As most of you know, late last year, the El Paso city council contracted Ross Fischer to report on the various issues surrounding the aborted attempt to replace the financial advisors for the city. You also likely know that city council discussed Tommy Gonzalez in executive session yesterday. With all of the controversies surrounding Larry […]
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Judicial Watch Lies About Immigrant Terrorism for Money
Judicial Watch prides itself as a conservative foundation fighting for “accountability and integrity in law, politics and government,” but apparently integrity with facts is not part of its repertoire. Like all other self-serving organizations looking to line their pockets with gullible supporters, Judicial Watch does not let a little thing like facts get in the […]
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Draft Kings and Fan Duel Illegal in Texas According to AG
On January 19, 2015, the Texas Attorney General published an opinion stating that online fantasy sports gambling is illegal in Texas. Those of you into fantasy sports can rest easy if you gamble privately among your friends. Office pools are technically legal as long as it is a private affair. However, the Texas Attorney General […]
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Texas Attorney Rules in Favor of the County
As some of you might remember, late last year I submitted an open records request to the County asking for information about how the County arrived at selecting the board members they nominated for the reconstituted Children’s Hospital. In my article, “The Nominating Process for El Paso Children’s Board Appointments” I shared with you the […]
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Chapo Guzman in His Own Words
On January 12, 2016, Rolling Stone Magazine published the full length video of Chapo Guzmán answering Sean Penn’s questions. The full-length video is 17-minutes long. Although Rolling Stone Magazine included English subtitles, there are few mistranslations that I believe did not completely catch the gist of what Guzmán meant with his response. In addition, although […]
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City Meetings Every Other Week is a Corruption Tool
As you may have noticed recently, I haven’t been writing much about local El Paso politics. In regards to county issues, the children’s hospital continues to be burden upon the taxpayers. That will not change in the near future and therefore there is nothing more I can add to that dialog. Veronica Escobar and cohorts […]
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The Almighty Dollar, Kate del Castillo, Sean Penn and Corruption
In El Paso, Texas, the border region and throughout Mexico corruption has created a human condition that is unacceptable to the community. Corruption is so engrained in the psyche of the residents that it is not recognized for what it is. Some parts of Mexico have begun to realize that corruption needs to be eradicated […]
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Should Sean Penn be Worried?
As you know, the Mexican government has acknowledged that it was Kate del Castillo’s infatuation with El Chapo Guzmán and ultimately Sean Penn’s trek to meet with the drug kingpin that ultimately led to his capture. As we have been exploring on my blog recently, Guzmán is on track to be extradited to the United […]
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Mexico Opens Up on Chapo
In an unprecedented move, the Mexican government has been very open about the tracking, arrest and incarceration of Joaquín “Chapo” Guzmán since he was arrested last week. Guzmán was arrested on January 8, 2016. By Monday, the Mexican government was signaling its willingness to extradite Guzmán to the United States. Not only has the Mexican […]
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Mexican Immigration and Radical Muslim Terrorism – Part 2 of 2
Mexican Immigration and Radical Muslim Terrorism – Part 2 of 2 Do the facts support a US/Mexico Border Threat? Part 2 of 2 Yesterday I shared with you my analysis of the 9/11 terrorists and showed you that none had entered the United States through the US/Mexico border. However, there are many anti-immigrant proponents that […]