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The latest from the border blogosphere.
The Border Chronicle – The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: June 27
Share Thank you to everyone who joined our live video talk last night with Alix Dick about her new memoir “The cost of being undocumented: one woman’s reckoning with America’s inhumane math.”…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – LETTER TO EL PASO TIMES: LOWERING PROPERTY TAX WILL REQUIRE SUPERHUMAN INGENUITY
[[{“value”:” I wish to thank Mayor Renard Johnson for repeatedly promising to lower our property tax during his election campaign. When Dee Margo ran for office, he merely promised to “hold the…
The Border Chronicle – Climate, Tech, Borders, and Gaza: A Podcast with Amali Tower
Subscribe now Amali Tower in Morocco. (Photo credit: Freddie Claire). Share In this episode the executive director of Climate Refugees, Amali Tower, crosses the globe from Israel/Palestine to the U.S.-Mexico borderlands to…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – UPPER CITY ADMINISTRATORS GET SALARY INCREASES UP TO 42%
[[{“value”:” Dionne Mack began her position as City Manager on September 3, 2024. Within a short time, she approved raises for 37 deputy city managers and department heads totaling $925,366, with an…
The Border Chronicle – Audio Feature: “La Jaula de Oro”, Trump’s ICE Raids Cast a Shadow of Fear in the Rio Grande Valley
Subscribe now Since January 2025, the Trump administration has dramatically ramped up migrant workplace raids — mobilizing ICE and Homeland Security Investigations to detain thousands of undocumented people nationwide as part of…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – EPCC EMPLOYEE SALARIES – JUNE 2025
[[{“value”:” El Paso Community College (EPCC) is one of the five local entities that tax our properties. It was established by the voters of El Paso County in 1969. The Texas Legislature appropriated…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – HANANY, MARGO, AND WILSON JOIN OUR “ETHICS HALL OF FAME”
[[{“value”:” We are pleased to announce that Leah Hanany, Dee Margo, and Joyce Wilson have been admitted to our “Ethics Hall of Fame.” This is an extraordinary achievement since only the most…
El Chuqueño Blog – El Paso Electric is Coming for Your Money
Vic Kolenc has written an article for the El Paso Times headlined ‘An international issue’ | El Paso Electric substation construction boom aimed at big-energy needs. Right now the story is behind…