Mexican National Guard officers patrol at a high point of El Nido de las Aguilas in eastern Tijuana, Baja California State, Mexico, on March 5, 2025, on the Mexican side of the…
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El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – COMMISSIONER HOLGUIN ON CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION
[[{“value”:” “I have always felt that we should limit the use of certificates of obligation to emergency projects where we maybe don’t have the time to wait for the time that it…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – EL PASO COUNTY EMPLOYEE SALARIES, MARCH 2025
[[{“value”:” Here is a list of El Paso County employee salaries, dated March 2025. 382 of them are paid over $100,000 per year plus benefits. El Paso County Employee Salaries_March 2025Download “}]] Read…
The Border Chronicle – Uncanny Rio Grande Valley
Fernando A. Flores. (Photo by Steven Ray Martinez) Subscribe now Broken satellites lie in junk heaps alongside refrigerators and mattresses. Libraries have been shuttered and books banned. A changing climate has pushed…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – CARY WESTIN HIRED AS BUSINESS CONSULTANT FOR EPISD
[[{“value”:” We are pleased to report that (Ret) Col. Cary Westin has signed a contract with El Paso Independent School District to serve as a business consultant, starting April 2. We asked…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – GROSSMAN TELLS COUNTY TO VOTE AGAINST ISSUING $54 MILLION CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION, VOTE POSTPONED FOR ONE WEEK
[[{“value”:” Today the County Commissioners Court was set to vote on posting notice for a $54M certificate of obligation but then postponed the vote for one week after members of the public,…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – EL PASO COUNTY POPULATION GROWS BY ONLY 0.1% IN 2023-2024
[[{“value”:” New statistics show that El Paso County grew by only 948 people between 2023 and 2024, an increase of only 0.1%. That means that El Paso County had the slowest rate…
The Border Chronicle – Border Chronicle: Weekly Roundup March 14
Subscribe now The word is mightier than the wall. (Image by Pablo de la Rosa) Share This week in The Border Chronicle: Subscribe now Un vaquero Sonorense at the edge of the…
The Border Chronicle – The Operation Lone Star Blue Print: Texas-Style Enforcement Expands Across the Border
Subscribe now Donald Trump shakes hands with Texas Governor Greg Abbott in Houston, Texas, on April 10, 2019. (Photo by Jim Watson /AFP via Getty Images) Share “I hereby proclaim: America’s sovereignty…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – SAMANIEGO ASKS PERMISSION TO RECEIVE PRIVATE FUNDS FOR TRAVEL TO TAIWAN
[[{“value”:” Yesterday the El Paso County Commissioners Court voted 5-0 in support item 13A, “to allow the County Judge to accept any donations for the purpose of travel to Taiwan to meet and…