by Rich Wright From KTSM.com: The federal government plans to spend up to $700 million on an expansion of the international Bridge of the Americas and U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, spoke…
Category: Blogs
The latest from the border blogosphere.
The Border Chronicle – It’s The Border Chronicle’s second anniversary!
When we started this newsletter in September 2021 with a grant from Substack, we thought we’d give it a go for a year. The Substack funding ran out in 2022, which was…
El Chuqueño Blog – TOTAL DEBT OF OUR FIVE TAXING ENTITIES EXCEEDS $5.1 BILLION!
by Max Grossman Our property tax consists of the combined levies of five local taxing entities. If you live within the El Paso Independent School District as I do, those entities are the…
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…
The Border Chronicle – “People Need Representation”: A Podcast with Immigration Lawyer Margo Cowan
Margo Cowan in 2017. (Photo credit: Keep Tucson Together) Share In July the Board of Immigration Appeals ordered that prominent federal immigration lawyer and longtime community organizer Margo Cowan be barred for…
The Border Chronicle – “An Occupying Force”: Florida Troopers Descend on Texas Border Communities
Today’s post is part of a nationwide collaboration among newsrooms called Democracy Day, which will take place on September 15. The intent is to draw attention to the crisis facing American democracy,…
El Chuqueño Blog – Us and Them
The problem with giving our “public servants” big salaries is that it changes who they are and who they serve. When you’re pulling down $100k plus, you are living in a different…
El Chuqueño Blog – COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR ATTACKS NON-PARTISAN PETITION
by Max Grossman Michael Apodaca, Chair of the El Paso County Democratic Party, issued a press release today attacking the non-partisan effort to recall City Rep. Cassandra Hernandez of District 3 from…