In addition to the Steve Norwood open records request, I also submitted an open records request asking for documents pertaining to Jim Valenti’s retirement as the UMC chief. As you likely know, Jim Valenti effectively tendered his resignation on October 5, 2015 by announcing that he will not be seeking an extension to his current […]
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The Almighty Dollar and Donald Trump
As you likely know, barring a last minute change, Donald Trump is expected to host Saturday Night Live on NBC tomorrow. Several activists have delivered over 500,000 signatures demanding that Trump be removed as the host of SNL. As an immigrant I have been disheartened at the message that mainstream US citizens deliver through the […]
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Commentary on the Steve Norwood Firing
By now you have probably had an opportunity to view the open records documents I posted yesterday about the firing of Steve Norwood. As you likely know, Steve Norwood is the county’s first County Manager. He was fired last month for absences and tardiness. I am frequently critical of Veronica Escobar’s expenditure of your tax […]
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Open Records Show Reasons for the Termination of Steve Norwood
On October 9, 2015, I submitted an open records request to the county commissioners asking for communications and documents in regards to Steve Norwood’s termination as the county’s first County Administrator. A frequent reader that wishes to remain anonymous had suggested that I submit the request. On Monday, November 3, 2015, I received about 130 […]
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Water Shenanigans
The El Paso Inc. had an article about your water rates going up, at least for the next two years, in its latest edition. El Paso officials love to remind everyone in El Paso that El Paso is in the desert and as such, water is expensive to deliver. Some of you may remember the […]
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The Failure of the City Manager Form of Government in El Paso
When the city of El Paso voted to convert themselves into a city manager type of government, removing the administrative duties from the city council and giving it to a city manager, the proponents celebrated that El Paso was on the verge of moving away from corrupt practices into a city governed by professionals. The […]
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More Examples Demonstrating That El Paso is a Narco-City
[This post was updated on November 20, 2015 at 11:30am ET to correct and clarify some of the information presented.] For some time now I have been writing about the corruption in El Paso. One of the questions I most often get is where did the corruption originate from? Is it a Mexican thing invariable pops […]
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YISD Officials Respond to Jaime Abeytia’s Part in the Bond
There is no doubt in my mind that my blog post about Jaime Abeytia’s work for the Ysleta Teachers Association, in support of passing the $430.5 million Ysleta bond, has led to much public discussion about the appropriateness of a criminal working to increase the taxes for the Ysleta taxpayers. In response to my post, […]
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Jose Rodriguez and Guns
I am sure not many of you are surprised that Jose Rodriguez is against guns. As you likely know, Jose Rodriguez has recently been on the news media circuit advocating against guns on campuses. I am not going to argue for, or against guns because many, if not all, of the politically active voters have […]
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Everybody Universally Agrees El Paso Children’s is a Scam
There is one thing that the taxpayers of El Paso may want to celebrate and that is that at least everyone now knows that the El Paso Children’s Hospital is a scam. There was on article in the local newspaper by Marty Schladen titled, “Children’s bankruptcy settlement debated” that was published on Saturday, October 24, […]