The online publication El Paso Matters was launched in February by former El Paso Times editor, Bob Moore. According to the Matters website, it holds itself to the “standards of editorial independence by the Institute for Nonprofit News.” The Institute for Nonprofit News asks that its members separate the decision to report on news items […]
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The El Paso Political Civil War of 2020
Editor’s note:El Paso News has joined forces with El Paso Politics – which makes for a stronger and agile news source. El Paso Politics is published by Martin Paredes, who has over 20 years of knowledge and experience of El Paso politics to include its social, cultural and historical contexts. To his credit, Martin broke […]
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Oscar Leeser Is The Likely Winner Data Shows
The El Paso Politics has compiled exit data from early voters to take a snapshot of the possible outcome for the November 3 election for El Paso’s next mayor. The top four mayoral candidates are Veronica Carbajal, Carlos Gallinar, Oscar Leeser and Dee Margo. The data seen by us indicates that Dee Margo will be […]
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Early Voting Demographics – Part II, The Final Numbers
The Early Voting numbers are in. There is only one day left to cast your votes – Tuesday, November 3, 2020. As we discussed in our earlier post, because the national election is amply covered, we are focused on the mayoral race. As such, we analyzed the early voting for voters who cast votes in […]
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Early Voting Numbers Part I
Recently the El Paso Politics published polling data that seems to indicate that Dee Margo is trending low in the polls. Oscar Leeser seems to be in the lead and two challengers, Veronica Carbajal and Carlos Gallinar are neck-to-neck for third place. This was before the ongoing battle between County Judge Ricardo Samaniego and Margo. […]
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Dueling Government
El Pasoans are waking up to the reality that El Paso is amid an intra-governmental battle that leaves El Pasoans wondering what to do and what to believe. This is only days before Election Day. El Paso Politics broke the news early yesterday that County Judge Ricardo Samaniego was going to issue a closure order […]
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Will El Paso Shut Down Due To Covid-19
Author’s note: This is late breaking news that is ongoing right now. We will make updates to the article as more information becomes available. Also, I am uncomfortable using unsourced information but in this case it is impossible to have anyone go on the record. Article Update on October 29, 2020 at 6:41 p.m. The […]
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Carl Robinson Issues Statement Regarding Shawn Nixon
County Commissioner Precinct 4 Carl Robinson issued a statement late yesterday regarding Shawn Nixon, who is a candidate for City Council District 4. According to an October 5 KVIA report, Nixon was arrested on October 2 on allegations of issuing bad checks. According to the KVIA report, Nixon was booked into the downtown jail on […]
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An Invisible Man in American Society | Interview with Artist and Filmmaker Willie Varela with Robb Chávez
By Miguel Juarez Similar to Willie Varela’s style of experimentation in film, like his e-mail article “Remembering Stan Brakhage: An E-mail Conversation between Steve Anker and Willie Varela,” that he co-authored with him in Spring/Summer 2005 issue of the Journal of Film and Video, I invited Varela’s long time friend Robb Chávez to be part […]