This is a three-part series on immigration reform commencing today and ending on Wednesday. Now that the initial celebrations and indignations are about to subside in regards to the president’s executive order on immigration it is time to pierce through the fog of political pontifications. It is important to point out that the president’s order […]
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A Historical Perspective on Immigration
As most of you know last night, President Barack Obama addressed immigration reform. Last night the president announced three major initiatives that center on deferred deportation action, increased border security and a pathway to come out of the shadows. It is expected to benefit about 5 million individuals. You can read the president’s fact sheet […]
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FACT SHEET: Immigration Accountability Executive Action
This was released by the White House ahead of the President’s remarks: THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 20, 2014 FACT SHEET: Immigration Accountability Executive Action The President’s Immigration Accountability Executive Actions will help secure the border, hold nearly 5 million undocumented immigrants accountable, and ensure that everyone plays […]
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My Theory on What is Happening with Rising Fees
I realize that for many of you this blog post is going to sound like one giant crazy conspiracy theory. I guess that is why I’m labeled one of the “crazies” by certain political operatives. My theory is based on my observations over almost fifteen years of El Paso politics. I offer it as a […]
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The City Attorney Debacle Meeting Results
Yesterday city council took no action on Ann Morgan Lilly’s request to have the city attorney evaluated by department heads. Ann Morgan Lilly moved to delete the item and it was deleted on a unanimous vote. Before the item was deleted city council members discussed the item. For the political junkies this whole fiasco was […]
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City Attorney Caught in Power Struggle
As you probably already know, the recent questions about Sylvia Firth-Borunda’s employee evaluation is nothing more than a power struggle between Oscar Leeser and some members of city council. However, it is important to note that this is speculation at this point. We are forced to speculate because the city is notorious for keeping relevant […]
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Monkey Business with Open Records Requests At The City
No matter how much things change the more they stay the same. I do not trust the city to give me accurate and up to date information pursuant to my open records requests. It is a constant battle trying to pry information from the city that results in unnecessary work and erroneous information. Whether this is […]
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Follow Up on San Jacinto Project and Basic IDIQ
You might remember that back in January of this year, city council awarded a contract to Basic IDIQ for the San Jacinto Park project. There was a difference of about $2.5 million between Basic IDIQ and the number two bidder. The difference between the second and third bidder was only about half a million dollars. No […]
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Open Records and Latest Responses
As a result of the musical chairs debacle and other online misinformation campaigns, I submitted various open records requests with the city in order to attempt to ascertain what the facts were and what was political propaganda. On October 20, 2014, I submitted nine open records requests. On October 22, I submitted another five requests. […]
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Whole Foods and Typical El Paso
Typical El Paso, it acts nothing like the ninetieth largest city in the nation and more like a small town trying to be a city. Typically provincial, El Paso leaders and politicians celebrate the announcement that El Paso was picked to be the place for a new Whole Foods in the next couple of years. […]