The University Medical Center of El Paso (UMC) issued a press release today addressing the allegations made by a traveling nurse about her experiences at UMC. According to the UMC Press Release, the social media viral video by the traveling nurse caused the Texas Health and Human Services to initiate an unannounced inspection of UMC. […]
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The Dee Margo Profile
Donald Rupert Margo II was born in Oklahoma at the Wesley hospital on February 5, 1952. His father was Donald R. Margo Ardmore and his mother was Sammy B. Sloneker. [9] Shortly after Donald “Dee” Margo married Adair Wakefield in 1976, the couple moved to Nashville where Dee Margo was working as a sales presentative […]
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Colonialism: Who Owns The Land In El Paso?
El Pasoans may be surprised to learn that there exists a clause on their home titles that limits their home ownership rights. It has nothing to do with bank mortgages or even taxes and everything to do with how America was conquered by outsiders. It is generally accepted that landownership is conveyed from one party […]
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Remembering The Interurban to Ysleta
By Dr. Miguel Juarez Before El Paso’s highways were built, public transportation was vital to the neighborhoods along Alameda in El Paso, Texas. The Interurban Streetcar to Ysleta was a method of transportation for the middle class and for citizens who did not have automobiles and who could afford the fare. When it was built […]
Posted inEl Paso Public Library
Opinion Editorial: The City of El Paso, the El Paso Public Library’s Main Library Downtown, and the Dilemma of Inadequate Parking in the Downtown Arts District where the Main Library is Located
By Mark Pumphrey, Updated 11/28/2020 The El Paso Public Library’s Main Library in Downtown El Paso needs to be treated as a part of downtown development, but unfortunately it is not. In this article, I will tell you that many of its problems concern its parking and the space around it. I am concerned about […]
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Happy Thanksgiving 2020
From my family to yours, I just want to take this moment to wish each of you a wonderful Thanksgiving Day! I know that it has been a trying 2020. I realize many of you have lost loved ones. I know many of you will miss getting together with your families this year. Just play […]
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El Paso and C19
Since March the beginning of Covid 19 and how the city has handled this interesting situation currently it would appear that neither left nor right hand or foot knows what the hell they are doing. We have been witness to how utterly incapable every level of government has been throughout this crisis. From our congressional […]
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All Mayoral Candidates Endorse Oscar Leeser
This morning Oscar Lesser, who is facing a runoff election against Dee Margo announced that all the mayoral candidates from November 3 have endorsed him for mayor. Carlos Gallinar issued the following statement: “Running for mayor was always about making El Paso a leading American city and ensuring that my children—and all future generations—could thrive, […]