In this next article in the series, who speaks for El Paso? we continue exploring how the community is manipulated into accepting the status quo using Chucopedia and Debbie Nathan’s reporting as the example. As we outlined in the previous articles there is a concerted effort to censor El Paso Politics. Although it may seem […]
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The Pit – In El Paso The Only Way To Leave Is Via A Body Bag
Are Hispanics disproportionately dying in El Paso because of the lack of proper healthcare? This is an important question that El Pasoans should be asking themselves today. Texas was the first state to reach 1 million Covid-19 cases in the nation. Cases of Covid-19 have been surging over the last few weeks in El Paso […]
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Was The Need for Money The Cause of Death Of Child At Children’s Hospital?
The financial model for the El Paso Children’s Hospital was built around the March 2007 Kurt Salmon Study, commissioned by Thomason Hospital. Thomason is now known as the University Medical Center (UMC). The Kurt Salmon Study was the fourth study commissioned to investigate the feasibility of having a children’s hospital in El Paso. The first […]
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When Did Planning For The UMC Cancer Center Begin?
Tucked within the University Medical Center of El Paso’s (UMC) non-voter approved bond request is a request for a cancer center. According to UMC’s June 27 presentation to the county commissioners, they are requesting $78.9 million for a cancer center from the $345.7 million on non-voter approved bonds pending before county commissioners. The question is, […]
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How did a General Pediatrician become the Most Powerful Force in El Paso For-Profit Healthcare?
Editor’s note: El Paso Politics is publishing this editorial as anonymous. The author is known to me and I have agreed to publish the editorial without revealing the author’s name to protect their job. I understand that there is controversy regarding the use of anonymous sources and authors on news publications and it is a […]
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News Bytes – El Paso GOP & Children’s Court Hearing
News bytes: January 21, 2021 El Paso Republican Chairman Resigns Yesterday in the afternoon, El Paso Republican Party Chairman abruptly resigned. In an email sent to various individuals, Rick Seeberger wrote that he resigned “because the Precinct Chairs/CEC members have demonstrated over 5 consecutive CEC meetings (since August 3rd) that they no interest in fulfilling […]
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University Medical Center of El Paso Economic Outlook
The University Medical Center of El Paso (UMC) has a strong economic outlook despite the pandemic, according to a recent Fitch Ratings analysis posted on October 8. Fitch updated the Series 2013 and 2017 UMC bonds from “stable” to “positive”. The bonds are paid for by El Paso taxpayers in the form of property taxes […]
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Bob Moore And The 2022 Elections
Last year El Paso Politics published several articles about the rise of El Paso Hispanic’s political engagement in the 1990’s and the creation of a leadership group designed to empower Latinos more politically. As readers may have observed, El Paso Hispanics, although most of the population, wield little political power in the community because various […]
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Medical Board Investigating Canales and Canales Filed Injunction
According to documents received by the El Paso Politics, the Texas Medical Board has opened an investigation into Roberto Canales. Also, the El Paso Politics received a copy of a lawsuit filed by Roberto Canales in February against Anthony Buzbee and the Buzbee Law Firm. Buzbee is representing David Saucedo and his wife against Canales […]
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Guest Editorial: Time to get real about Property Taxes & Public Hospitals
For too long – many of El Pasoans have gone unnoticed, unprotected, and have been taken for granted. I left El Paso, the town that welcomed my family from Mexico and gave them the chance to live the American Dream, after high school in search for better opportunities. But when I came back, I found […]
