On Friday, the UMC board ostensibly met to evaluate Jim Valenti’s latest conduct and to manage the public relations fiasco they are in currently. Jim Valenti lied to the taxpayers of the community and yet he remains on the job. This is because what is unraveling before you is a battle for control of the […]
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What Have Mexicans Done for the US
Whenever the discussion about immigration comes up there is always a retort from someone challenging me to tell them what has Mexico ever done for the United States, or Mexicans for that matter. One commenter in particular asked what has “Mexico or Mexicans ever done for the world that anyone cares about?” The answer is […]
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City Payments to Outside Law Firms
The recent public debacle between city council and the city attorney’s office led me to file open records requests asking for information for amounts paid to outside law firms for legal work for the city. As expected, the largest expenditure paid by the taxpayers to outside law firms involves the issue regarding emails and open […]
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The Bracero Project
bra•cer•o noun /brəˈserˌō/ one who works with his hands. Mexican immigrants have occupied an important part of the history of the United States from its very beginning. Millions of US citizens can trace their origins to Mexican citizens who have migrated to the United States or returned to the lands that had been lost to […]
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The El Paso History the Leadership Wishes You Did Not Know About
It never ceases to amaze me how much history I come across in my various research projects that is connected to El Paso. It surprises me, not because it involves El Paso, but because the rich historical connections are routinely ignored by the El Paso elites. I know there is much history in El Paso […]
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Jim Valenti is a Liar and Needs to be Fired
That is right, there is no two ways about it, Jim Valenti has lied to the taxpayers of the community as well as to the elected officials that represent them and as such he has to be fired from the taxpayers’ dole. The issue of Jim Valenti’s email to Carlos Leon that Leon recently released […]
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A Few Comments on Jim Valenti
Many of you chastised me for not commenting on the gross bonus issued to Jim Valenti by the hospital district board. The fact is that almost everyone agrees that the bonus is inappropriate and a gross violation of the public’s money. I issued a quick comment on my Twitter feed when the news broke. There […]
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The First Undocumented Immigrants
There are two things that is likely occupying the minds of most US citizens this week. They are the political rhetoric of the immigration debacle and for most, Thanksgiving Day. It is ironic that today most US citizens are celebrating a holiday centered on immigrants occupying a country and reinventing it in their own image thereby displacing […]
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Immigration Reform from an Immigrant’s Point of View: Part 3 of 3
This concludes my three-part series on immigration reform. As an immigrant myself I understand the issue of immigration far better than many who use it for political purposes. Many of us immigrants are shy about discussing immigration issues because of the hatred expressed by a very loud minority. Although we understand that for the most […]
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The GOP and Future Deportations: Part 2 of 3
This is part 2 of 3 on immigration reform. The Fear of Eventual Deportation As much relief as the president’s order brings it also exposes another flaw in the immigration process, the fear that coming out of the shadows could result in eventual deportation. Not discussed publicly during the 1986 immigration reform bill was the […]