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  • The History and Geography of Cartels in Juarez

    2025-08-08 Rich Wright

    Here’s an insightful portrait of the criminal organizations in Ciudad Juarez, their histories, and their geographic domains, from InsightCrime.org1: If you ask most Juarenses, “the

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  • What Redistricting Means to El Paso

    2025-08-07 Rich Wright

    From KTSM.com: The El Paso City Council has officially taken a stance to oppose Texas Republican legislators’ proposed redistricting map. . . . Republicans’ proposed

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  • “Liminal Spaces: A Border Dialogue” Art Opening This Friday

    2025-08-06 elrichiboy
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  • Let’s Put the Deck Park to a Vote

    2025-08-04 Rich Wright

    Isn’t that the way things get decided in a democracy? I know, elections are expensive, but not as expensive as a $400 million deck park.

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  • “Trapped”

    2025-08-03 elrichiboy
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  • “Bolivia: La vida en las nubes | Las carreteras más peligrosas del mundo”

    2025-08-02 elrichiboy
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  • The “Notorious NARCOTIC Smuggler” La Nacha: The El Paso Years

    2025-07-31 Bob Chessey

    So, “Who was ‘La Nacha’?” For 50 years “La Nacha” remained a name synonymous with Juarez and opiate trafficking, a woman who rose to become

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  • Garbage Revisited

    2025-07-29 Rich Wright

    Don’t you imagine that the City’s Environmental Services Department would love to get its hands on the local dumpster services? The ESD is one of

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  • The Opportunity Costs of the Deck Park

    2025-07-28 Rich Wright

    The estimated cost of the deck park is more than $400 million before it’s done. The initial phase is projected to cost $207 million, just

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  • El Paso Matters Can’t Be Bought Cheap

    2025-07-24 Rich Wright

    An email I received from District 3 Representative Deanna M. Rocha contained this nugget: The City of El Paso proudly recognized El Paso Matters with

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  • Sunwest Seafood Sales

    2025-07-23 elrichiboy

    Fresh Seafood at Wholesale Prices A hundred oysters for $100. Yeah, I know, who can eat a hundred oysters? Well, me and the missus can,

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  • Retrovision: I Could Tolerate the Deck Park, Maybe

    2025-07-22 Rich Wright

    This post originally appeared on 23 November, 2021. I could tolerate the deck park, maybe, if the plans didn’t include widening the freeway, and increasing

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“Camp Hollywood: Wannabe Stars in a No-Star Hotel”

2024-10-05 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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It’s Better to Hire a Legislator Than a Lobbyist

2024-10-02 Rich Wright Deck Park, El Paso Delegation, Ethics, Joe Moody, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, TxDOT, Widening I-10 2 comments

For the person doing the hiring. Not for the legislator’s constituents. District 78 State Representative Joe Moody’s day job is

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City Elections Candidate Forum

2024-10-01 Rich Wright City Council, Elections, Gassandrgate, Slider 2 comments

El Pasoans will select six City Council Representatives and a Mayor in the General Election taking place on November 5.

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The Storms and Spirits of Mexican September

2024-09-30 Kent Paterson History, Juarez, Mexico, Slider 2 comments

By Kent Paterson In Mexico, September boasts many historic dates with reverberations that continue shaping the nation today. Besides the

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“So Dark the Night”

2024-09-29 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Coca Cola’s Recycling Scandal”

2024-09-28 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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“Why the rich get richer and the poor get poorer | Us & Them”

2024-09-21 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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“He sued [El Paso] police for an illegal arrest – then they came after him”

2024-09-18 elrichiboy City Management, Dionne Mack, El Paso Police Department, Law Enforcement, Slider Leave a comment
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Marlene Dietrich and John Wayne in “Café of the Seven Sinners”

2024-09-15 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Gentrification and Income Inequality in Oaxaca

2024-09-12 elrichiboy Economic Development, Slider 2 comments

The benefits of “economic development” are unequally distributed. Sound familiar? Here’s a story bout that theme, and censorship, and tourism

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Green Screen B-Roll El Paso

2024-09-11 elrichiboy Movie Night 2 comments

El Paso is prominently featured in this 2022 movie starring Liam Neeson.

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“Moontide”

2024-09-08 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“The Viking Invasions of Ireland, 795-1014: The Complete History”

2024-09-07 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Anti Onward Alameda Press Conference

2024-09-04 elrichiboy City Management, Culture, Welfare for the Rich Leave a comment

On July 15,2022, I wrote about the Onward Alamedo project here. “The city has another project on the burner called

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“Papa Was A Rolling Stone”

2024-09-03 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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“The Dark Past”

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“The man of the cliffs”

2024-08-31 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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BOHICA

2024-08-29 Rich Wright Commissioners Court, Deck Park, Ricardo Samaniego, Slider 4 comments

If you liked the way the ballpark deal went down, you’re going to love the deck park. From CBS4Local.com: On

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Movin’ On Up

2024-08-28 elrichiboy Borderplex Alliance, News 3 comments

Rolando Pablos, the former CEO of the Borderplex Alliance, and former Texas Secretary of State, and maybe he had some

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“The City of El Paso’s Inflection Point and Public Safety Dilemma”

2024-08-28 Rich Wright El Paso Fire Department, El Paso Police Department, Slider Leave a comment

If you listen to all the politicians running for office, Public Safety is one of the top concerns for all

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