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The latest from the border blogosphere.
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – KENNEDY SAYS “FACTUAL INFORMATION BEING SKEWED, IGNORED OR OMITTED FROM STORIES IS UNACCEPTABLE”
[[{“value”:” Hello City Rep. Kennedy: I am writing to ask you some questions about two current reports by El Paso Matters on your and Renard Johnson’s campaigns for Mayor: 1. The title…
El Chuqueño Blog – “THE DANGERS OF BIG MONEY IN EL PASO ELECTIONS: Is the Mayor’s office for sale?”
Here’s a Press Release from the Community First Coalition, announcing a Press Conference Monday, November 4, at 11 am outside, in front of County Courthouse. In El Paso´s city elections, big-money donors have…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – IVAN NIÑO CRIMINALLY INVESTIGATED WHILE EMPLOYED BY THE COUNTY
[[{“value”:” Ivan Niño is the Administrative Support Associate of City Rep. Isabel Salcido of District 5 and is paid $71,040 to manage her office and take phone calls. Now the 33-year-old is…
El Chuqueño Blog – Big Bullfight in Juarez this Sunday
This weekend, Juarez will host one of its rarest events in recent history: a Sunday bullfight. Sundays used to be the traditional day for bullfights. Ernest Hemingway never went to a bullfight…
The Border Chronicle – The Election and the Future of the Wall
Subscribe now The following piece was done in collaboration with Zócalo Public Square, an online platform that publishes essays on a variety of topics and whose mission is to connect people to…
The Border Chronicle – A Lawman’s Change of Heart
Arvin West Hudspeth County Sheriff, left, and Oscar Carrillo of Culberson County at the Hudspeth County prison. (Photo credit: Christ Chavez for Puente News Collaborative.) Editor’s note: This report is part of…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – CITY HALL FOR SALE!
[[{“value”:” Renard Johnson, whose former business partner was federally indicted in a $3 million Ponzi scheme and whose business faced a $277,000 judgment in a discrimination suit against a Hispanic, has raised…
The Border Chronicle – A Special Border Chronicle Election Podcast
I voted (and one future voter) sticker from every U.S. state in the borderlands. Don’t forget to vote! Share It’s democracy vs. fascism in the most consequential election of our lifetime. We…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – FABIOLA CAMPOS-LOPEZ: OLIGARCHY CANDIDATE FOR DISTRICT 7
[[{“value”:” Fabiola Campos-Lopez worked for some years at the Texas Department of Human Services and is now Chair of the non-profit “El Paso Neighborhood Coalition.” She feels this qualifies her to make…