Subscribe now People using the CBP One app in Ciudad Juárez to apply for asylum. (Photo credit: Verónica Martínez) Share The CBP One app—according to journalist Verónica Martínez—has been deterring asylum seekers…
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El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – HERNANDEZ VOTES AGAINST 12,500-SEAT AMPHITHEATER, REJECTING $5.4 BILLION IN ECONOMIC IMPACT
Yesterday our City Council voted 6-1, with Rep. Cassandra Hernandez dissenting and Rep. Isabel Salcido absent, to proceed with a public-private partnership to construct a 12,500-seat amphitheater in Northeast El Paso. The…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – PRIVATE CORPORATION TO BUILD 12,500-SEAT AMPHITHEATER IN NORTHEAST EL PASO, ZERO GENERAL FUND DOLLARS
Under Executive Session item EX1 today, our City Council announced a public-private partnership with Notes Live, Inc., a private developer, which will build a 12,500-seat amphitheater at the former site of Cohen…
The Border Chronicle – Border 911 and the Cruelty and Chaos Agenda
Subscribe now In January, I encountered three masked, armed men while I was reporting on asylum seekers arriving at the border wall near Sasabe, Arizona. The men were filming and flying drones…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – EL PASO TAXPAYER REVOLT INTERVIEWS ALL THREE CANDIDATES FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Fellow Taxpayers, As a service to our community, we conducted extensive interviews with all three candidates for District Attorney: Bill Hicks, James Montoya, and Alma Trejo. In addition, we invited each of…
El Chuqueño Blog – Humphrey Bogar in “Midnight”
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El Chuqueño Blog – “Your Brain: Who’s in Control?”
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El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – HERNANDEZ TELLS EL PASO INC THAT GONZALEZ FIRING SPARKED DEPARTURES OF UPPER MANAGEMENT
City Rep. Cassandra Hernandez, who voted to raise our property tax six times and issue more than a half-billion dollars in debt without voter authorization, and who was reprimanded for stealing $6,700…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – SAM RODRIGUEZ APPOINTED TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS DIVISION OF SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Sam Rodriguez was one of the most reliable bureaucrats under City Manager Tommy Gonzalez, rising up from Engineering Division Manager to Chief Transport and Operations Officer and Aviation Director. He is the…
El Chuqueño Blog – Juárez Multimedia Art Show Connects Rivers, Borders and Healing
By Kent Paterson If you get a chance, you might saunter over to Ciuad Juárez to see the Somatica Terreste art exhibit. The work of Colombian artist Juan Camilo Alfonso and curated…