In the last two days I have demonstrated to you how a cover up is underway to protect certain individuals. A cover up requires an outlet to distract you by focusing your attention on one of the issues to keep you from asking the important questions. As you know, the El Paso Times has been […]
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The 2015 Cover Up
As I wrote yesterday, if you are not looking closely you might be missing the ongoing cover up being perpetuated against you by some city officials. The most important scandal, the $22 million, is cleverly being hidden behind the “Luther Jonesing” of Larry Romero and of Tommy Gonzalez. “Luther Jonesing,” as I am using it […]
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2015 Cover Up: Luther Jonesing Tommy Gonzalez
“I am going to Luther Jones you.” That is a comment I frequently hear. It is in reference to the notion that Luther Jones was targeted by certain individuals in the community in order to remove an obstacle to their public agenda. I have previously written about how certain individuals are targeted for scrutiny while […]
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NAFTA Metrics
When NAFTA was first announced I started organizing my business to take advantage of it. I was also, and continue to be, a strong advocate of Mexico’s global business realignment that was initiated under the administrations of Carlos Salinas de Gortari and George W.H. Bush which resulted in NAFTA and all of the other trade […]
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El Paso Scandals 2015
It should not be a surprise to anyone that El Paso is facing various scandals at the same time, although they are hard to discern because, typically, the news media uses sensational headlines to grab your attention, thus distracting you from the details. Larry Romero is the de ‘jour flavor but in reality there is […]
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Lowest Responsible Bidder
Last week, city council spent some time discussing a copier contract. The city was intending to award a copier services provider contract to a national provider. The local provider, Spectrum Imaging, was objecting to the award of the contract on the basis of being a local company. The difference in price was about $90 a […]
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Gun Control, Terrorism and the San Bernardino Shooting
The facts are not fully known yet, but the gun control advocates are already all over the news media calling for gun control as a result of Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik killing at least 14 individuals and wounding of many more on December 2, 2015. We also have the xenophobes circling the wagons […]
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City to Vote on Outside Investigation and the Release of the Reports
As many of you know, city council is set to vote tomorrow on whether to authorize an outside investigator to investigate how the attempt to terminate First Southwest’s contract came about. The city also released three reports last week. The first one, the Norton Rose Fulbright report was released on December 2, 2015. On December […]
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Selective Coverage by the El Paso Times
As many of you know, the El Paso Times has been focused on Larry Romero and his questionable activities as a city representative. The local newspaper has gone so far as to publish an editorial asking for Romero to step down. You likely know that I am not fan of Bob Moore’s brand of journalism […]
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The $28 Million Question
[This article was edited on December 3, 2015 at 08:37ET to correct typographical error in the amount of the loss] Thanks to KVIA’s reporting we now know that the city taxpayers have been saddled with a $22 million loss on the sales of the bonds to pay for the ballpark. Yes, I am aware that […]