As you know by now, Larry Romero apparently resigned last Friday. The El Paso Times reported the resignation via Oscar Leeser’s office. According to the newspaper, the resignation is effective last Sunday, February 7, 2016. KFOX and KTSM quoted unnamed sources at the city as the source of the resignation. KVIA was unable to confirm […]
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County Releases Withheld Document to Me
Last Wednesday, February 2, 2016, the County released a document to me that they had withheld from an open records request that I had filed back on October of 2015. The document is a summary of the 407(f) Deferred Compensation Plan Agreement for Jim Valenti, that the county’s attorney had prepared. It was marked “Privileged […]
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Diversity in the Democrat Party
Right off the bat I am going to make clear that I am neither a Republican nor a Democrat. Invariably when I write about one political party or the other, party operatives jump in to argue that I am party blind. As a foreign citizen I cannot vote in the upcoming presidential election. That said, […]
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International Outsourcing Services Coupon Case Goes to Trial
Later this month, a jury is scheduled to begin hearing testimony in the International Outsourcing Services (IOS) coupon fraud case in Milwaukee. The company and various company executives, including CEO Thomas Balsiger, were indicted in March of 2007. Balsiger, like Bob Jones, was a darling with the city’s elite and politicos alike for many years. […]
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The Kate del Castillo Tequila Conspiracy
The underlining problem with the drug trafficking problem is the corruption. Most dialog about drug trafficking focuses on the public corruption in Mexico. Although sometimes acknowledged, for the most part, public corruption in the United States is often overlooked in the part that it plays in the consumption of illicit narcotics. However, one aspect that […]
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Veronica Escobar is at the Center of El Paso Scandals
When an FBI investigation dubbed Poisoned Pawns was launched it was focused on one individual and his scheme to defraud the federal government of federal dollars. By the time the dust settled, over 25 public officials went to jail or admitted guilt to public corruption. The avalanche started because one individual, Travis Ketner, panicked and […]
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Pope Visit Exposes El Paso Cultural War
The Pope’s upcoming visit to Cd. Juárez exposes the cultural war against Latinos/Hispanics that has been going on for a number of years now. What? El Paso is over 80% Hispanic, how can there be a war against Hispanics? The truth is that many Hispanics, some unknowingly, contribute to the class and cultural war that […]
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Claudia Ordaz Activated Her Public Relations Machine
As I expected, as soon as Claudia Ordaz got over the shock of the ethics complaint, she went into immediate damage control mode. As an experienced politico who has lived off of taxpayer monies almost from the moment she became an adult, she fully understands that it’s not about the facts but rather the public […]
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Ethics Complaint Filed Against Claudia Ordaz
On Tuesday, January 26, 2016, El Paso resident, Barbara Carrasco filed an ethics complaint against Claudia Ordaz. The ethics complaint is based on the text messages between Jose Landeros and Ordaz, that I shared with you last year in “Claudia Ordaz Receives Instructions During City Council Meeting” and “The Claudia Ordaz Text Messages”. The complaint […]
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The Financial Services Debacle is Actionable
There has been some recent commentary on the blogosphere in regards to the financial services contract debacle at the city. The commentary centers on the fact that Tommy Gonzalez stopped the process before the contract with First Southwest was cancelled. The notion is that no crime was committed because Gonzalez canceled the process before anyone […]