Renard Johnson is the candidate for Mayor who is backed by the same elites who backed Dee Margo. We previously reported that Johnson appointed the daughter of County Judge Samaniego as his…
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The latest from the border blogosphere.
El Chuqueño Blog – Sentinel Tower Update
They’re bringing it. Pretty soon you’ll be able to see it from El Paso. It’s the Torre Centinela. You remember: The building will have 1,791 automated license plate readers. 3,065 pan-tilt-zoom cameras….
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – CANUTILLO ISD SUPER: “THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER SET FOOT IN CANUTILLO, HAVE NO PERSONAL STAKE IN OUR SCHOOLS”
Pedro Galaviz is the Superintendent of the Canutillo Independent School District. His District suffers from a $6 million budget deficit and faces layoffs and school closures, largely because of the incompetence of…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – CITY CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER SAM RODRIGUEZ IS OUT!
There is a major purge happening within the City’s upper administration. We learned only Tuesday that Tracey Jerome, the Senior Deputy City Manager, is departing for a job in Mooresville, North Carolina….
The Border Chronicle – Border Imperialism in the Balkans: A Q&A with Nidžara Ahmetašević, Manja Petrovska, Sophie-Anne Bisiaux, and Lorenz Naegeli
Subscribe now Miral camp, Velika Kladuša, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2020 (Photo Credit: Nidžara Ahmetašević) Share The authors of the report Repackaging Imperialism: The EU-IOM Border Regime in the Balkans, published by the Amsterdam-based…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – CITY ISSUED $300 MILLION IN DEBT IN 2016 WITH ZERO OR LITTLE INTEREST FOR A DECADE
This past March 25, City CFO Robert Cortinas gave a PowerPoint presentation before City Council in which he discussed his 5-Year Financial Forecast. On page 71, he cited $300 million of debt…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – SENIOR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER TRACEY JEROME RESIGNS!
Tracey Jerome may be the least qualified person ever to have served in the upper administration of the City of El Paso, but now she is someone else’s problem. We reported in…
The Border Chronicle – Meet the U.S. Lawyer Representing Mexico in Its Lawsuits against the Billion-Dollar U.S. Gun Industry
Jonathan Lowy speaking at the Organization of American States about gun violence. (Photo courtesy of Jonathan Lowy) Subscribe now Last week, a federal judge in Arizona ruled that the Mexican government can…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – ANNOUNCING THE GASSANDRA CLOCK!
We know how anxious you are that City Rep. Cassandra Hernandez is still in office working to raise our taxes, issue more debt, and dole out more corporate welfare. As a public…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – INTERVIEW WITH JAMES MONTOYA, CANDIDATE FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY
James Montoya has been practicing law for 11 years and is now a Democratic candidate for El Paso District Attorney. He served as Assistant District Attorney for seven years, prosecuting numerous homicide…