[[{“value”:” Reyes Mata III of El Paso Inc just published an exceptional report documenting the exodus of 8,800 El Paso families to New Mexico between 2019 and 2023. According to Mata, the…
Category: Blogs
The latest from the border blogosphere.
El Chuqueño Blog – John Ford’s “The Sun Shines Bright”
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El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – EL PASOANS FACE 7.5% AVERAGE INCREASE IN CITY PROPERTY TAX
[[{“value”:” We drafted a chart comparing the City’s no-new-revenue tax rate to the adopted tax rate for every year from 2015 through 2027. When the adopted tax rate is higher than the…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – MAYOR BLAMES FORMER CITY COUNCIL FOR BUDGET WOES, ARMIJO PROPOSES CUTTING $21M FROM FOR FY 2027
[[{“value”:” This past Tuesday, our City Council voted 5-3 to give preliminary authorization for a tax rate of $.809487 per $100 of property valuation, increasing the tax upon the average-valued residence by…
The Border Chronicle – The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: August 7
Bulldozing has started in the iconic Big Bend National Park, and protestors try to save the last of 200-year old cottonwood trees in Arizona as the border wall advances, plus we launch…
El Chuqueño Blog – El Paso Matters to the Rescue
From ElPasoMatters.org: Between 2015 and 2025, the number of El Pasoans under age 65 grew by fewer than 4,000. The number of those 65 and older jumped by more than 42,000, including …
El Paso Herald Post – Cynthia Boyar Trejo Recall Organizers File Suit Against City to Force It to Accept Signatures
EL PASO, Tx., August 6, 2026: This morning, the organizers of the recall effort against city representative Cynthia Boyar Trejo held a press conference announcing that they filed a lawsuit […] The…
The Border Chronicle – Welcome to Indian Country: 250 Years of Democracy and Authoritarianism in the U.S.
Worried about the future of democracy in the United States? Look to Indigenous histories; they have much to teach us about the struggle between liberty and empire. Read more: Read More
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – EL PASO FIRE DEPARTMENT REJECTS CITY’S PROPOSAL FOR $43 MILLION INCREASE
[[{“value”:” On July 15, we reported that the union representing El Paso firefighters was demanding an additional $56 million over the next four fiscal years. Adam Powell of the El Paso Times…