[[{“value”:” Last month we cited a City audit dated March 6 revealing that 10 hotels failed to remit $1,121,530.45 in hotel occupancy tax (HOT), including penalties and interest. Now we have learned…
Category: Blogs
The latest from the border blogosphere.
The Border Chronicle – The Borderlands Are Not Flooded with Fentanyl: A Q&A with Dr. Melody Glenn, author of Mother of Methadone
Dr. Melody Glenn. Photo: Desiree Bustos Subscribe now Dr. Melody Glenn is an associate professor of emergency medicine at the University of Arizona. She’s also the author of Mother of Methadone, available…
El Chuqueño Blog – King David
From up above, from a rooftop, or an upper window, they could be dancing. The hip hop thumps from the oversize speakers in the trunk of one of the cars, a late…
The Border Chronicle – How ICE Detention Was Built
Subscribe now Jesse Franzblau speaking at a December 2024 press conference on Capitol Hill led by Illinois congresswoman Delia Ramirez. (Photo courtesy of NIJC.) Share Jesse Franzblau is a senior policy analyst…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – CITY, COUNTY, AND UMC TO INCREASE TAX ON AVERAGE HOME BY $336!
[[{“value”:” The City is increasing its property tax on the average home value ($221,726) by $83, with no resistance from Mayor Johnson, who had promised to lower our tax. UMC just adopted…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – CITY COUNCIL VOTES 6-1 TO NOT APPOINT AN INTERIM CHIEF INTERNAL AUDITOR
[[{“value”:” It is incredible but true. Our City currently has no Chief Internal Auditor now that Edmundo Calderon has retired. The failure to replace him with an Interim Chief Internal Auditor means there is…
The Border Chronicle – The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: August 8
Thank you , , , , , and many others for tuning into the Weekly Roundup live video. Apologies for any technical guffaws at the beginning. We’re still learning, but hopefully getting…
The Border Chronicle – The Mexicali Experimental Project: A Contemplative, Human-Scale Approach to Housing on the Border
Subscribe now The Mexicali Experimental Project exhibition at the UABC Institute for Cultural Research Museum in Mexicali. (Photo credit: Teresa Rodríguez Ruiz Esparza) Share West of Mexicali’s city center, on an ordinary…
The Border Chronicle – ‘They Want to Have a Police State’: Trump’s Rio Grande Military Zone
Subscribe now Supplemental aircrew member Aaron Leblanc, with U.S. Air and Marine Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, reports his observations of the Rio Grande during a joint aerial patrol of the…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – CITY TO INCREASE PROPERTY TAX 4.3%, MAYOR BREAKS CAMPAIGN PROMISE
[[{“value”:” Yesterday our City Council held a Special Meeting and under agenda item 3 voted 8-0 to introduce an ordinance setting the tax rate at $0.759649 per $100 of property valuation. The…