For as long as I can remember there has always been the undercurrent commentary and the crude jokes about “dirty” and “greasy” Mexicans. Not a day goes by when someone does not stereotype Mexicans as “lazy,” “dirty” or “gritty”. The City of El Paso even went so far as to pay a company to describe […]
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Michiel Noe Wants to Appoint Criminal
Let’s not mince words here, Jaime Abeytia is a criminal. As such, please don’t bother with the threats of defamation and libel suits that follow each time I point out he is a criminal. In October 2014, Abeytia pleaded guilty to his latest crime. He is currently on probation hoping to complete it in order […]
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Stephanie Townsend Allala is Owed an Apology
All those that argued that Stephanie Townsend Allala’s quest for government transparency was wrong owe her an apology. This is especially true of the El Paso Times masquerading as a newspaper who did not understand that allowing the Steve Ortega’s of the world to hide government records through legal subterfuge goes against the very fabric […]
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More Economic Indicators for El Paso
As many of you know, I have been documenting the many indicators for the El Paso economy that the politicians continue to gloss over or ignore. There are two more indicators that show exactly how bad the situation is in El Paso. Although the candidates for the upcoming elections are going to tell you how […]
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More Proof of Veronica Escobar’s End Game for Children’s Hospital
There are some of you that still do not believe me about what I believe to be Veronica Escobar’s end game with the El Paso Children’s Hospital. As you know, I believe that Escobar wants to keep the hospital as a separate private entity while having direct control over its budget. Keeping it a separate […]
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A Quick Note on the Blog Schedule for Today, Friday and Monday
There are many things going on in the political realm that I want to comment about on my blog. They range from the El Paso Children’s Hospital’s ongoing debacle, the upcoming elections and even the hygiene of people around the world, as well as terrorism. To accommodate the various issues I want to discuss I […]
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The El Paso Children’s Hospital End Game
As expected, the El Paso Children’s Hospital will continue to be a drain on the El Paso taxpayers. It has already been established beyond any doubt that the El Paso Children’s Hospital business model is not sustainable. In spite of this, and as I have been pointing out numerous times, Veronica Escobar has chosen to […]
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Is El Paso Children’s Hospital Violating HIPAA?
I was doing some last minute research for tomorrow’s article on the El Paso Children’s Hospital and UMC when I came across the children’s hospital Facebook page and I noticed something disturbing. There are hundreds of patient pictures on their Facebook account. As a stock photographer, I am always careful to get my subjects to […]
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More City Incompetence – Digie
I cannot argue that I am surprised because it has been my experience that anything put out by city council demonstrates incompetence at its best. On February 9, 2015, I shared with you how the city’s information technology department took the process of upgrading its website and turned it into a complete mess. It hasn’t […]
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The Hispanic Cultural Center Isn’t For Mexicans
It is a funny thing that the more things change the more they stay the same. Today city council is going to embark on the city’s latest fiasco by appointing a city board to oversee the development of a Latino/Hispanic/Mexican-American/And God Knows What Other Name It’s Going To Get Cultural Center. The conversation is an […]