A preliminary analysis by El Paso News of the campaign financial reports show that Woody Hunt is not this election season’s largest political contributor to the city council campaigns. This city council election cycle largest campaign contributor is J.P. Bryan, according to the latest campaign reports. Bryan is a Houston-based businessman in the energy sector […]
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History Shows That El Paso City Council Recall Petitions Always Fail – Here Is Why
Most recently, a recall signature drive was launched against Joe Molinar after the city council reprimanded him for harassing a female city staff member. The recall of Molinar failed after the deadline to submit the required signatures passed without signatures being submitted. Last week a notice of intent to recall Cassandra Hernandez was filed by […]
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Eight Day Campaign Finance Reports And Art Fierro Missed Filing Deadline
Three city council races are being contested in early voting with Election Day scheduled for Saturday, December 17. Early voting ends tomorrow. Brian Kennedy and Analisa Silverstein are running for the district 1 seat. In district 6, incumbent Claudia Lizette Rodriguez is fending off challenger Art Fierro. And in district 8, Bettina Olivares and Chris […]
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Opinion: Introducing The Political Gossip Corner
As the runup to the next election intensifies, the rumormongering around political operatives intensifies among the politicos. These include who is planning on running, who is not running and who has been dissuaded from running for office. Politicians are counseled on when to run and for what office to run for. These conversations are held […]
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Plan El Paso
In 2011, Plan El Paso was awarded the Smart Growth award as a model for making cities more compact. Smart growth has being dubbed as the future of America’s urban cities. However, smart growth has a flaw that proponents tend to ignore. Smart growth works by displacing poorer neighborhoods to make way for redeveloping the […]
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Censorship in El Paso: The Debbie Nathan Factor
Author’s note: this article begins a series exploring who writes El Paso’s narrative, where we explore how censorship controls what the community hears. Debbie Nathan is a journalist who has written for several outlets, including The El Paso Times, Newspaper Tree and most recently the El Paso Matters. She is one of the moderators of […]
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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 […]
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The Paso Del Norte Group – The Story Behind The Secretive Organization
Author’s note: The following deep-dive into the secretive Paso del Norte Group (PDNG) is the product of previously released internal documents, news articles, public documents and newly released internal documents provided to the author by a previous member of the group on the condition that the source of the documents remain anonymous. The Paso del […]
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An Opinion Editorial: The El Paso Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) RMS-MTP Draft Plan
By Miguel Juárez For years, we were told that impending changes for Interstate 10 were merely concepts. With the availability of funding, officials are closer to having these concepts become realities. Agenda Item #2 at the Friday, September 17th meeting of the El Paso Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) seeks to “discuss and approve the Regional […]
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Stories from the history vault (January 29, 2016)
We have to remember that the labor movement in Mexico is bigger than any one politician, whether U.S. or Mexican. The Lexmark workers plight has ignited a labor struggle that is 50 years old, ever since NAFTA was signed into law. The Mexican workers are sick and tired of being exploited and paid starvation wages […]
