Some of you may be aware that former KVIA sports anchor Paul Cicala created a firestorm over one of his Twitter posts this past weekend. Cicala left El Paso on August 15, 2013. Currently, Paul Cicala is the sports anchor for Tucson’s KVOA. As some of you may know, on Thursday, June 2, 2016, Paul […]
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The Mexican Bogeyman
I was stressed out after sitting in the car for over two hours waiting to cross into the US. It was about the middle of December of 1983 and like always, I was apprehensive about the type of immigration official I would encounter this time around. Of course, the two hours of breathing automobile smog […]
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The Donald Trump University Fraud
Today’s post is going to be short and to the point. As you know by now, Donald Trump launched a so-called university to teach real estate investing schemes to subscribers. The “university” existed from 2005 through about 2010. In its short time in existence, the school collected many complaints from students who took the courses. […]
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The Trouble for Donald Trump and his Support by the Border Patrol Union
Donald Trump happily tweeted the endorsement he received by the National Border Patrol Council on Memorial Day 2016. Never mind that the endorsement was extremely controversial from within the rank-and-file of the agents that makeup the membership of the union. Many of the agents have expressed their displeasure at their leadership for making the endorsement. […]
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5 Reasons Hillary Clinton Cannot be President
On May 25, 2016, a State Department Inspector General report that was leaked to the Associated Press was reported on by several news media outlets. Many of you are aware of the controversy surrounding Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server from which she received and transmitted government emails while she was at the […]
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Connecting the Cortinas Dots
As you all know, I like to connect the political and corrupt dots for you. In today’s edition I am going to show you how engrained the political system is in El Paso. It involves a family that is well-connected politically and how the local political system enables the many problems the community faces. There […]
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Joyce Wilson Won a Victory Last Tuesday
Last Tuesday, two incumbent candidates pulled off the unlikely win over their opponents in their respective runoff races. Conventional wisdom holds that incumbents forced into a runoff election are unlikely to keep their office. Jaime Esparza pulled off the unlikely win and remains the District Attorney for El Paso. Although not a candidate for office, […]
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Uber and the Hypocrisy of Politics – Local Government Economic Policies
Yesterday, I shared with you how Uber drivers perform the majority of the work and pay for the privilege. As I pointed out to you yesterday, Uber does not pay wages or benefits to its drivers. The drivers pay for their own cars and their own insurance as well as their gasoline. From there, any […]
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Uber and the Hypocrisy of Politics
Let me start out this post by letting you know that I generate my income based on the exact same business model as Uber. As such, this post is not an indictment of the Uber business model, but rather to point out the hypocrisy of those politically advocating for Uber. The problem lies in the […]
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A Look at Information Stored About You in Databases
Most of us are aware that police departments and security services collect much information about us. Some of us even understand that social media and our online activities are a treasure trove for law enforcement. It is one thing to know that your personal information resides in law enforcement accessible databases, but to see it […]