We reported that on September 26, our City Council discussed a “Complaint against [an] elected official” with Frank Garza, the City’s outside counsel. According to Martin Paredes of El Paso News, Oaxaca is accused…
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El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – NORMA CHAVEZ FOR TEXAS HOUSE DISTRICT 77
Of the three candidates running for Texas House District 77, Norma Chavez is the most fiscally responsible and best qualified for the position. She invited us to her campaign launch, held November…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – CONGRESSWOMAN VERONICA ESCOBAR VOTES AGAINST BILL DEPRIVING IRAN OF $6 BILLION
Yesterday House Rep. Veronica Escobar was among 119 federal lawmakers to vote against H.R. 5961, which prevents Iran from receiving $6 billion held in South Korea that had been unfrozen by the…
The Border Chronicle – Sasabe Notebook: Big Contracts, New Border Walls, and a Humanitarian Crisis
Subscribe now Please join us on December 7, at 1 p.m. mountain time (3 p.m. EST), for a discussion thread pondering the questions: What is border externalization? What does it mean for…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – SAUCEDO LAWSUIT AGAINST EL PASO CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL REACHES BRIEFING PHASE AT THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS
On September 3, 2019, David Saucedo II and his wife Mariana lost their three-year-old daughter Ivanna at El Paso Children’s Hospital (EPCH) while she was under the care of Dr. Roberto Canales…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – WHAT DOES GAZA HAVE TO DO WITH SERVING AS CITY REPRESENTATIVE OF DISTRICT 2?
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El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – JUDY GUTIERREZ FOR DISTRICT 2
This is from a mailer recently sent out by the El Paso Progress PAC to voters in City District 2. The PAC is unconnected to Gutierrez’s campaign and anyone can look up…
The Border Chronicle – Education Instead of Barbed Wire and Walls: A Podcast with Felicia Rangel-Samporano
Felicia Rangel-Samporano answers questions about the CBPOne app in a Reynosa migrant camp in February 2023. (Photo: Melissa del Bosque) In 2019, Felicia Rangel-Samporano, a stay-at-home mom in Brownsville, Texas, joined forces…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – EL PASO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT SALARIES, FY 2006-2024
We recently reported the salaries of the El Paso County Commissioners Court for FY 2015-2024, but we decided to do a deeper dive and investigate their salaries going back to FY 2007….
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – JUDY GUTIERREZ OPPOSES TAX INCREASES AND NON-VOTER-APPROVED DEBT, WOULD RETURN HER SALARY
City Rep. Alexsandra Annello of District 2 recently resigned her seat on City Council to run for state office, triggering a special election on December 9. Of the four candidates running to…