Today, city council is once again expected to revisit the continued saga of their refusal to release the emails requested by Stephanie Townsend Allala. As is normal for the city, who continues to ignore the will of the voters, the session will both be behind closed doors, in Executive Session, and it will cost the […]
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The Anatomy of the Corruption Con Job
For years we have always heard how corruption in El Paso is rampant and the corruptors always seem to get away with it. Some celebrated when the much touted public corruption cases were launched in El Paso in 2004. Many celebrated as politicians and businessmen were handcuffed and led off to jail. And when the […]
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Lily Limon Silence Only Serves To Keep the Public in the Dark
One of the problems with the political process is that many people live in a culture of fear that allows other people to manipulate them. Living within the culture of fear does not allow an individual to decide on their own on how to handle a given situation because other people are advising them on […]
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El Paso Open Records: City Incompetence or More?
Anybody interested in government transparency at the City of El Paso should take a moment to read my experience with the open records process at the city. And, no this is not about David Karlsruher. His parent’s company just happened to be the mechanism that led me to question the city’s competence and sincerity when […]
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Dissecting A Disinformation Campaign
The problem with useful idiots is that their job is to create propaganda for the benefit of those they serve. In doing so the truth is just an inconvenient obstacle that they always ignore. Case in point; two weeks ago, a Veronica Escobar political operative sent in a reader letter to the El Paso Times, […]
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Small businessman fights back against political faction that hurt his business
James Armstrong owner and operator of the Three Legged Monkey who has been waging a battle with City Hall to keep his business operating has launched a Political Action Committee to promote voting anyone but Steve Ortega for the city’s mayor in the May elections. In a telephone interview on April 15, 2013, coincidently tax […]
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More On El Paso Media Incompetence
In yesterday’s post I had to pretend to be a news reporter in order to bring you up to date on the latest in regards to the Stephanie Townsend Allala’s open records request. Many of you complain about my constant criticism of the El Paso local news media outlets, however political commentary is about discussing […]
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Open Records Confusion and is the City About to Release the Private Emails?
Later today, city council is expected to discuss the status of the lawsuit the City of El Paso filed against the Texas Attorney General’s Office after it opined that the city should release the private emails requested by Stephanie Townsend Allala and others. There is no question that the Chucoleaks website has provided enlightening information […]
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The Motives of Useful Idiot David Karlsruher
I have been writing consistently about the people who are driving public policy in El Paso and how they have been relying on various levels of useful idiots to manipulate public perception with the help of an incompetent news media. The political undercurrent they create is designed to manipulate the electorate into voting into office those who […]
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Clearly The Voters are Angry
There is no two ways about it, El Paso voters clearly do not want Steve Ortega’s brand of a new El Paso. Much will be debated in the coming days about what the results actually mean. What we do know, by the May results, was that the electorate was angry. This was surely a surprise […]
