Some of you may have noticed that all of a sudden Veronica Escobar is doing everything in her power to save the El Paso Children’s Hospital. This after the County had insinuated that the Medicaid debt might be too much for the County to absorb and after threatening to turn off all of the services. […]
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Why the Sudden Rush to Save the Children's Hospital?
Some of you may have noticed that all of a sudden Veronica Escobar is doing everything in her power to save the El Paso Children’s Hospital. This after the County had insinuated that the Medicaid debt might be too much for the County to absorb and after threatening to turn off all of the services. […]
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Donald Trump Lied at the CNN Debates
There are no two ways about it Donald Trump misrepresented the facts about birthright citizenship in Mexico during the September 16, 2015 Republican debates. Whether he did it intentionally or he does not know the facts, the end result is that it is impossible to hold an honest debate about immigration when there is so […]
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A Reader is Upset About My Grammar
Apparently, I have a knack of upsetting many individuals that read my blog for many different reasons. Obviously, upsetting politicos is part of the blogging game. That comes with the territory. Upsetting readers is something a blogger does not like to do because it is the readers that keep the blog going. However, upsetting readers […]
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Texas Health Department Objects to Children’s Reorganization Plan
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission filed an objection with the bankruptcy court yesterday in regards to the El Paso Children’s Hospital. As you know, today is the deadline the county commissioners gave the children’s hospital to accept the county’s proposal to have UMC take over the children’s hospital. The deadline is necessary because […]
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Change.org Petition to Commissioners Court and Others
This past weekend a frequent reader to my blog pointed me to an online petition by a group calling themselves the “ELP Tax Guardians.” I am not sure who they are but their petition had close to their stated goal of 200 signatures yesterday morning. This is about three days after the petition had been […]
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The Miguel Fernandez DWI Arrest
As I have been showing you for a number of years, there are two classes of people in El Paso. You have the well-connected individuals that receive special treatment from law enforcement and the judiciary and the rest of the citizens. Ann Morgan Lilly is an example of the special class of citizen. As you […]
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El Paso Children’s Hospital Debtor’s Plan
As many of you know, the El Paso Children’s Hospital filed its “Debtor’s Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization” late Wednesday night, the filing deadline. The news media has both reported the gist of the plan and has used former bankruptcy trustee and attorney, Andy Krafsur, to opine on the plan for the news media. Many […]
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Time for Immigrants to Stand Up and Be Counted
Those of you into national politics probably watched or have already heard about the Republican debates last night. As you likely know, immigration played an important part in the debate. Immigration will, as always, be part of the political debates up until election night. Contrary to the notion that Donald Trump has made immigration a […]
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Michiel Noe Innuendo
As you know, city representatives discussed ethics yesterday at city council. The issue of Larry Romero’s streets was glossed over with Romero remaining quiet during the discussion. Claudia Ordaz, for her part, took the opportunity to take back control of the discussion. Ordaz used the opportunity to drive home the point that she set precedent […]