Last month, on April 8, to be exact, I shared with you the results of my open records request looking into who had lied about the Cathedral High School traffic calming devices. As you might remember, Larry Romero wrote in his response to Ross Fischer’s question about the devices that he had sent Cortney Niland […]
Posted inPolitics
Political Campaigning on Your Tax Dollars
It comes up every election cycle and like always the politicos find a way to pretend there is nothing wrong with being paid with tax dollars and campaigning at the same time. It is always the same argument based on the fallacy of an “exempt” employee. As a business owner, I understand that there are […]
Posted inPolitics
A Look at How Public Personas are Manufactured
One of the reasons that I keep my blog going is that there is a lack of historical context about the politics in El Paso that allows certain political factions to build, cultivate and create public personas for future political races. I have previously shown you how individuals, like Veronica Escobar, are allowed to be […]
Posted inNews Desk
Candidate Dossier: Angel del Toro
Name: Angel del Toro Date of Birth: 10/27/1949 (66) Education: Unknown Occupation: retired from the Federal Reserve Bank, worked as a financial analyst Home address: 2806 Pierce Ave. El Paso, Texas 79930 Length of time in district: 38 years and 2 months Email address: deltoro916@msn.com Telephone: +1 915 562 7702 Campaign Information: Treasurer: Margarita del […]
Posted inNews Desk
Candidate Dossier: Rene Abilez
Name: Rene Abilez Date of Birth: 01/03/1969 (47) Education: Bachelor of Arts from UTEP, 2009, working on a Masters of Arts at UTEP, expected 2018 Occupation: Substitute teacher Home address: 3400 Olympic Ave. El Paso, Texas 79904 Length of time in district: 9 years and 3 months Email address: abilez2016@gmail.com Telephone: +1 915 474 6127 […]
Posted inPolitics
The Story the El Paso Times Refuses to Report
Something politically important happened yesterday at city hall but if you read the El Paso Times you won’t know about it. That is because Bob Moore selectively targets certain politicos, like Larry Romero and certain officials like Tommy Gonzalez, but protects others like Claudia Ordaz. It doesn’t matter what you believe about the Jose Landeros […]
Posted inNews Desk
Candidate Dossier: Jim Hudson Tolbert
Name: Jim Hudson Tolbert Date of Birth: 12/16/1952 (63) Education: BS.Ed from Texas Tech University, 1975 Occupation: Sales representative Home address: 2701 Frankfort Ave. El Paso, Texas 79930 Length of time in district: 9 years and 6 months Email address: diegotolbert@gmail.com Telephone: +1 915 525 7364 Campaign Information: Treasurer: Richard C. Bonart Campaign address: Campaign […]
Posted inIdentity
The Arithmetic of the Affordable Health Care Act
Like many of you, I paid my taxes yesterday. In addition to the taxes that I owed, I also paid a tax, or fine, however you want to look at it, for not having health insurance. The Affordable Health Act, or Obama Care is one of those government imposed requirements that are meant to cure […]
Posted inNews Desk
Candidate Dossier: David Nevarez
Name: David Nevarez Date of Birth: 05/15/1965 (50) Education: Unknown Occupation: disabled combat veteran Home address: 3424 Fillmore Avenue El Paso, Texas 79930 Length of time in district: 18 years Email address: rregalado_98@yahoo.com Telephone: +1 915 772 7583 Campaign Information: Treasurer: Sandra Nevarez Campaign address: Campaign telephone: Campaign facsimile: Campaign website: http://www.davidforelpaso.com/ Campaign social media: https://www.facebook.com/david.nevarez0431 […]
Posted inNews Desk
Candidate Dossier: Gordon Ray Thatcher
Name: Gordon Ray Thatcher Date of Birth: 12/10/1967 (48) Education: Unknown Occupation: retired from US Army Home address: 3311 Garnet Drive El Paso, Texas 79904 Length of time in district: 7 months Email address: gordon.thatcher@gmail.com Telephone: +1 915 234 8739 Campaign Information: Treasurer: Austin L Thatcher Campaign address: Campaign telephone: Campaign facsimile: Campaign website: Campaign social media: Criminal […]