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El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – CONFUSED BY ALL THE CANDIDATES?
We have received more than 100 mailers and doorhangers this year, enough to cover the floor of our underground bunker. But do not worry. We know how to separate the angels from…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – SISD TRUSTEE PABLO BARRERA ARRESTED, CISD MAY HAVE VIOLATED OPEN MEETING LAWS
It is difficult to keep up with the administrative chaos and financial mismanagement in our local school districts, but we do our best. Today we learned that Pablo Barrera, Socorro ISD Trustee…
El Chuqueño Blog – What Did You Expect?
From the El Paso Times: The El Paso City Council took a timid step toward having developers and homebuilders foot the cost for expanding El Paso Water services to the farthest edges…
The Border Chronicle – Reporter’s Notebook: Water, War Zones, and the Search for Peace on the Rio Grande
Subscribe now This photo I took near Laredo of a tower looking over the Rio Grande. Share I’m on the road in south Texas, but I thought I’d post some pictures (all…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – $386M CANUTILLO ISD BOND PASSES, TOTAL COMMUNITY DEBT INCREASES TO $10.7B
This past Saturday, the voters of Canutillo ISD narrowly supported a $386.2 million school bond, even though the Board of Trustees is so incompetent that they cannot balance their budget. The school…
The Border Chronicle – CBP Wants to Blast Bright-as-Day Lighting into Critical Wildlife Areas: A Q&A with Laiken Jordahl
The map provided by CBP of installed and planned lighting for El Paso county in Texas Subscribe now Since 2019, Customs and Border Protection has been installing stadium lighting along the federally…
Border Report – Will Mexico’s stepped-up migration enforcement last?
(NewsNation) — Illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border are down from a record high in December and a crackdown by Mexican authorities is a major reason why. Through the first two months…
El Chuqueño Blog – How Owners of Professional Sports Teams Dodge Taxes
Here’s an interesting story from ProPublica.com about how the owners of professional sports teams escape income taxes: The IRS has launched a campaign to examine whether wealthy taxpayers are violating the law…