As readers may remember, the city council – with newly elected city representatives taking their seats for the first time – voted to remove the controversial site of the proposed sports arena that targeted the Duranguito community. Max Grossman and members of the Paso del Sur group celebrated their long-fought victory in moving the proposed […]
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Political Whisper Campaigns – El Paso’s Political “Attack Dog”
There are several “dirty tricks” that voters should be on the lookout for during the elections. Early voting for the 2022 Primaries started on Monday and runs through February 25, 2022. Election Day for the Primary is March 1. Because El Paso has historically elected Democrats, it is likely that the winner of the Democratic […]
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Who Speaks For El Paso, The Economic Voices
As El Paso Politics has reported previously, the El Paso narrative is primarily written by the Anglo minority of the community. Individuals like the former owners of Cinco Puntos – the Byrds and Bob Moore of El Paso Matters and formerly of the El Paso Times along with freelancer Debbie Nathan sets the tone for […]
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Opinion: The 2022 Elections Are About The Downtown Sports Arena
As a reminder: the words in blue are links to articles that provide more context to the topic. The upcoming 2022 elections are not only very important to the nation and to Texas, but they are even more important to El Paso’s taxpayers. The national importance is obviously the control of Congress as the Republicans […]
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Censorship On Social Media: How Chucopedia Protects The Oligarchy
Censorship is more than silencing dissenting voices. It is used politically to manipulate public perception to keep political power centers in power. Chucopedia is a Facebook group with almost 4,000 members. Our experience with the group provides us the opportunity to understand how censorship works and how it is used to keep political power in […]
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El Paso News 2022 Year In Review
This is the important news and information for 2022. Before we get to the 2022 headlines, we want to update you on our new features. Today we incorporate what we believe is the future of news delivery. As part of our efforts to keep you informed, we are now delivering our articles to you on […]
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The News Is Dead in El Paso
The news media is under fire across the nation. Some call it propaganda outlets while others label it “fake news”. Journalists decry the erosion of their jobs because of the internet. While “fake news” has become the term most often used about the news media when complaining about it, for El Paso it is not […]
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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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Deconstructing El Paso’s Identity Crisis
El Paso has a cultural identity crisis. It is Mexican and then it is not. Why this exists can be traced back to two realities. The first is that El Paso, unlike many other binational communities along the U.S.-México border, is a metroplex that is visible to each other. The international border that divides the […]
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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 […]
