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Category: Blogs
The latest from the border blogosphere.
El Chuqueño Blog – El Paso is a Small Town
Today’s front page headline of the dead tree edition of our English almost-daily newspaper is “Five new restaurants to try in El Paso”. The story in the right hand column is titled…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TO PREVENT HANANY FROM TERMINATING SAYAVEDRA TOMORROW!
[[{“value”:” Her Royal Highness, Empress Hanany, is again spearheading an effort to terminate the employment of Diana Sayavedra, the most talented and capable EPISD Superintendent in a generation. The Empress failed to…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – EPISD FAILS TO PROVIDE LINK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR JUNE 3 MEETING
[[{“value”:” Trustees Leah Hanany and Jack Loveridge are convening another Special Meeting of the EPISD Board of Trustees, for June 3 at 4:00pm, to try again to fire and replace Superintendent Diana…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – GONZALEZ IS MIDLAND CITY MANAGER BUT CONSULTS FOR TWO OTHER TEXAS CITIES
[[{“value”:” Less than five months after he was fired by our City Council and paid nearly $890,000 in severance, Tommy Gonzalez was hired July 11, 2023 as City Manager of Midland with…
El Chuqueño Blog – Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Lady Vanishes”
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El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – EPISD TRUSTEE CUELLAR ANNOUNCES “WE’RE NOT GONNA RAID THE FUND BALANCE,” TEACHER LAYOFFS IMMINENT
[[{“value”:” EPISD is facing a deficit of $33.8 million in FY 2026, including $3.2 million for reopening Lamar Elementary. The Emperor of the Board, Leah Hanany, has absolutely no plan to avert…
El Chuqueño Blog – “Mr. Polaroid”
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El Chuqueño Blog – El Paso 23rd Biggest City in the U.S.?
From ElPasoMatters.org: The population in El Paso’s city limits grew by 150 people between 2023 and 2024, continuing a decade-long plateauing of people, according to new estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau….
The Border Chronicle – Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup and Video Conversation about Border Militarization: May 30
Watch Todd’s video Q&A (above) with sociologist Timothy Dunn, one of the top experts on border militarization in the United States. Dunn talks about the new phase of militarization happening right now…