[[{“value”:” Minerva Torres-Shelton served in the US Army in military intelligence before working for the El Paso Police Department as a patrolwoman in downtown El Paso for five years. She then joined…
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El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – YOUR TWO CHOICES FOR COUNTY SHERIFF
Here are your two choices for El Paso County Sheriff: Republican Minerva Torres-Shelton, who has a long and distinguished history with the EPPD and FBI, or Democrat Oscar Ugarte, the Escobar-backed candidate with…
The Border Chronicle – 30 Years of Operation Gatekeeper: A Q&A with Joseph Nevins
Subscribe now Border Patrol watches over a newly built wall during Operation Gatekeeper in February of 1999 near San Diego. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images) Share Thirty years ago there…
The Border Chronicle – The Highest Law in the Land: Journalist Jessica Pishko on Right-wing Sheriffs and Democracy
Photo credit: Parker J. Pfister 2024. Share For several years, author and journalist Jessica Pishko has investigated the power of right-wing sheriffs and their impact on democracy, elections, and border and immigration…
The Border Chronicle – Climate Change and the Reality behind False Claims about ‘Criminal Migrants’
Subscribe now This interview originally appeared at Yale Climate Connections. Destruction after 2013 Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban, Philippines. Photo by Todd Miller Share For nearly three decades, Arizona-based writer and journalist Todd…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – CLAUDIA LIZETTE RODRIGUEZ, REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY PRECINCT 1, MISSPELLS “COMMISSIONER”
[[{“value”:” Claudia Lizette Rodriguez is as sloppy with her spelling as she is on her campaign finance reports, which she has repeatedly botched. Does she really expect us to vote for her…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – MR. JOHNSON, PLEASE TELL US HOW YOU WOULD PAY FOR YOUR SPENDING INITIATIVES?
[[{“value”:” Dear Mr. Johnson, In your mayoral campaign, you routinely promote new spending initiatives while claiming you will lower our property tax, without providing specifics. Former Interim City Manager Cary Westin and…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – WESLEY LAWRENCE: MAGA REPUBLICAN TURNED PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRAT
[[{“value”:” Wesley Lawrence is running against incumbent Joe Molinar for City District 4 and is a rising star in the progressive Democratic establishment, promoting his leftist agenda on social media. But check…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – RENARD JOHNSON WANTS US TO BELIEVE HE IS FOR LOWER PROPERTY TAXES
[[{“value”:” So let’s get this straight. Renard Johnson wants the City to invest more and develop a new vision by building more amenities like an arena and a deck plaza, costing hundreds of millions of dollars,…