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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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Hey Beto

2020-10-31 elrichiboy Politics 5 comments

Which one of your brilliant political advisors decided it would be a good idea to hammer voters incessantly into the

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Saturday Documentary: The Man Who Saved the World

2020-10-31 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Pearl Clutching as a Political Strategy

2020-10-31 elrichiboy City Management, City Council, Coronavirus, Politics, Quarantine, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich 4 comments

The old. The sick. And some other group, harder to define. Maybe you’re part of that other group. Maybe you’re

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The Hot Sardines: Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen

2020-10-30 elrichiboy Music One comment
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Halloween Short: Clearwater

2020-10-30 elrichiboy Friday Short One comment
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Dee Margo is a Weak Mayor

2020-10-29 elrichiboy Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Elections, Henry Rivera, Sam Morgan, Slider One comment

But don’t take my word for it. Here’s City Attorney Karla Nieman’s response to an ethics complaint against the mayor:

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Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band: Raise a Little Hell

2020-10-27 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Leonard Cohen: Happens to the Heart

2020-10-26 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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The Suspense is Over

2020-10-26 elrichiboy Cassandra Hernandez, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Elections, Henry Rivera, Politics, Sam Morgan, Slider, Taxes, Welfare for the Rich 7 comments

First it was the mystery mailers, and teevee ads, urging voters to support their “leaders”. Then it was that email

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Sunday Matinee: Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca

2020-10-25 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee One comment
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Saturday Documentary: Kickboxing World Champion Challenges Senegalese Wrestlers

2020-10-24 elrichiboy Uncategorized, Saturday Documentary Leave a comment

This is more a travelogue than a martial arts documentary. Check it out.

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Friday Short: Alternative Math

2020-10-23 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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Community First Coalition: Does El Paso City Hall Represent you?

2020-10-23 elrichiboy Welfare for the Rich, Cassandra Hernandez, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Sam Morgan, Taxes One comment
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Debbie Nathan on the Dark Money Campaign

2020-10-23 elrichiboy Elections, Slider Leave a comment

El Paso uber-journalist Debbie Nathan writes about the dark money campaign on Medium.com: Today, it’s dark, dark money time in

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Amy Winehouse: Tears Dry On Their Own

2020-10-22 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Your Freudian’s Slipping

2020-10-21 elrichiboy Mayor Dee "Don't You Know Who I Am?" Margo, Elections, Ethics, Slider 2 comments

Here’s Mayor Dee Margo talking about his regime: Under his regime? Pol Pot had a regime. Stalin had a regime.

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Marilyn Manson: The Mephistopheles of Los Angeles

2020-10-20 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Retrovision: Amazon Is Coming

2020-10-20 elrichiboy Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Slider One comment

This article originally appeared on 26 July 2020. From the El Paso Times: Amazon, the giant online retailer, plans to open

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Are the Elections Fixed?

2020-10-20 elrichiboy Elections, Slider 2 comments

Sometimes it feels like they are. We need exit polls. Those kids from Coronado High School were conducting exit polls

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Retrovision: City of El Paso #1 for Certificates of Obligation Debt in Texas

2020-10-19 elrichiboy Certificates of Obligation, Cassandra Hernandez, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Elections, Henry Rivera, Sam Morgan, Slider, Taxes One comment

This article originally appeared on 12 February 2020. Woohoo! Yeah, the Miners suck, again, those poor dears. And people are

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