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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Posted inCultural Whitewashing
No Somos Twin Cities Says Managing Editor
Antonio Garza, the Managing Editor for the tabloid ElBridge, articulated in Spanglish the whitewashing of El Paso rather well. In the Spring 2003 issue published by the Bridge Center for Contemporary Art, Garza writes that “in this climate of changes, deberiamos aclarar ciertas cosas, about who where we’re at, so to speak.” Garza goes on […]
Posted inNews
The Secretive Keep Going Stay Strong Mail Out
It started appearing in mailboxes in recent days. It is a mailout that suggests that “things are getting better & our leaders are working hard.” In addition to the “things are getting better” message, the mailout includes messages about how El Paso is a destination place. The El Paso outreach campaign – which includes the […]
Posted inLos Lagartos/The Alligators
How We Kept Los Lagartos at La Plaza de Los Lagartos
By Miguel Juárez On April 1, 2016 in Chucopedia, a Facebook page, someone posted an announcement of the reopening of San Jacinto Plaza in El Paso, Texas. Social media abounded whether it was a hoax or not, yet one thing is for sure, the redesign was a process of community involvement from 2008 to 2011 […]
Posted inPolitics
The Beto Plan for President
Yesterday, the El Paso Times once again inserted itself into politics to “correct” the record for one of its protected politicos at the behest of the El Paso cabal who have plans for El Paso’s future. The paper ran a full-length story about how a video by the Club for Growth, a Conservative SuperPAC, was […]
Posted inGovernment
Special Report: Who Funds Journalism At El Paso Matters And Why It Matters
Funding of nonprofit newspapers began to takeoff around 2016, although nonprofit news has existed for decades. The new revenue model of creating news reports from gifts has raised questions about the ethics of producing news from donations. “The ethics of taking grants from foundations and gifts from donors to produce news is still evolving and […]
Posted inPolitics
It’s the Emails Dummy
During the controversy over the El Paso ballpark there were many rumors about impropriety. Many were true and others were wrong. One of the longest running controversies involved the improper election interference benefiting Steve Ortega’s run for mayor. Ortega lost. However, the election subterfuge with the bond monies for the ballpark cost the taxpayers of […]
Posted inDuranguito
The Hispanic Sports Arena: The Catalyst To Duranguito Controversy
Readers may be surprised to learn that there was another sports arena, before the current one, that was proposed for El Paso. Unlike the one in 1938 and the current one, the one proposed in 1999 was envisioned by a group of Latino business leaders. They wanted to boost the downtown economy by building a […]
Posted inPolitics
You Can’t Change El Paso If You Aren’t Serious
Today is the start of early voting for the El Paso municipal elections. This cycle’s special interest is the destruction of the Duranguito neighborhood to make way for an arena. Many of you reading today’s post are going to be angry at me, but it needs to be said. The destruction of Duranguito is going […]
Posted inNews Desk
Tommy Gonzalez Answers and the El Paso Times $20 million Bias
The City released a copy of Tommy Gonzalez’ answers to the questions asked of him by the investigator looking into how Gonzalez and Larry Romero handled the financial advisor and other issues. In the case of the financial advisor debacle, there are two major issues that need to be addressed. The first is whether Larry […]
