Yesterday, David Crowder at the El Paso Inc. reported that his former publication was shutting down once again. Anyone that has followed El Paso politics for a while now knows that the Newspaper Tree came about as a result of my online publication that expedited Ray Caballero’s expulsing from the city’s politics. Both Crowder and […]
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City Refuses my Open Records Request for Waterpark and Sends It to Attorney General
For many months now, there has been backscatter discussions about a potential water park for northeast El Paso. It has been stated that it is to be built next to Cohen Stadium. I have previously written about the waterpark and the involvement of Wet ‘n’ Wild and an outside vendor, Hawaiian Falls. You can read […]
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Oh No, Not Cortney Niland Again!
I know what you are thinking, not Cortney Niland again! Some of you are about to freak out once again because I’m writing yet another piece about your favorite person. Oh, and if you make it to the end you will know why I feel like she’s haunting me now. First, let me clear up […]
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Prosecutors No Longer Demanding Plea Agreements Waive Right to Appeal
Reading the various plea agreements that have been made public in the public corruption scandal in El Paso there was one thing that stood out for me – the waiver of rights the agreements included. It was curios to me because the plea agreements included language whereby the defendant waived the right to any future […]
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Price Quotations to Move Equipment on Dais
The recently concluded fiasco at city council that has been dubbed “musical chairs” resulted in much online commentary about the cost to move equipment from one spot on the dais to another. The local news media reported a cost, which was attributed to Ann Morgan Lilly, in the neighborhood of $7,000. The purported cost and […]
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The Thank An Immigrant Viral Campaign
For far too long the promise of immigration reform has been kept on the back burner. President Obama made immigration reform a priority for his administration. Unfortunately, for many reasons but basically because he feared political backlash, he has not kept his promise. Repeatedly and throughout his administration, President Obama delayed immigration reform asking proponents […]
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El Paso Ranks Low in Internet Visibility
I was working on a Google Adwords campaign for a client last week when I realized that Google Adwords is a good indicator of a city’s Internet usage. As I thought more about this, I realized that the Google Reach tool would give me an opportunity to rank cities independent of their country’s national metrics. Google […]
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The Hypocrisy of Veronica Escobar
Yesterday I wrote about the driving force of hypocrisy in my writings and the day before I pointed out Jaime Abeytia’s criminal record. Today I want to share with you just one example, of many, that poignantly shows the hypocrisy in El Paso politics. Hypocrisy: noun – claiming to hold moral standards that one does […]
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It Is About the Hypocrisy
Last week I received an email from an individual that reminded me that I had promised anonymity. The individual wanted to reason with me about what topics I write about on my blog. I responded to the individual and let them know that I would honor their request to remain anonymous but that I reserved […]
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The Criminal Activities of Jaime Abeytia
As you all know by now, Jaime Abeytia pleaded guilty last Monday to a Class B misdemeanor for illegally accessing his former wife’s email account. He was sentenced to one-year probation. What the probation restrictions are will take me a few days to get because the court takes time to process the paper work and […]