[[{“value”:” Today we interviewed Melissa Robinson of Cripple Creek Realty, LLC about El Paso families selling their homes and fleeing to Santa Teresa and Las Cruces, NM to escape high taxation. Melissa…
Category: Blogs
The latest from the border blogosphere.
El Chuqueño Blog – “The Thief”
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El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – JUST SAY NO TO LEAH HANANY, VOTE FOR MONICA BENJAMIN FOR EPISD DISTRICT 1
[[{“value”:” Leah Hanany assumed her position on the EPISD Board of Trustees on May 12, 2021 and has been a fierce advocate for social justice ever since. She has been the loudest…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – CITY PAYS TRIPLE APPRAISED VALUE FOR PROPERTY TO EXPAND CONVENTION CENTER
[[{“value”:” Ben Fyffe is “Quality of Life Projects Manager” and is the 24th highest paid employee in the City of El Paso, drawing a salary of $191,445 plus benefits. He assures us…
The Border Chronicle – Border Chronicle: Weekly Roundup May 2
Subscribe now Subscribe now Ask an Expert: Timothy Dunn Over the last month, as reported here at The Border Chronicle, we’ve seen an amping up and expansion of the militarization of the…
The Border Chronicle – “I Wish This Book Did Not Have This Title”: A Q&A with Alma Guillermoprieto about The Years of Blood
The Years of Blood (Duke University Press, April 2025), the latest book by journalist Alma Guillermoprieto “What I try to do is write about places that I know that I care about…
The Border Chronicle – The Endangered Rio Grande Can Still Be Saved: A Podcast with Maria-Elena Giner
Subscribe now In an in-depth interview for The Border Chronicle, Maria-Elena Giner reflects on her tenure since being ousted last week by the Trump administration as commissioner for one of the most…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO MOVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ALL AGENDA ITEMS TO 10AM
[[{“value”:” Today under item 24 City Council voted 7-1 to amend the Rules of Order such that public comment on all agenda items will be confined to a set period starting at…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – CITY LEASES, APRIL 2025
[[{“value”:” We wrote to the City of El Paso requesting “all current property leases for City offices, including for the Anson Mills Building.” The City replied April 28, 2025 and sent us…
The Border Chronicle – New Border Wall is an ‘Ecological Catastrophe’: A Podcast with The Sierra Club’s Erick Meza
Erick Meza near the border wall in Arizona. (Photo credit: Jonathan Stegenga) Subscribe now The Trump administration has begun issuing contracts for border wall construction. During the first Trump administration, contractors dynamited…