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El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – GASSANDRA TRIES AND FAILS TO UNSEAT KENNEDY!
Rep. Cassandra Hernandez claims that Rep. Brian Kennedy should resign his seat on City Council because he announced he is running for Mayor. Texas law states that any elected City official who…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – EL PASO COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE 386 ADMINISTRATORS EARNING OVER $100,000
As promised, we filed public information requests with all nine local school districts in order to obtain complete lists of employee names, titles, and salaries, which we posted below. We have learned…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – INTERVIEW WITH NORMA CHAVEZ, CANDIDATE FOR TEXAS HOUSE DISTRICT 77
Norma Chavez served in the Texas House of Representatives for 14 years, from 1996 through 2011, earning a reputation for bipartisanship, serving on several key committees, and sponsoring scores of bills. Now…
El Chuqueño Blog – The “Future of El Paso” Debacle
If you only get your news from El Chuqueño, you missed this piece of news. From ElPasoMatters.com: The National Science Foundation has suspended a grant that could have meant $160 million for…
The Border Chronicle – ‘The Case for Open Borders’: A Book Review from the Banks of the Rio Grande
Subscribe now This review is a collaboration between The Border Chronicle and NACLA. Share The Border Patrol agent walked down the slope to where I was packing up my tent and asked…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – CBO PIEKARSKI OF CISD FIRED, SISD BOARD MEETING TODAY AT 6:00PM
Yesterday, under agenda item 5C, the Board of Trustees of Canutillo Independent School District voted 4-1 to terminate their Chief Business Officer, Martha Piekarski, with Breanne Barnes dissenting and Lucy Borrego and…
El Chuqueño Blog – More of What You Should Expect
From the El Paso Times: Once again bucking the will of a chorus of El Paso residents, the El Paso City Council voted to rezone an area around the Rio Bosque Wetlands…
The Border Chronicle – The Border New Wave: How Texas Fronterizo Filmmakers Are Defying False Narratives
A scene from Hummingbirds filmed in Laredo, Texas. Subscribe now As the November presidential election approaches, the border crisis narrative has taken center stage in U.S. politics. In response, a group of…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – OSCAR UGARTE’S TOP PRIORITY IF ELECTED SHERIFF: “CREATING A CIVILIAN SOCIAL SERVICES UNIT”
Recently Ariana Parra of KFOX14 asked Oscar Ugarte, “What is the top priority for you if elected?” Ugarte answered, “My top priority as the next Sheriff of El Paso will be creating…