoMatters.org: Between 2015 and 2025, the number of El Pasoans under age 65 grew by fewer than 4,000. The number of those 65 and

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  • “The Last Crooked Mile”

    2026-08-02 elrichiboy
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  • John Prine – “I Remember Everything”

    2026-07-30 elrichiboy
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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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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

2021-02-07 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Friday Short – Something Like Loneliness

2021-02-05 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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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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Leonard Cohen – Winter Lady

2021-02-01 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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ABC-7 Xtra on the Downtown Historic District

2021-02-01 elrichiboy Media Leave a comment

Max Grossman and Richard Dayoub

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Oscar Leeser Has a Mandate

2021-02-01 elrichiboy The Arena, City Council, City Management, Economic Development, Elections, Quality of Life Projects, Slider 3 comments

Oscar Leeser won the election by a 4 to 1 margin. That’s more than a little bit. That’s a landslide.

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Sunday Matinee – Ernest Hemingway’s The Killers

2021-01-31 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Ben Hester – In the Sweet By and By

2021-01-31 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Saturday Matinee: Putin’s Palace

2021-01-30 elrichiboy Corruption, Saturday Documentary, World News Leave a comment
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Miles Davis – Elevator to the Gallows

2021-01-29 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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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 Lobbyists, Brand El Paso, City Council, City Management, 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

2021-01-29 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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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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