Funding of nonprofit newspapers began to takeoff around 2016, although nonprofit news has existed for decades. The new revenue model of creating news reports from gifts has raised questions about the ethics of producing news from donations. “The ethics of taking grants from foundations and gifts from donors to produce news is still evolving and […]
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Breaking News: UMC Petition Signatures Halt Vote Scheduled For Monday
Today, about 35,000 signatures were submitted to the District Clerk’s office effectively stopping the scheduled vote for the non-voter approved debt that UMC had asked county commissioners to approve. On June 27, the University Medical Center of El Paso (UMC) asked the county commissioners to approve $345.7 million in certificates of obligation to be issued […]
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Complaint Lays Out Conspiracy To Remove Yvonne Rosales From Office
Bob Moore has been central to the attempt to remove an elected official who received 201,111 votes from office, according to a federal complaint and court documents. As both a reporter of the events surrounding the attempt to remove Yvonne Rosales from office and as an active participant in the removal process, Moore has been […]
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A Political Whisper Campaign: A Real World Example of Character Assassination By Bob Moore
As we reported yesterday, Bob Moore and El Paso Matters have been accused in a federal complaint of being part of a conspiracy to remove District Attorney Yvonne Rosales from her elected office. To understand how Moore conspires with others for political purposes it is helpful to examine a real world example. The problem with […]
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Breaking News: IRS Complaint Filed Against Bob Moore And El Paso Matters
Last week, a complaint was filed against Bob Moore and his publication, El Paso Matters, with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) alleging that Moore and his publication “are engaged in deceptive fundraising practices” and that his publication is being “used to support illegal activity.” According to the 115-page complaint, Moore has conspired with attorneys to […]
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Editorial: In Seven Days Ricardo Samaniego Will Vote For Over $500 Million In New County Debt
Next Monday, September 12, county commissioners are set to vote on issuing about $346 million in non-voter approved certificates of obligation. After factoring the anticipated interest on the debt, the total of the new debt would be over half-a-billion dollars. The University Medical Center of El Paso (UMC) elected to bypass the voters and demand […]
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Who Is The El Paso Voter?
Author’s note: To see how we analyzed our data and to understand our voter model, please refer to the notes at the end of this article. Municipal election campaigns are gearing up for November. Because El Paso is a Democratic Party stronghold, the March primaries determined the outcome of the state and national elections in […]
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The El Paso County Democratic Party “Invaders” Narrative
In recent weeks a cache of El Paso County Democratic Party emails from the party leadership were provided to El Paso News by an individual that has asked for anonymity because they fear repercussions from party officials for sharing the emails with us. We have begun to go through them so that we can report […]
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News Editorial: Politico Campaigns Shuts Down
In June, Eddie Holguin, Lily Limón and I embarked on a plan to attempt to democratize political campaigning in El Paso. We believed that providing quality political campaign services would allow candidates from all walks of life to run for office. We assumed a lot and unfortunately, we were wrong. The problem was not the […]
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Breaking News: Joe Pickett Will Not Run for District 5 Seat
Joe Pickett, in a press release issued by him earlier this afternoon, has announced that he will not be seeking the district 5 city representative seat in the November ballot. According to the press release, Pickett stated that “there have been numerous life changing events” in his life “that led to the decision” not to […]