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The latest from the border blogosphere.
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – INTERVIEW WITH CITY REP. JOE MOLINAR OF DISTRICT 4
Joe Molinar assumed office as City Representative for District 4 on January 5, 2021 and, in our humble estimation, has done an exceptional job representing not only the constituents of his district…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – JOHNSON PROMISES TO LOWER PROPERTY TAXES BUT INCREASE SPENDING, MEDIA FAILS TO SCRUTINIZE HIM
Renard Johnson is running for Mayor of El Paso and is backed by Veronica Escobar and our local business elites, together with their bankers and attorneys. He has held three major fundraisers…
El Chuqueño Blog – Our Petulant and Entitled Ruling Class
Here’s a story maybe you didn’t see. From ElPasoTimes.com: [El Paso Mayor Oscar] Leeser related a recent encounter with someone involved with “one of the special interest groups that seem to have…
El Chuqueño Blog – “Split Second”
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El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – ABBOT APPOINTS TOMMY GONZALEZ TO TEXAS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Three days ago, Governor Greg Abbott announced that he appointed former El Paso City Manager Tommy Gonzalez to the Board of Trustees of the Texas Municipal Retirement System. Our City Council fired…
El Chuqueño Blog – “The Economy of Tomorrow”
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El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – GASSANDRA HERNANDEZ AND CLAUDIA “TU GAS ES MI GAS” STRIKE AGAIN! NEW AUDIT SHOWS MORE EXCESSIVE GAS USAGE
It was nearly one year ago that we learned from the Chief City Auditor, Edmundo Calderon, that City Rep. Cassandra Hernandez and her husband helped themselves to $6,691 of City gas in…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – SISD SALARIES REVEALED
As late as 1930, about 65% of America’s children were educated in one-room schoolhouses, often with a single teacher entrusted with all instruction. Since that time, most of our public schools have…
El Chuqueño Blog – In Defense of the Rio Bosque Wetlands
by Vanessa Johnson The Chihuahua Desert is an ecological treasure; it is the largest and most biodiverse desert in the Northern Hemisphere. The Rio Bosque Wetlands Park is a 372-acre City of…