EL PASO, Tx., September 18, 2026: In the upcoming November 3rd elections, incumbent Democrat County Judge Ricardo Samaniego faces Republican challenger Minerva Torres Shelton. Samaniego first assumed office on January […] The…
Category: Blogs
The latest from the border blogosphere.
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – HANANY BRAGS ABOUT LOWERING EPISD TAX RATE YET TAX BILLS ARE SET TO INCREASE 9.7%
[[{“value”:” Leah Hanany is President of the Board of Trustees of the El Paso Independent School District and is as dishonest as she is incompetent. The Board passed its FY 2027 budget…
The Border Chronicle – The Border Chronicle Turns Five. What’s Next?
Founders Melissa del Bosque and Todd Miller join editor and reporter Caroline Tracey to revisit the newsroom’s beginnings and the stories that have defined it, and to celebrate its next chapter. Read more:…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – STOUT SPENT MORE ON TRAVEL THAN THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT COMBINED, SAMANIEGO UNDER FIRE FOR TAIWAN EXPENDITURES
[[{“value”:” Lesley Engle of KVIA ABC-7 News, with the assistance of Andrew J. Polk, just published a journalistic masterpiece that every citizen of El Paso must read. Here is what we learn:…
El Chuqueño Blog – Sweetbreads
They are not sweet, and they are not breads, but they’re one of the most delicious parts of the animal. [“Sweetbread is a culinary name for the thymus or pancreas, typically from…
El Chuqueño Blog – The Orb
From NewYorker.com [paywall]: Three summers ago, Sam Altman, the C.E.O. of OpenAI, posted on X a fifteen-second video of dozens of people—mostly young, veiled in face masks, and wearing super-hip, white-soled sneakers—waiting…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – EPISD BOARD VOTES FOR 9.7% TAX INCREASE, TOTAL BILL FOR AVERAGE-VALUED HOME TO RISE ABOUT $300
[[{“value”:” With Leah Hanany and Jack Loveridge at the helm of the EPISD Board of Trustees, we knew this was coming. It is not enough that the City voted for a $105…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – KVIA EXCLUSIVE: COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT SPENT NEARLY $234,000 ON TRAVEL SINCE FY2022 INCLUDING VEGAS, HAWAII, AND TAIWAN
[[{“value”:” Lesley Engle and Andrew Polk will break this story tomorrow and we will learn how one County Commissioner spent more on travel than the other four members of the Commissioners Court…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – EL PASO TAXPAYER REVOLT INTERVIEWS MATT SISTRUNK, CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY PRECINCT 2
[[{“value”:” Matt Sistrunk, a Republican and committed conservative, is running to for El Paso County Precinct 2 against Democrat Miguel Teran. Watch our interview! “}]] Read more: Read More