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…
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The latest from the border blogosphere.
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…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – RUBÉN OLAGUE FIRED FROM KTSM AFTER COMPLAINING ABOUT SEX OFFENDER
El Paso KTSM Fires Whistleblower And Puts Roxy Van Ruiten On Notice For Reporting Child Pornographer Read more: Read More
The Border Chronicle – On Civil Rights and Operation Lone Star in South Texas: A Podcast with Roberto Lopez
Roberto Lopez speaking at a rally against House Bill 20, which would have commissioned civilian vigilantes to do border operations. The bill didn’t pass, but it could be revived again, says Lopez….
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – DEBORAH PAZ’S PAC VIOLATES CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS
Dear Ms. Deborah Paz, According to the Texas Ethics Commission, you established the PAC “Women’s Voices for Political Reform” on June 14, 2023 and listed yourself as Treasurer. On July 5, your PAC filed a…
El Chuqueño Blog – An Open Letter to El Paso’s Mayor and City Council
from Max Grossman Dear Mayor and City Council, In 2017, the El Paso County Commissioners Court conducted an architectural survey of Downtown El Paso and the adjacent barrios, and in 2020 they…
El Paso Talks: Season 1: Episode 50: Unmuted With Claudia Rodriguez: The Migrant Crisis
In her latest episode of Unmuted with Claudia Rodriguez, your host discusses the latest migrant crisis in El Paso and what it means to be a migrant and the cost to El…