We have received word from multiple sources that Renard Johnson will be the Oligarchy candidate for Mayor of El Paso, representing the interests of our local business elite. He appointed Elisa Samaniego…
Category: Blogs
The latest from the border blogosphere.
The Border Chronicle – Texas is not a Trustworthy Partner: A Q&A with Eagle Pass Activist Amerika Garcia Grewal
If January is any sign of how this presidential election year will go, The Border Chronicle will need about 100 more reporters on the U.S.-Mexico border. Todd and I are a long…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – 2012 QUALITY OF LIFE BOND $63,607,763 OVERBUDGET
Yesterday we attended the meeting of the the Bond Overview Advisory Committee, at which City staff presented a chart detailing the expenditures from the Quality of Life Bond, which was passed by…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – MALCOLM MCGREGOR III: THE CITY’S BAIT-AND-SWITCH CLIMATE PLAN
Imagine, if you will, that you voted for a ballot item about energy-efficient Green apple pie and then found out you are going to get a festering squid with tentacles that will…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – CITY BOND OVERVIEW ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO MEET TOMORROW, FAILS TO POST BACKUP OR PREVIOUS AGENDAS
The City of El Paso’s Bond Overview Advisory Committee (BOAC) is charged with monitoring the City’s expenditures from the 2012 Quality of Life Bond, which cost the taxpayers $473,225,000. Tomorrow, January 22…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – CITY OF EL PASO “CLIMATE OPEN HOUSE,” JANUARY 24, 5:30-7:30PM
Climate Czar Nicole Ferrini has big plans for expanding her Office of Climate & Sustainability and you are not going to like them. Please attend this event and make your opinions known!…
El Chuqueño Blog – Lon Chaney, Jr. in “The Big Chase”
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El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – DISTRICT 2 RUNOFF POST-ELECTION ANALYSIS
Only 5.74% of the 47,838 registered voters in District 2 bothered to vote in yesterday’s runoff election for their City representative, who will have purview over a $1.3 billion municipal budget. Josh…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – ACEVEDO DEFEATS CARBAJAL, WILL BE SWORN IN AS NEXT D2 REP
And so ends the saga that was caused by the unnecessary resignation of Alexsandra Annello, who cost the taxpayers more than $500,000. She must feel good that her chosen successor won the…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – VERONICA CARBAJAL TO HISPANIC CHAMBER: “HONESTLY I DON’T THINK PROP K WENT FAR ENOUGH.”
Once in a long while there is a candidate who makes a political mistake that is truly ruinous. In the case of Veronica Carbajal, whose political fate will be decided this evening,…