All this time South Central residents may have believed that the frenzy by outsiders buying their properties was due to the potential land grabs by Texas Tech University or the Medical Center for the Americas, but now it seems it may be because of a study the County of El Paso has commissioned to redesign […]
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Claudia Ordaz Perez Texas Disclosures Contradicted By Affidavit
Texas officials, like Claudia Ordaz Perez, are required to file annual financial statements by law. The Personal Finance Statements detail the filer’s finances so that the public may become aware of any conflicts of interest. The filings are maintained by the Texas Ethics Commission. Ordaz Perez assumed her current District 76 seat on January 12, […]
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Opinion: Introducing The Political Gossip Corner
As the runup to the next election intensifies, the rumormongering around political operatives intensifies among the politicos. These include who is planning on running, who is not running and who has been dissuaded from running for office. Politicians are counseled on when to run and for what office to run for. These conversations are held […]
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Children’s And UMC CEO: Text Message We Can Use Providence ‘Inexperience’ For Growth
Open records show that El Paso Children’s Hospital CEO Cindy Stout and University Medical Center of El Paso (UMC) CEO Jacob Cintron celebrated the appointment Nicholas Tejeda as the Market CEO of the Hospitals of Providence in April 2018. Their celebration of Tejeda’s appointment centered on Tejeda’s lack of “experience”. Tejeda oversees Tenet’s health care […]
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UMC CEO Denigrates Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Mascot With Sexual Innuendo
Editor’s note: The following article contains language that may be inappropriate for some readers. It involves comments made by UMC CEO & President Jacob Cintron and Nico Tejeda, CEO of Hospital of Providence and forwarded to Cindy Stout, CEO of El Paso Children’s Hospital via a text message. In reviewing pending open records requests we […]
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Claudia Ordaz Running Against Art Fierro
As first reported by El Paso Politics, Claudia Ordaz Perez moved her residence out of her marital home into a home she had previously purchased, currently used by her parents, in Art Fierro’s district to run against him in the upcoming election. Under the new district maps, signed into law last week by the Texas […]
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The Tentacles Of The PDNG In Education
Many readers may be aware of the Paso Del Norte Group’s (PDNG) downtown redevelopment plans and its attempt to gentrify the Segundo Barrio neighborhood. What readers may not know is that the PDNG influence over several aspects of El Paso’s public policy agenda runs deeper than downtown redevelopment. Although now defunct, the group’s influence continues […]
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“Leave Me Alone”
On March 19, 2003, the Five Points Development Association hosted a mayoral candidate’s forum at Cappetto’s. In attendance that day were then-mayoral-incumbent Ray Caballero, who arrived late, and contenders Joe Wardy, Ray Graham and Carl Starr. Caballero, in his closing statement said, “just leave me alone and I would make them more money than they […]
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Teen Vandals Caught On Security Video
On Friday October 15, 2021 teen vandals broke into a home in far-east El Paso at around 2am. They were caught on security tape. The home builder is seeking information about the suspects. Anyone with information please contact the El Paso Police Department at 915-834-4400. The owners of the model home, Maravilla Homes, can be […]
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El Paso CAD Responds To Our Request And Two Questions Remain Unanswered
As we reported yesterday, we submitted an open records request to the El Paso Central Appraisal District inquiring whether an affidavit had been filed by Claudia Ordaz-Perez for the 65 and older exemption for her home. During the telephone interview we were told that we must submit an open records request to answer our question. […]