Yesterday, at approximately 5:30 El Paso time I received four images of Steve Ortega and Veronica Escobar pursuant to my open records request. My receipt of these images has now reinforced my belief that there are some serious problems with how the city has handled my open records requests. For those who might be anxiously […]
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EPISD Board of Managers
One of the things about commenting on the political scene is the fact that in a Democracy the human factor is still very much in play. I believe that most everyone would agree that the El Paso Independent School District (EPISD) is so corrupted that to allow any of the elected officials to remain in […]
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Gross, Disgusting and Disrespectful
Gross, disgusting and disrespectful are the comments I got when I showed friends the picture of Cortney Niland shoeless at a recent city council meeting. “No one wants to smell her stinky feet” was the common comment I got from various people. Of course, this is not as simple as being shoeless. This is about […]
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Bloggers That Lie Could Easily End Up in Jail
The trouble with liars is that they become so accustomed to lying that they completely lose understanding the difference between right and wrong. Since a liar doesn’t understand between right and wrong their own actions eventually expose them for the corrupt individuals that they are. David Karlsruher has been exposed not only for outright lying, […]
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Is Oscar Leeser Beginning to Question Joyce Wilson’s Sincerity?
For many years now, Eddie Holguin has publicly complained that Joyce Wilson and her staff have provided incomplete or erroneous information to city representatives on action items before city council. My own recent experience with my open records requests has forced me to question whether city staff has purposely providing me the wrong information or […]
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Niland’s Childish Behavior Forces Changes at City Council
By now most of you have heard that there was some type of altercation in the city council chambers last Tuesday, October 29, 2013. Because of the local media’s incompetence we don’t know much however I can tell you that it involved Lily Limon and Cortney Niland. According to the various accounts I have heard […]
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Steve’s Hand on Veronica is About the Process
As salacious and tantalizing, at least for some, that a picture of Steve Ortega’s hand on Veronica Escobar’s breast sounds this story is not about the picture rather it is about a process that seems at best to demonstrate the ineptitude of the city and at worst it showcases an attempt to corrupt the open […]
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Dia de Los Muertos
In my blog post; “The Flavor of Mexican Catholicism: An Ongoing Rebellion” I shared with you my notion that Mexican Catholicism is its own flavor tacitly allowed by the Catholic Church in order to keep Mexico a member of the faith. As I explained in my blog, I believe the Mexican identity represents a duality […]
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Sometimes Open Records Make Me Laugh, Unfortunately for El Paso
As most of you already know I have been battling with the city for a set of images that I had requested through an open records request. My request was for any images of immediate-past elected officials found in any of the city representatives’ computers. There have been numerous allegations of city officials using city […]
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Ann Morgan Lilly’s Legal Woes and Police Special Treatment
As many of you probably already know, Ann Morgan Lilly is being investigated by the El Paso Police Department on allegations of threatening a city employee. According to media reports, city employee Jose Fierro called 911 alleging that he was threatened by Ann Morgan Lilly when he notified her that he would have to trim […]