As I have been pointing out for some time now, Jaime Abeytia has become the go to person for politicians looking to control the public perception of issues. Ever since Michiel Noe was chastised by members of the community for his attempt to appoint Abeytia to the Hispanic Cultural Center sub-committee, some of the politicians […]
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Latest City Filing Against Stephanie Townsend Allala
Last Monday, the City of El Paso through its outside law firm, filed another brief with the Third Court of Appeals asking that Townsend Allala’s quest for the release of emails through her open records request be dismissed by the court. The city, through the taxpayer-funded lawsuit being handled by Denton Navarro, Rocha, Bernal, Hyde […]
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Stephanie Townsend Allala Email Update
UPDATE: (2:30am MT) I have now confirmed that the “direction” city council gave the City Attorney is to appeal to the 3rd Court of Appeals the judge’s order to retain jurisdiction over the Stephanie Townsend Allala’s case. The city’s action is only the second time an open records case is appealed in Texas, the first […]
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City Attorney Caught in Power Struggle
As you probably already know, the recent questions about Sylvia Firth-Borunda’s employee evaluation is nothing more than a power struggle between Oscar Leeser and some members of city council. However, it is important to note that this is speculation at this point. We are forced to speculate because the city is notorious for keeping relevant […]
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City Issues Press Release About Townsend-Allala Appeal
This City of El Paso issued a press release about an Appeals Court ruling on the pending case by Stephanie Townsend Allala in regards to emails that have not been released. Below is the press release. I have posted the court documents for your review. The links follow the press release. Press Release August 4, […]
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Third Court of Appeals Schedules Email Hearing
The Third Court of Appeals has scheduled a hearing to determine whether Stephanie Townsend Allala’s request for Steve Ortega’s emails will go forward. The appeals court has scheduled a hearing on the case for May 22, 2014. As usual, you won’t be reading about this important issue anywhere else because apparently the local new media […]
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Court Expected to Hear Arguments Today on Townsend-Allala Case
The ongoing case of Stephanie Townsend Allala’s quest for government transparency is expected to be heard today in court. As you know, Steve Ortega continues to refuse to release the public records in his possession and the city continues to pay an outside law firm to allow him to do that. According to city council […]
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Texas Tribune, Ballpark and Email Gate: Money Talks, Bullshit Walks
As you might remember, on August 28, 2013 I posted a blog titled “How Useful Idiots Manipulate Public Perception: Case Study David Karlsruher and MaxPowers”. In my blog post, I shared with you an example of how political operatives are used to manipulate public perception in order to control an outcome. As you probably also […]
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Stephanie Townsend Allala Email Update
As many of you already know the ongoing saga of the release of Steve Ortega’s and Cortney Niland’s emails continue to be delayed by the city. I have speculated in a previous post that the delay may have to do with the city floating the bonds to pay for the ballpark fiasco. Or, it could be […]
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The Oscar Leeser Political Faction
It is no secret that I am highly critical of the Veronica Escobar led public policy agenda currently in place. Although Escobar is the “face” of the public policy agenda the reality is that the public policy was put in place by Ray Caballero on the behest of others. No doubt that Foster and Hunt […]
