County Judge Ricardo Samaniego extended the non-essential business shutdown order through December 1 yesterday. Although El Paso police are now enforcing the shutdown order within the city limits there remains the unequal treatment of businesses being forced to close. This is why it matters. The dialog is generally that health and safety trumps business viability. […]
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U.S.-Mexico Cross Border Trade And Why AMLO Hesitates On Biden
As some readers may have noted, Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrado (AMLO) has refused to recognize Joe Biden until the court challenges are completed. Some believe that AMLO’s slight of Biden will become an issue for the rest of AMLO’s presidency. AMLO’s term ends in late 2024. The economy and Covid-19 will preoccupy both […]
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Traditions and Holidays While Experiencing Quarantine
By Maria R. Perez, MSSW As the month of November has begun, so have many family traditions. Most of these traditions call for families to get together. We gather as family and friends for Dia de Muertos, Diwali, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, and not to mention Black Friday Sales! Plus, we also gather for whatever […]
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The El Paso Democratic Party Brawl Between The Establishment And The Progressives
Author’s note: The following is an analysis of an ongoing and developing political power readjustment in El Paso’s Democratic Party. Shortly after the election ended last week an interesting battle began to brew in El Paso’s Democratic Party. There is a larger battle going on at the national level, but the El Paso one provides […]
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All Roads Lead To Rick Armendariz
Last month, the El Paso Politics connected the secretive mailout being sent to El Paso voters in support of the incumbent candidates to a local political firm named the Forma Group. The Forma Group is a political consulting group that has been involved in several political campaigns and controversies. According to a 2008 presentation the […]
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How Poor El Pasoans Were Played By the Stay-At-Home Order
This article was updated on November 9, 2020 at 11:33 a.m. to correct a typo and add a downloadable copy of the order upholding Order No. 13, signed by Judge Moody. On October 29, 2020, County Judge Ricardo Samaniego issued Order No. 13, ordering the shut down of non-essential businesses in El Paso to control […]
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What Will Joe Biden Do About Immigration
Now that Joe Biden is the presumptive winner of the 2020 presidential election it is time to start asking how will immigrants fare under his administration? The first thing we should recognize is that Kamala Harris will be the Vice-president. She is a woman of color and comes from a family of immigrants. However, at […]
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The Effect of Writing on Popular Culture
By Mark Pumphrey, November 7, 2020 For most of my childhood years, I was a complete television child. I would come home from school, flip on the television, and watch one show after another until the time I went to bed at night, stopping only when my mother made me get up off of the […]
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Analysis of City Election Runoffs Since 1998
Oscar Leeser and Dee Margo are headed towards a runoff election sometime in December. Runoff elections are scheduled 45 days after the votes ae canvassed. In addition to the Leeser-Margo runoff there are also runoffs between Alexsandra Annello being challenged by Miriam Gutierrez. In District 4, Joe Molina will face off against Sam Morgan. There […]