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  • Retrovision: The Problem With TIRZs

    2025-12-03 elrichiboy

    This post originally appeared on 10 February 2023. Part of the reason that property taxes are so high in the City of El Paso is

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  • Solving the City’s Budget Problem: Let’s Get Rid of the TIRZs

    2025-12-02 Rich Wright

    Did you see last week that the City Manager wanted to charge every house and business in El Paso a monthly fee to fix the

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  • Higher Border Water Rates, Donut Holes and a Thorny Divorce in Sunland Park and Santa Teresa

    2025-11-25 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Customers of the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority (CRRUA) in the New Mexico border communities of Sunland Park and Santa Teresa will

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  • Again, Who’s the New Guy?

    2025-11-23 elrichiboy

    I’m probably late to the party with this. Won’t AI generated “people” start infiltrating your social media feed? Come on, AI is going to be

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  • “Powering AI: The Environmental Impacts of Borderland Data Centers”

    2025-11-17 elrichiboy

    “[NMELC] Staff Attorney, Kacey Hovden, along with our clients, has been invited as a guest speaker at a University of Texas El Paso panel, Powering AI: The Environmental

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  • “Harper”

    2025-11-16 elrichiboy
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  • Thank the Taxpayers

    2025-11-10 Rich Wright

    Here’s a story at ElPasoTimes.com titled State of the County address touts growth through bonds in address. “On time and on budget” was the rallying

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  • Can’t We Just Wait?

    2025-11-09 Rich Wright

    Judging from what I see on social media, the proposed deck park is wildly unpopular. Even most of the people who are okay with the

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  • “The Sniper”

    2025-11-09 elrichiboy
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  • “Why The Normans Were The Most Feared Warriors Across Medieval Europe”

    2025-11-08 elrichiboy
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  • “Deadfall”

    2025-11-02 elrichiboy
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  • Andres Muro Art Opening Tonight at Traffick Artspace

    2025-11-01 elrichiboy

    With music by David Romo.

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The Modern Lovers: Roadrunner

2020-11-26 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Joe T. Hodo y FRENA unidos contra AMLO

2020-11-26 elrichiboy Joe T. Hodo, Video Leave a comment
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“New Mexico Passes $330 million coronavirus relief bill”

2020-11-25 elrichiboy Coronavirus, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, News, Slider 2 comments

Allocates Big Bucks to Help Businesses Struggling from the Pandemic From CBSNews.com: New Mexico lawmakers on Tuesday passed a bipartisan

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The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band: Poor Until Payday

2020-11-25 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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How to Live in El Paso: Bosque del Apache

2020-11-25 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Slider, What to Do 3 comments

Travel, these days, is next to impossible. Public transportation is Russian roulette. Leaving El Paso in the throes of pandemia

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The City’s Hidden Tax Increase

2020-11-24 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Library, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 6 comments

The City made a big deal out of not raising the tax rate this year, despite losing revenue due to

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JAWNY: Sabotage

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Thanksgiving, or Not

2020-11-23 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso 2 comments

Back when God was just outgrowing the training wheels on his celestial bicycle, I used to have a regular writing

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Where Has the Money Gone?

2020-11-23 elrichiboy City Management, Coronavirus, Slider 2 comments

As of this morning, El Paso has recorded 81,511 positive tests for the Coronavirus, and 862 Covid-19 deaths. On May

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Sunday Matinee: City of Fear

2020-11-22 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Recount

2020-11-21 elrichiboy Corruption, Elections, Politics, Slider 4 comments

I try to stay away from national politics on El Chuqueño, because I don’t want to alienate potential readers. Lots

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Saturday Documentary: Documenting Hate: New American Nazis

2020-11-21 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Friday Short: the Big Break

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Vandalizing the Star

2020-11-20 elrichiboy Law Enforcement, Media, Slider 7 comments

The El Paso Times reports that people have been vandalizing the star on the mountain. For 80 years, the Star

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The Joe T. Hodo Show

2020-11-19 elrichiboy It's a joke., Slider, Video Leave a comment

Here’s something maybe you haven’t seen. Or maybe you have. It first “aired” in 2016. Later episodes feature Mr. Hodo’s

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Die Antwoord: I Fink U Freeky

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FOLI (there is no movement without rhythm) original version by Thomas Roebers and Floris Leeuwenberg

2020-11-17 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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A Public Apology to the El Paso Times

2020-11-17 elrichiboy Media 4 comments

I’ve ragged a lot on the El Paso Times (no pun intended). My animosity was chiefly rooted in their uncritical

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We Should Fire Them All

2020-11-17 elrichiboy City Management, Coronavirus, Corruption, Jessica Herrera, Sam Rodriguez, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 14 comments

I’m angry. From KFOX14.com: Five buildings throughout El Paso are being refurbished to assist the county combat COVID-19. . .

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Cuba Feliz: Lagrimas Negras

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The People Speak!

  • John G. Dungan on Solving the City’s Budget Problem: Let’s Get Rid of the TIRZs
  • Emillio Benitez on City of Dust: Contreras, New Mexico
  • Gary Cobb on La Fiesta, Downtown Juarez
  • Kent Paterson on Higher Border Water Rates, Donut Holes and a Thorny Divorce in Sunland Park and Santa Teresa
  • Lawrence Feltham on City of Dust: Dunlap, New Mexico
  • walter white on Can’t We Just Wait?
  • John G. Dungan on Thank the Taxpayers
  • John G. Dungan on Can’t We Just Wait?
  • Dane Aguilar on La Fiesta, Downtown Juarez
  • Denise M Schubbe on City of Dust: Organ, New Mexico

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  • Retrovision: The Problem With TIRZs
  • Solving the City’s Budget Problem: Let’s Get Rid of the TIRZs
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  • Higher Border Water Rates, Donut Holes and a Thorny Divorce in Sunland Park and Santa Teresa

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