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Category: Blogs
The latest from the border blogosphere.
El Chuqueño Blog – Transparency, Chuco-style
Can you believe that 6 of our 8 City Representatives voted against citizen oversight of bond expenditures? From Adam Powell at ElPasoTimes.com: The El Paso City Council rejected a plan to make…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – COMMISSIONER CORONADO RECEIVES CONTRIBUTIONS FROM HUNT AND FRIENDS, PREPARES FOR REELECTION CAMPAIGN
[[{“value”:” Commissioner Sergio Coronado has been in office only 27 months but has already managed to vote for $894 million in GO bonds (of which the voters approved $552 million) and a…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – CAMPAIGN MANAGER FOR ESCOBAR AND JOHNSON JOINS EFFORT TO RE-ELECT SAMANIEGO
[[{“value”:” Veronica Escobar’s campaign manager, Lauren Zimmerman, not only managed the campaign of Renard Johnson, but she has now joined the team to re-elect County Judge Ricardo Samaniego. Martin Paredes of El…
El Chuqueño Blog – “Bad for Each Other”
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El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – CITY TO FACE $29.2M BUDGET DEFICIT THROUGH FY 2029
[[{“value”:” City CFO Robert Cortinas made a presentation at the March 17 Work Session under item 2, indicating the City is projecting a total budget deficit of $29.2 million over the next…
The Border Chronicle – Border Chronicle: Weekly Roundup April 4
Subscribe now Ask an Expert How will the latest round of Trump tariffs affect trade and commerce? What will happen with Mexico’s relationship with the U.S.? Next week, we’ll be live-streaming our…
The Border Chronicle – Reporter’s Notebook: Walking to Mexico in a Dust Storm
Subscribe now The U.S.-Mexico border during the March 18 dust storm. (Photo by Todd Miller) Share We are standing on the Prospect Street Bridge over Interstate 10 in El Paso, Texas, during…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – CITY COUNCIL REJECTS CITIZEN OVERSIGHT OF NEARLY $700M IN BOND PROJECTS
[[{“value”:” City Reps. Canales and Limon co-sponsored item 21 on yesterday’s City Council agenda, which would have provided citizen oversight of $685,602,650 worth of public bond projects, amounting to approximately $1.3 billion…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – MAYOR JOHNSON PROMISED TO LOWER OUR PROPERTY TAX BUT WILL NOT DELIVER
[[{“value”:” What is the difference between Dee Margo and Renard Johnson, aside from the fact that they are cut from the same cloth and relied upon the same group of friends to…