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  • The 13th Anniversary of the Killing of Daniel Saenz

    2026-03-08 Rich Wright

    Today is the 13th anniversary of the day that El Paso Police Department Officer Jose Flores shot and killed the handcuffed prisoner Daniel Saenz in

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  • Lucille Ball in “The Dark Corner”

    2026-03-08 elrichiboy
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  • Puerto Vallarta Travel Log, Part Two: Preface and Postscript to “Black Sunday”

    2026-03-07 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson On a recent sunny day, tourists and locals on Puerto Vallarta’s ocean front boardwalk, the Malecon, watched intensely as a Mexican navy

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  • The Biggest Campaign of the Season

    2026-03-02 Rich Wright

    The biggest campaign of this election season isn’t taking place by any candidate on the ballot. The President of the University of Texas at El

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  • Economic Undevelopment

    2026-02-25 Rich Wright

    According to ElDiario.mx, El Paso lost 750 jobs in the last four months of 2025. Juarez lost 17,000 maquila jobs in all of 2025. That

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  • Puerto Vallarta Travel Log, Part One: Hurricane Mencho

    2026-02-23 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Fear, hunger, thirst and uncertainty. That’s what folks in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco lived through on February 22, now undoubtedly one of the

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  • “Where Texas Begins”

    2026-02-21 Rich Wright

    The latest (several years old) tagline from Visit El Paso/the Convention and Visitors Center/Destination El Paso appears to be “Where Texas Begins”. Of course Texas

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  • Charles Boyer and Lauren Bacall in “Confidential Agent”

    2026-02-15 elrichiboy
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  • “You’re Fired!”

    2026-02-14 Rich Wright

    Remember when Donald Trump’s tagline was “You’re fired!” One might think that he’d be pulling that old standard out again, what with the clown car

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  • “YEMEN: A Forgotten Earth Where Time Still Breathes”

    2026-02-14 elrichiboy
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  • “Love in a Man’s World”

    2026-02-08 elrichiboy
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  • Mexico: Where Women Increasingly Rule

    2026-02-07 Kent Paterson

    by Kent Paterson In case you haven’t noticed, political power in Mexico is increasingly in the hands of women. That reality was proudly stated by

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Fake News: “El Paso Has the Second Highest Homestead Tax Rate in the U.S.”

2020-02-25 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez One comment

A lot of people have been saying that El Paso has the second highest homestead tax rate in the country,

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Paul Foster Likes the Arena

2020-02-25 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Cost of Living, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 5 comments

The El Paso Inc. ran a story about the restoration of the Plaza Hotel this weekend. That renovation was undertaken

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Sunday Matinee: Ingmar Bergman’s Persona

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Is the City’s Strategic Plan Working for You?

2020-02-21 elrichiboy Certificates of Obligation, City Council, City Management, Cost of Living, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Downtown, Economic Development, Jessica Herrera, Slider, TIRZs, Tommy Gonzalez 5 comments

In 2012, the City of El Paso began implementing a strategic plan to foster economic development in the area. According

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Campaign Finance Shenanigans

2020-02-20 elrichiboy Corruption, Elections, Ethics, Slider One comment

Those nice guys at The Forma Group lent almost $7,000 to their client Debbie Torres for her District 6 runoff

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Documentary: Collapse

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Inti Illimani: La Partida

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Relationship Advice for the City of El Paso

2020-02-17 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development, Slider 4 comments

Dear City of El Paso, I get it. You’ve been dumped. Boeing left you for Huntsville, Alabama, and Huntsville doesn’t

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Sunday Matinee: John Ford’s My Darling Clementine

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Retrovision: Is El Paso City Government a Secret Public/Private Partnership?

2020-02-14 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Public Private Partnerships, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

This article originally appeared on 27 November 2017. I updated the chart to show the most recent available from the

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Friday Short: Le Boche

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Amigo the Devil: Hell and You

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

2020-02-12 elrichiboy Certificates of Obligation, City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

Woohoo! Yeah, the Miners suck, again, those poor dears. And people are running away from El Paso like it’s on

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The Rise and Fall of Jeffrey Epstein: The Story of How He Didn’t Kill Himself

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No Pro Sports in the Arena?

2020-02-11 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Downtown, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Taxes, The Arena, Tommy Gonzalez 7 comments

Didn’t you think that the proposed downtown arena was for professional sports? Wasn’t there a lot of talk about an

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Betty Boop: Riding the Rails

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Someday Matinee: Hedy Lamarr in The Female Animal

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City To Give $2.4 Million in Cash to Fund Downtown Apartments

2020-02-07 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Downtown, Public Private Partnerships, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich 2 comments

From the El Paso Times: Downtown El Paso’s slow-to-grow housing market is getting a new addition when a 13-story office

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Friday Short: Box 616

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MCAD, Parks, and Libraries to Merge?

2020-02-06 elrichiboy City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Public Private Partnerships, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 3 comments

That’s the latest rumor to emanate from the bowels of City Hall. According to the rumor, the City of El

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