Residents of Eagle Pass, TX gather outside of Shelby park to protest the closing of Shelby park, and the Take Back Our Border convoy on February 4, 2024. (Photo credit Raquel Natalicchio…
Category: Blogs
The latest from the border blogosphere.
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – OUR INTERVIEW WITH RYAN WOODCRAFT, CANDIDATE FOR EL PASO COUNTY PRECINCT 1
We are frustrated with the failure of our local media and nonprofits to vet political candidates and ask them relevant questions, so we have decided to produce our own interviews and share…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – CITY TO SPEND $8,593,000 FOR PUBLIC ART
On Tuesday, February 13 under agenda item 7, our City Council will vote on allocating $8,593,000 for public art installations as part of the 2024 Public Art Plan. It was on October…
El Chuqueño Blog – “The Brave Bulls”
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El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – HORROR DOUBLE FEATURE: HERNANDEZ FOR MAYOR AND RODRIGUEZ FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Today we were treated to a double feature of back-to-back horror films, and we are not talking about the Exorcist and Friday the 13th. This morning Ramon Bracamontes of El Paso Matters…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – CITY REP. CHRIS CANALES CALLS FOR “REMOVAL OF COMMERCIAL TRUCK TRAFFIC FROM THE BRIDGE OF THE AMERICAS”
This past Wednesday, Rep. Chris Canales of District 8 wrote a letter to the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and copying the Mayor, his colleagues on City Council, and Staff calling for…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – UNION DEPOT IS PROPOSED MPC SITE!
Item 43 on the City Council agenda for February 13 is “Discussion and action on a Resolution approving an alternative site for the Multipurpose Cultural and Performing Arts Center and directing the…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – ONLY $69 MILLION OF 2019 PUBLIC SAFETY BOND SPENT
On November 5, 2019, the voters approved the bloated Public Safety Bond, authorizing the issuance of $413,122,650 for Police and Fire facilities, including a new $90.6 million police station, a $38.6 million Eastside…
The Border Chronicle – The Everywhere Border: A Podcast with Mizue Aizeki
Subscribe now The smart border at work: a M113 armored personnel carrier, Remote Video Surveillance System tower, Autonomous Surveillance Tower in Laredo, Texas. Photograph by Colter Thomas, January 2024. For more of…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – CLAUDIA “TU GAS ES MI GAS” RODRIGUEZ TO BE INTERVIEWED BY THE HISPANIC CHAMBER, FEB. 9, 12:00PM
Listen to Claudia “Tu gas es mi gas” Rodriguez, who was reprimanded and fined $1,000 for multiple ethics violations, explain why she is running for County Precinct 1 and how it is…