By Alberto Rivas This “Winterfest” thing at San Jacinto Plaza – well, let’s just call it what it is, an attack on Christmas. It’s the social trend these days: wokeism, and El Paso is all about the latest trends, isn’t it. “Oh, it’s just about inclusion,” they’ll say. No, it is not. “Winterfest” – a […]
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The Corruption Of Ramiro Guzman And Hispanic Political Power In El Paso
As readers explored in the case of the Hispanic Leadership Institute (HLI), it is not that El Paso Hispanics are not engaged enough to wield their population numbers to assert control over community issue, as was the case of Abraham Chavez, or that they are not willing to help other Latinos, like Fermin Dorado, but […]
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El Paso Latino Leaders Move To Take Control Of El Paso Politics
As we explored in Who Rules El Paso?, No Not That One, it wasn’t until the 1990’s that El Paso’s Hispanics began to assert political power in the city. Although the Anglo minority continues to control the public policy agenda with the complicity of a fractured Latino majority, Hispanics leaders have become political power brokers. […]
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The Fermin Dorado Saga: Larry Francis Is “Very Redneck”
The rising Hispanic political power players in the 1990’s created tensions between the Anglo and Hispanic communities. It is easy to dismiss the Anglo-Hispanic tensions as complaints by minorities in the community. However, the majority in El Paso are the Hispanics leaving the Anglos as the minority but in control of the power structure of […]
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The Abraham Chavez Controversy: The Bankers Feared “An Explosion In The Community”
As we previously explored, El Paso’s leadership has been driven by wealth. After the railroad barons, it was the bankers on through Jonathan Rogers that set the policy agenda for the city. It wasn’t until the 1990’s that El Paso’s Hispanic community began to assert itself politically. But it was the controversy over Maestro Abraham […]
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El Paso Children’s Hospital Foundation Accepted Stolen Money Donation
This article was corrected on December 16, 2021 at 6:00am ET. The date of the donation to the El Paso Children’s Hospital Foundation was on November 20, 2020, not November 20, 2021 as originally reported. In October of this year, Abner Alejandro Tinoco was accused of running a Ponzi scheme based out of El Paso. […]
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Election News: Carl Robinson Opponent Application Rejected
Last updated on December 14, 2021 at 10:00am, ET. Note: This article was corrected on December 13, 2021 at 20:30 ET to update a change in the status for the candidate and to correct a mistake. On December 14, 2021, Dorothy Byrd responded to our request for comment, we have updated the article to add […]
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El Paso Political Power – How An Arena Shows Hispanics Yielding to Anglo Minority
It is that time of year when we look to close out the year and make plans for the new year. For the last three weeks of the year, we will be taking an in depth look at how Hispanics wield political power in El Paso. We will use the sports arena to demonstrate El […]
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Breaking News: Carl Robinson Draws Opponent And Endorsement
El Paso Politics has learned that Carl Robinson has secured a significant endorsement for the March 2022 primaries. There has been talk of Carl Robinson drawing several opponents for the primaries over the last few weeks. Today, El Paso Politics has learned that Sergio Coronado filed to run against Robinson for the Precinct 4 county […]
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Second Week of December Political Gossip Corner
Welcome to our latest installment of the Political Gossip Corner. In today’s edition we examine three items making the rounds at the proverbial political water cooler. We also share some news about a former El Pasoan who is running for a state seat. Claudia Ordaz Perez Faces lawsuit Several sources have told El Paso Politics […]