On February 7, 2023 at about 12:45 AM, Texas Sen. Charles Schwertner of District 5 (R-Georgetown) was arrested in Austin for a DWI. At the time of his arrest, the identity of…
Category: Blogs
The latest from the border blogosphere.
El Chuqueño Blog – “Shadow of the Thin Man”
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El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – SAUCEDO LAWSUIT AGAINST EL PASO CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL REACHES 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 Chuqueño Blog – “China vs. United States”
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El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – EL PASO HAS THE 3RD HIGHEST TAX RATE AMONG THE 50 LARGEST CITIES
The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and Minnesota Center for Fiscal Excellence just published their 50-State Property Tax Comparison Study for Taxes Paid in 2022. The study found that among the 50 largest…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – PRESERVATION TEXAS OPENING WEST TEXAS OFFICE IN JANUARY, SEEKING PROGRAM OFFICER
I am pleased to announce that Preservation Texas, the only member-supported statewide historic preservation organization in Texas, is opening a regional West Texas office in El Paso in January 2024. The new office…
The Border Chronicle – Blockading the Border: A Q&A with Timothy Dunn on the 30th Anniversary of Operation Hold the Line
Subscribe now The third day of Operation Hold the Line in September 1993 when the U.S. Border Patrol blockaded a protest on the international bridge between El Paso and Ciudad Juárez.. (Photo…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – JORDAN’S APPEAL OF COMPLAINT AGAINST WILLIAMS REJECTED BY NEW MEXICO SUPREME COURT
On August 3, Jeremy Jordan filed a complaint with the State Bar of Mexico against attorney Antonio Williams, the Chair of the City Ethics Review Commission that investigated and reprimanded his wife, City Rep….
El Chuqueño Blog – Retrovision: Rat Park and Addiction
This post originally appeared on 04 September 2018. What are the factors that contribute to drug abuse and addiction? We are largely a country of loners. Isolated, by our work. By our…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – CITY COUNCIL “ACCEPTS” PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF CITY REP. HENRY RIVERA
Today under agenda item EX1 our City Council discussed a “Complaint against [an] elected official” with Frank Garza, the City’s outside counsel. One must assume, given the rumors flying around everywhere, that the subject…