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  • Retrovision: Rat Park and Addiction

    2023-09-27 elrichiboy

    This post originally appeared on 04 September 2018. What are the factors that contribute to drug abuse and addiction? We are largely a country of

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  • An Open Letter to El Paso’s Mayor and City Council

    2023-09-25 Max Grossman

    from Max Grossman Dear Mayor and City Council, In 2017, the El Paso County Commissioners Court conducted an architectural survey of Downtown El Paso and

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  • City of El Paso Strategic Communications Director LAURA CRUZ-ACOSTA BARS MEDIA FROM INTERVIEWING CANDIDATES FOR POLICE CHIEF

    2023-09-19 Max Grossman

    by Max Grossman Those in our media who have had contact with the City’s Director of Strategic Communications, Laura Cruz-Acosta, will not be surprised to

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  • Bait and Switch

    2023-09-19 Rich Wright

    by Rich Wright From KTSM.com: The federal government plans to spend up to $700 million on an expansion of the international Bridge of the Americas

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  • TOTAL DEBT OF OUR FIVE TAXING ENTITIES EXCEEDS $5.1 BILLION!

    2023-09-19 Max Grossman

    by Max Grossman Our property tax consists of the combined levies of five local taxing entities. If you live within the El Paso Independent School District

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  • Us and Them

    2023-09-12 Rich Wright

    The problem with giving our “public servants” big salaries is that it changes who they are and who they serve. When you’re pulling down $100k

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  • COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR ATTACKS NON-PARTISAN PETITION

    2023-09-11 Max Grossman

    by Max Grossman Michael Apodaca, Chair of the El Paso County Democratic Party, issued a press release today attacking the non-partisan effort to recall City

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  • Cartels at the Border

    2023-09-08 Rich Wright

    Here’s an enlightening article about corruption at the border from the author of El Narco: Since the Department of Homeland Security was created in 2002,

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  • COUNTY VOTES 4-1 TO INCREASE PROPERTY TAX

    2023-08-28 Max Grossman

    by Max Grossman Today the County Commissioners Court voted 4-1 to increase the County property tax rate to $0.458889 per $100 of assessed value, which

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  • Rep. Cassandra Hernandez’ Letter of Reprimand Upheld by City’s Ethics Commission

    2023-08-24 Rich Wright

    by Rich Wright From ElPasoTimes.com: The Ethics Review Commission voted unanimously to reject a motion from El Paso city Rep. Cassandra Hernandez to reconsider the

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  • COUNTY VOTES FOR 16% SALARY INCREASE FOR COMMISSIONERS, UP 113% SINCE 2016

    2023-08-24 Max Grossman

    by Max Grossman Our County Commissioners Court consists of four Commissioners and a County Judge. In 2016, our four County Commissioners were paid $62,680 per

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  • HERNANDEZ’S HUSBAND FILED BAR COMPLAINT AGAINST ETHICS COMMISSION CHAIR!

    2023-08-22 Max Grossman

    by Max Grossman Adam Powell of the El Paso Times just published a report revealing that Jeremy Jordan, the husband of City Rep. Cassandra Hernandez,

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El Chuqueño Presents Almost Live for 2/8/23

2023-02-09 elrichiboy Almost Live!, Slider Leave a comment

Here’s the latest from the El Chuqueño podcast, Almost Live, with some talk about the AirBnB ordinance, and a brief

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This Is A Test

2023-02-07 elrichiboy Support El Chuqueño 4 comments

I upgraded my email sender, and I’m hoping that now all y’all that have signed up for emails will get

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“People Do Bad Things”

2023-02-03 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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The Delta Bombers – “Hey You Know You Wanna’

2023-02-02 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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I’ve Got a Secret

2023-02-01 elrichiboy Almost Live!, Slider Leave a comment

It’s a podcast. You can tune into El Chuqueño presents Almost Live, wherever you get your podcasts, like Spotify, or

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“Has humanity passed its zenith?”

2023-01-28 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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“Sympathy for the Dealer”

2023-01-27 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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“Killing Kelly”

2023-01-21 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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“Signal Dark”

2023-01-20 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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We Will Not Be Silenced

2023-01-19 elrichiboy Slider, Support El Chuqueño Leave a comment

It came to my attention yesterday that your favorite website was somehow compromised, and we’re not sending out emails after

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Tobacco in Mexico

2023-01-18 elrichiboy Juarez, Mexico, Slider 2 comments

Here’s one you didn’t see coming. From the New York Daily News: Mexico now bans smoking in hotels, beaches, parks

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“Dull and Dreary”

2023-01-17 elrichiboy El Paso Times Leave a comment

The El Paso Times is editorializing their weather forecast. Today, the Times described the weather as “Dull and Dreary”. Well,

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The New Feudalism

2023-01-17 elrichiboy Economic Development, El Paso Water, Slider, Urban Planning, Welfare for the Rich 2 comments

Water rates are going up again, for the eighth year in a row. From the El Paso Times: El Paso

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“The History of Rigged Super Bowls”

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“The Soft-Boiled Detective”

2023-01-13 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard in “The Cat and the Canary”

2023-01-08 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Bad Friend”

2023-01-07 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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Economic Development for the Few

2023-01-07 Rich Wright Economic Development, Slider, Taxes, The Arena, Welfare for the Rich 2 comments

Some of those arena advocates act like it’s our patriotic duty to support downtown development. “Economic development,” they say. “Fortune

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Did You Feel That Earthquake?

2023-01-03 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Politics, Slider 9 comments

My personal seismograph put the epicenter at City Hall. Damages haven’t been assessed yet, but I’m hoping it’s a lot.

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About the Arena

2023-01-03 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Economic Development, Economics, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, The Arena One comment

Advocates say we need the arena as an engine of economic development. That’s not how economic development works. If you

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