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  • Forget the Carpetbaggers. What about the Judases?

    2026-07-25 elrichiboy

    Say what you will about the carpetbaggers who come into El Paso and fleece the citizens and then move away. At least they have the

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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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City of Dust: Jicarilla, New Mexico

2020-04-15 John Mulhouse City of Dust Leave a comment

Almost Gone About seven miles south of Ancho, down an unexpectedly bumpy gravel county road (I’ve gotta learn to pay

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About J.P. Bryan

2020-04-15 elrichiboy The Arena, City Council, Peter Svarzbein, Slider, Taxes 7 comments

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPVNuRwOXsE District 1 City Representative Peter Svarzbein called J.P. Bryan a “Houston billionaire” during Monday’s City Council work session. Like

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Breaking News vs. Broken News

2020-04-13 elrichiboy Law Enforcement, Media, Slider 3 comments

The first person listed on the El Paso Times’ weekly feature, El Paso’s Most Wanted, is a 61 year-old man

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Sunday Matinee: Luis Buñuel’s El Rio y La Muerte

2020-04-12 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Dee Margo in His Own Words

2020-04-11 elrichiboy Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Slider, Taxes 3 comments

From the May 29, 2017, El Paso Inc.: [Mayoral candidate Dee Margo] says he’ll take what’s broken at City Hall

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Friday Short: The Beacon

2020-04-10 elrichiboy Friday Short, Sci Fi, Video Leave a comment
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Watching Our Wasteline

2020-04-10 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Public Transportation, Slider, Taxes 10 comments

The trolley’s not coming back. Right? The City will break it out for special events, like Chalk the Block. Maybe

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At Least They’re Honest About It

2020-04-09 elrichiboy Media, Slider Leave a comment

From the ElPasoMatters.org About Us page: Our organization retains full authority over editorial content to protect the best journalistic and

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Mmm, Salsa!

2020-04-06 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso 2 comments

I know you know how to make salsa, because there’s no wrong way to make salsa. Chiles, tomatoes, tomatillos, onion,

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Will Tommy G Self-Quarantine?

2020-04-03 elrichiboy Tommy Gonzalez, City Management, Slider 5 comments

Did you see the new directives for dealing with COVID-19? Especially this one? Except for Healthcare Operations in Section 5(c),

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We Should Fire Tommy Gonzalez

2020-04-02 elrichiboy Certificates of Obligation, City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 9 comments

He might be a nice guy. Maybe. He’s been here five years, and I’ve never heard anyone accuse him of

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Mingo Saldivar: Rueda de Fuego

2020-03-29 elrichiboy Music, Video Leave a comment
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Sunday Matinee: American Hot wax

2020-03-29 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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I Think I’ve Got the Coronavirus

2020-03-28 elrichiboy Slider 3 comments

On February 29th, I shook hands with someone who, unbeknownst to me, had just returned from Milan. A couple of

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Saturday Matinee: D.O.A.

2020-03-28 elrichiboy Movie Night Leave a comment
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Friday Matinee: Charlton Heston and Sofia Loren in El Cid

2020-03-27 elrichiboy Movie Night Leave a comment
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About That Gran Logia del Lobo

2020-03-26 elrichiboy City Management, Economic Development, Great Wolf Resorts, Sam Morgan, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

Joel and Dr. Sam “She just wouldn’t shut up” Morgan think that people from Juarez and Chihuahua City will support

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Israel is Snooping on Israeli Cellphones

2020-03-23 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

From the Guardian: Israel’s government has approved emergency measures to track people suspected or confirmed to have been infected with

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Sam Morgan is Full of Shit

2020-03-23 elrichiboy City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Great Wolf Resorts, Sam Morgan, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 8 comments

God Bless Him. At last Tuesday’s City Council meeting, Dr. Sam “She Just Wouldn’t Shut Up” Morgan claimed that the

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Sunday Matinee: Clark Gable and Loretta Young in the Call of the Wild

2020-03-22 elrichiboy Uncategorized One comment
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  • How Government Works
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