[[{“value”:” On January 30, 2023, the County Commissioners Court voted 4-1 under item 8 to issue certificates of obligation in the amount of $59 million for “essential public infrastructure projects.” Only one…
Category: Blogs
The latest from the border blogosphere.
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – RENARD “I WILL LOWER YOUR TAXES” JOHNSON
[[{“value”:” This past Thursday, KVIA ABC-7 aired its “exclusive ride” with Mayor Renard Johnson, who told Paul Cicala, “What I will do as Mayor is I will lean on my relationships to…
El Chuqueño Blog – CRRUA in the Whirlwind: The Future of People and Water in Sunland Park-Santa Teresa at the Crossroads
by Kent Paterson Like the wind, dust and mist that sting the spring of 2025, stormy developments surround the fundamental question of water and wastewater service in the southern New Mexico communities…
El Chuqueño Blog – “Dopemen: America’s First Drug Cartel”
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The Border Chronicle – Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: May 16
Subscribe now In the last month, as reported here at The Border Chronicle, we’ve seen active-duty military deployments and the creation of new militarized “national defense areas” at the southern border. The…
The Border Chronicle – “None of These People Are from the Border”: A Dispatch from the National Defense Area in New Mexico
Subscribe now A Stryker combat vehicle and soldiers at the New Mexico border on May 8. (Photo by Can Hasasu/Anadolu via Getty Images) Share When I asked Norma Gomez, program organizer for…
El Chuqueño Blog – The Apartment
by Rich Wright His hands are filthy. He looks at them where they protrude from the frayed cuffs of his dark flannel shirt as though he’s never seen them before. Grime has…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – LIBRE INITIATIVE DIRECTOR EXCORIATES EL PASO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR NON-VOTER-APPROVED DEBT
[[{“value”:” Enrique Romero is the local Director of The Libre Initiative, a fiscally conservative non-profit “dedicated to empowering the Hispanic community.” Today he published a scathing opinion essay highlighting the addiction of…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – CITY COUNCIL VOTES 5-3 TO PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF PUBLIC COMMENT
[[{“value”:” Numerous El Pasoans were alarmed by the City’s plan to reform Public Comment, which would have been moved from the individual agenda items to a designated period starting at 10:00am, significantly…
El Chuqueño Blog – Blow, Wind, Blow
From a May 4 post on Gizmodo.com: This year’s drought-exacerbated dusty season is “truly exceptional—one for the record books,” said Thomas Gill, an environmental scientist at the University of Texas at El…