For some time now I have been developing my thesis that El Paso is unfriendly towards immigrants, contrary to the general notion that many believe. As a border city, El Paso is assumed to be friendly towards immigrants, especially those from México. But my personal experience exposed me to the exact opposite. El Paso is […]
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How To Beat Veronica Escobar
Over the last week we’ve been looking at how big data and voter segmentation, via digital footprints, was used by Barack Obama and by Donald Trump to be elected. The strategy is to mobilize non-traditional, but likely voters, to the polls. In the El Paso Chavez-Escobar-Fenenbock race, early voting starts tomorrow, and the outcome will […]
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Emma Acosta Wants to be Mayor
As you very likely know, Emma Acosta is running for mayor. And typically El Paso, there is the stench of corruption in the upcoming election. Acosta has been posturing for the mayoralship ever since she became a city council representative. Acosta used to be the Solid Waste Department head for the City of El Paso until […]
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The Underbelly of the Dirty Politics of El Paso
Most of you are aware of the many different types of underhanded political activities that all politicians are involved in. Rarely do we get to see how it works, unless you are one of the individuals involved in the various schemes. I have documented for you how bloggers like Jaime Abeytia, David Karlsruher and Ali […]
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The Firing of Jeremy Jordan
This is “old news” has been some of the comments that a few readers have told me about yesterday’s blog about Taylor Cortinas. Likewise, I expect the same individuals to argue that today’s blog about Jeremy Jordan is also “old news”. In the case of Cortinas, one thing is news based on documentation and first-hand […]
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Emma Acosta Utterly Wrong
As you may or may not know, Emma Acosta has put an item on tomorrow’s city council agenda asking for discussion and action limiting the release of open records under the Texas Public Information Act to individuals that have been convicted or pleaded guilty to crimes involving moral turpitude. We all know that this measure […]
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The Taylor Cortinas Saga
As you may know, there have been various rumors about Cortney Niland firing Jeremy Jordan and Claudia Ordaz firing Taylor Cortinas. Cortinas worked for Ordaz and Jordan worked for Niland. Both were fired last year within months of each other. During this time, David Karlsruher posted various blogs insinuating that there was a Watergate-type investigation […]
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The Politics of Corruption and Open Records Rhetoric
Typical El Paso politicians, the discussion item posted by Emma Acosta asking to limit access to open records requests turned into a comedy of backtracking and cover your behind for a politician looking to run for the mayoralship soon. In a professional environment, Acosta’s item would never had made it onto the agenda. Even if […]
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YISD Officials Respond to Jaime Abeytia’s Part in the Bond
There is no doubt in my mind that my blog post about Jaime Abeytia’s work for the Ysleta Teachers Association, in support of passing the $430.5 million Ysleta bond, has led to much public discussion about the appropriateness of a criminal working to increase the taxes for the Ysleta taxpayers. In response to my post, […]
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The Story the El Paso Times Refuses to Report
Something politically important happened yesterday at city hall but if you read the El Paso Times you won’t know about it. That is because Bob Moore selectively targets certain politicos, like Larry Romero and certain officials like Tommy Gonzalez, but protects others like Claudia Ordaz. It doesn’t matter what you believe about the Jose Landeros […]
