First of all, I want to thank each of you for supporting my blog by your thoughtful comments, suggestions, participation and encouragement. I also want to tie up a few lose ends today and clear up some misconceptions. Before I do that, I want to thank Abel Rodriguez for having me on his Dialogue radio […]
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County Elected Give Themselves a Raise
The problem with Veronica Escobar and Vince Perez is that they believe that an elected position is a career. That is why they voted themselves a raise. Yes, I know that Veronica Escobar voted against a raise for herself, but that is just a “wink, wink” deal to allow her to say she didn’t vote […]
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The Melania Trump Immigration Controversy
Here is the deal, Melania Trump is not running for office but she inserted herself into the fray by telling us, immigrants, that we should do it the “right way”. In addition, her husband, Donald Trump has made immigration the center piece of his presidential campaign platform. This, and the fact that Melania Trump is […]
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El Paso Police Twitter Team Unblocked Me
Those of you that follow my blog regularly know that I and other individuals were recently blocked by the individuals managing the official Twitter account for the El Paso Police Department. As you may know, my blog Twitter account was blocked by the team managing the police department. A few days ago I found out […]
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Ted Cruz Asked to Intervene on UMC Official
As some of you who regularly read my blog know, I have been following the development of Miguel Fernandez’s DWI arrest (link) and serious criminal and fraud allegations against his company Transtelco. Fernandez was appointed to the UMC board by Vince Perez. His DWI case is still pending in court. The other more serious issue […]
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I Need Your Help to Force Veronica Escobar to Release Public Records
As you all likely know, last week I revealed to you how Veronica Escobar has unilaterally decided that any emails, text messages or any other communications on her private devices regarding the letter to repudiate El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen are not public information. Some of you may have seen the August 4 coverage […]
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Melania Trump Illegally in the Country?
Those of you that support Donald Trump are likely yelling at your computer screens that even if Melania Trump lied about her immigration status that doesn’t mean she is illegally in the country today. But it does. If Melania Trump lied on her “green card” application that would make her resident alien status null and […]
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Veronica Escobar’s Letter About Greg Allen Was Political
During the last two days I have been exploring Veronica Escobar’s stance in her refusal to release text messages and other communications she exchanged between other elected officials about El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen. Escobar has now taken the stance that she, alone, is the only qualified individual to determine what communications are personal […]
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Veronica Escobar Decides That She is the Only Qualified Person to Determine Whether Her Email is Subject to Open Records
Yesterday I gave you an example of how an email between two elected officials; actually Donald Trump has not been elected yet, but roll with me, and pretend that he has. As you likely surmised by now, Veronica Escobar is the elected official that has decided that she is the only judge of what is […]
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Open Records Dilemma – A Three-part Investigation
As many of you know, I have been having an ongoing issue with the City of El Paso and how they handle open records requests. I am not the only one, as other bloggers and even the El Paso Times has documented instances where the city has failed in its obligations towards transparency. I have […]