By Gerald Mangrum, El Paso Tribune This is a situation where there are more questions than answers. Unanswered questions left unanswered can fester into an open sore on the community. To help you understand the confusing maze of the Community Scholars Program and its connection to prominent people in this community via the Community Initiative […]
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Community Scholars: An EPISD Enigma
The El Paso Community Scholars first launched themselves into the El Paso scene in the summer of 2000 by releasing a report castigating the local banks for seemingly sending the community’s money out of town. Most El Paso businesses will attest to their inability to access start-up and other capital for their businesses. The question […]
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Government Tissue is Better for Your Tush
Nothing brings economic chaos to light better than toilet paper. That innocuous tissue we are all so familiar with is the economic barometer that lets us know how we are doing. During times of economic hardship everyday hard working individuals look for ways to cut back on extravagant expenditures. As economic pressures bear down on […]
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Is a Candidate’s Name a Factor?
Invariable an election always brings out the Hispanic vs. Anglo debate. Although Rick Perry won the election in the State of Texas, in El Paso Tony Sanchez prevailed. Was the last name a factor or was the outcome a result of party affiliation? An analysis of the last four elections attempts to answer this question. […]
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On the Importance of Pedigree
Author: Theresa Caballero This week in the El Paso Inc. there was a story entitled “Shapleigh Family Selling Land on Eastside”. The story talked about how State Sen. Eliot Shapleigh’s grandfather District Judge Ballard Coldwell had the forethought to purchase land on the east side of El Paso in the 1940’s for a couple of […]
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Attacking the Person Instead of the Issue
Author: Gerry Mangrum On Veteran’s Day 2002 the stature of veteran’s in El Paso was diminished at the hands of the Mayor and a local morning radio talk show host, Paul Strelzin. I wrote a letter to the editor of the El Paso Times which was published on November 7th discussing a poll the El […]
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In Defense of Lawyers
Author: Katherine LeChat Lawyers – why the very word makes some people cringe. And lawyer jokes are in abundance: “Why won’t a snake bite a lawyer?” “Professional courtesy” is the reply. Or, how about this one: “What’s the difference between a dead dog lying in the road and a dead lawyer lying in the road?” […]
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Eliot Shapleigh’s Hypocrisy
Author: Theresa Caballero This is a true story. On Tuesday, November 5, 2002 Texans went to the polls and voted overwhelmingly to put republicans into statewide offices. We elected Rick Perry (R) For Governor, David Dewhurst (R) Lt. Governor and on down the line. Republicans control both the house and the senate for the first […]
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Cuban Political Prisoners in the United States
Author: William Blum The Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers gave the defense team its “Against All Odds” award, named for a deceased public defender who championed hopeless causes. Defending pro-Castro Cubans in Miami, in a criminal case utterly suffused with political overtones, with the US government wholly determined to nail a bunch of commies, […]
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Election Analysis: Is El Paso Now a Two-Party County?
Author: Katherine LeChat Alejandro Burgos, Chairman of the El Paso County Republican Party, was jubilant Election night while being interviewed by a local television reporter. By that time he and the rest of us who were watching election returns knew that the republicans had recaptured the U.S. Senate and Texas republicans had won all the […]