Subscribe now The road into a sky island in the Arizona borderlands. (Photo credit: Petey Mesquitey) Share “The borderlands are beautiful.” That’s how Petey Mesquitey always ends his weekly show Growing Native…
Category: Blogs
The latest from the border blogosphere.
El Chuqueño Blog – All You Need to Know About Prop 11
From Ballotpedia.com: The measure would amend section 59 of Article 16 of the Texas Constitution to authorize the state legislature to permit conservation and reclamation districts in El Paso County to issue…
The Border Chronicle – On ‘Political Pathologies’ and Practicing Medicine in the Borderlands: A Q&A with Dr. Brian Elmore
Dr. Brian Elmore attending to a patient at Clínica Hope in Ciudad Juárez. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Elmore) Share Dr. Brian Elmore is an emergency-medicine resident physician in El Paso, Texas. He’s…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – EPCC BUDGET AND SALARIES
El Paso Community College was established by the voters of El Paso County in 1969. The Texas Legislature appropriated funds in 1971 and classes began that fall with 901 students enrolled. The…
El Chuqueño Blog – “Two of a Kind’
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El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON $30M ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX WITH AMPHITHEATER IN SUNLAND PARK
On October 26, 2022 we broke the news that there is a plan to build an entertainment complex with amphitheater in Sunland Park, New Mexico. Three days ago, KFOX reported reported that…
El Chuqueño Blog – “The Great Awakening”
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El Chuqueño Blog – The Sacred Cows
by Rich Wright Every election year you hear it. “Is this the best we can do?” For president, we’ve got two geriatric candidates who I wouldn’t even trust to drive a school…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – Republican Party of Texas: Resolution Supporting Israel’s Right to Exist, Advocating the Destruction of Hamas, and Mourning the Innocent Who Were Murdered
Of all the political resolutions supporting Israel and condemning Hamas, the statement of from the Republican Party of Texas is the most powerful. It will be formally passed at the Fourth Quarter…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – THE “ARENA” CRISIS IS FIVE YEARS OLD TODAY
Happy anniversary! Today marks five years since October 13, 2016, when the City of El Paso announced that it would destroy Duranguito for a Multipurpose Performing Arts and Entertainment Facility. Only five…