[[{“value”:” Daniel Call, a member of the Board of Trustees told us on the record that there will be a special EPISD Board Meeting this coming Tuesday at 5:30pm that will include…
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The latest from the border blogosphere.
The Border Chronicle – Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: May 23
Subscribe now Last chance to submit your questions for our invited expert! In the last month, as reported here at The Border Chronicle, we’ve seen active-duty military deployments and the creation of…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – EPISD TRUSTEE DANIEL CALL TO EL PASO TIMES: REOPENING EL PASO’S LAMAR ELEMENTARY IS “SHADY BACKROOM FAVORITISM”
[[{“value”:” Daniel Call, Guest columnist, El Paso Times, 5/22/2025: “Our recent school board meeting was nothing short of surreal. In the middle of a projected $31 million shortfall for next budget year,…
The Border Chronicle – How Artists Rethink the Border’s Water Crisis
Subscribe now Still from Treaty of Friendship/Tratado de Amistad, Ingrid Leyva and Nicole Antebi, 2024. Courtesy of the artists. Share Water infrastructures and the documents that oversee them carry heavy conceptual baggage….
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – EPISD TRUSTEE DANIEL CALL: “FINANCIALLY, WE’RE ON THE TITANIC AND IT’S SINKING”
[[{“value”:” Yesterday the EPISD Board of Trustees voted 5-2 to reopen Lamar Elementary, which will cost more than $12.5 million to repair and upgrade and approximately $3.2 million per year to operate….
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – EPISD BOARD POISED TO REVERSE CLOSURE OF LAMAR ELEMENTARY
[[{“value”:” In the May 3 election, progressive candidates swept all four races for the EPISD Board of Trustees. Voter turnout was a miserable 2.94% and in every case the outcomes were determined…
The Border Chronicle – The Cost of Being Undocumented: A Podcast with Alix Dick and Antero Garcia
Antero Garcia and Alix Dick (Photo courtesy of authors) Subscribe now Alix Dick arrived in the U.S. more than a decade ago, fleeing violence in Sinaloa, Mexico, that tore her family apart….
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT GOES TO THE DARK SIDE OF THE FORCE
[[{“value”:” On January 30, 2023, the County Commissioners Court voted 4-1 under item 8 to issue certificates of obligation in the amount of $59 million for “essential public infrastructure projects.” Only one…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – RENARD “I WILL LOWER YOUR TAXES” JOHNSON
[[{“value”:” This past Thursday, KVIA ABC-7 aired its “exclusive ride” with Mayor Renard Johnson, who told Paul Cicala, “What I will do as Mayor is I will lean on my relationships to…
El Chuqueño Blog – CRRUA in the Whirlwind: The Future of People and Water in Sunland Park-Santa Teresa at the Crossroads
by Kent Paterson Like the wind, dust and mist that sting the spring of 2025, stormy developments surround the fundamental question of water and wastewater service in the southern New Mexico communities…