While our City leadership is committed to restraining spending and holding the line on taxes, the County Commissioners Court has gone completely off the rails, approving the highest tax rate possible without…
Category: Blogs
The latest from the border blogosphere.
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – JAIME ABEYTIA SUPPORTING CAMPAIGN OF JACKIE ARROYO BUTLER
We just received confirmation, via the attached photo, that political operative Jaime Abeytia is supporting the campaign of Jackie “Arroyo” Butler for County Precinct 1. Abeytia was well known in El Paso…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – HERNANDEZ ANNOUNCES CAMPAIGN KICKOFF & FUNDRAISER FOR MAYOR
As soon as Hernandez announced her event, the attached spoof began circulating almost immediately. We are sharing it here for the sake of comic relief! We also received the original version: Read…
The Border Chronicle – In Shelby Park, Far-Right Content Creators Are Welcome
Texas National Guard soldiers stand guard at the entrance to Shelby Park on January 12, 2024 in Eagle Pass, Texas. In the background is the DPS command center. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty…
El Chuqueño Blog – “Joe T. Hodo con rezos enlatados”
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El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – EL PASO WATER CUSTOMERS PAY 88% OF WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FOR NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS
This past February 21, Manuel Moreno, Vice-Chair of the Capital Improvements Advisory Committee, wrote a letter to the City summarizing a presentation that had been made to his group by Raftelis Consultants…
El Chuqueño Blog – Mexico’s Mega Elections: The Time of Women
By Kent Paterson Amid bots, bombast and border bullying, Mexico’s general election campaign kicked off March 1. An estimated 98.9 million Mexicans, up from 89.1 million in 2018, will be able to…
El Chuqueño Blog – A Message From the Border
Check out this letter that appeared in the New York Times: To the Editor: Re “Political Rivals Aim for Gains at the Border” (front page, March 1): The border is not a…
El Chuqueño Blog – Humphrey Bogart in “In a Lonely Place”
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El Chuqueño Blog – Historical Spanish
From NYTimes.com: In most of the Spanish-speaking world, the principal ways to say “you” are the casual “tú,” and the formal “usted.” But in Colombia there is another “you” — “su merced,”…