Yesterday evening, current County Commissioner and candidate for State Representative, Willie Gandara Jr., was arrested by federal agents. According to media releases, the arrest and search warrants are drug related. At this point, besides the “wink, wink” government relations pronouncements, the investigation is being led by federal agencies with local police and prosecutors nowhere to […]
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The El Paso Forum is Back!
Politics makes for strange bedfellows, todays amigos are tomorrow’s enemies. Keep your friends close and your enemies even closer. My enemy’s enemy is my friend. I could go on and on with clichés that all end up with the fact that politics is just about the dirtiest and grimiest endeavor anyone can get involved in. […]
Posted inTechnology
What, my browser is too new for your website?
As a web developer I constantly run into situations that remind me that clients and advertising agencies do not fully comprehend the website development industry. It is as if the marketplace considers an Internet presence as nothing more than a necessary exercise designed to be able to state; “yes, we have a website”. The Internet […]
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Tell Us a Story, a Challenge from Mashable and the Third Renaissance of Mankind
As some of you know I am a dabble writer, a prose architect, who in my own mind is the next great author of our time, but in reality I am nothing more than a hacker sitting in front of my keyboard with spell check at the ready to correct my atrocious spelling and typing […]
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MegaUpload: A Warning to Users of Free Services
The potential loss of millions of user’s legitimate data is a wakeup call for those who rely on free services for business and other data protection services. The Internet has dramatically changed the way we do business but it has also created a self-serving mentality that everything is free for the taking, even for business […]
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Tomorrow is a Day of Action for all those that oppose censorship; SOPA is censorship
On January 24, 2012, Congress will vote to pass internet censorship in the Senate and a similar bill is pending before the House of Representatives. Both, Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House and PROTECT-IP (PIPA) in the Senate are misguided attempts to deal with online intellectual property theft. Unfortunately their approach is draconian […]
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The Myth of New Urbanism
During the last couple of years I was in El Paso Texas, one of the most vocal public policy arguments was the notion of infill development and downtown revitalization. Wrapped around the nostalgia of yester-year walk able communities, the notion of “new urbanism” seems to have manifested itself across various communities, including El Paso. As […]
Posted inNews Desk
Caballero to run for Judge
El Paso attorney Theresa Caballero announced today that she is running for Judge in Criminal District Court 1 in the upcoming county-wide elections.
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Orlando via a City Bus
Earlier this month and because my favorite five-year old is fascinated with city busses, I decided to sample Orlando from a different perspective. Having spent time traversing Europe in the eighties and spending time in different cities in Mexico and the US, large and small, I am no stranger to public transportation. Sometimes public transportation […]
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Lunch Food Truck: A lesson in today’s business evolution flux
It is always interesting trying out new and unique places to eat. Food trucks have always been my favorite as they remind me of the Taquerias I grew up with in Mexico. Recently, Food Trucks have started to come unto their own as unique, often interesting food experiences fit for food connoisseurs everywhere. Today’s experience […]