As many of you know there is an ongoing battle over the Durangito community and the proposed El Paso arena. It all revolves around whether a neighborhood should be displaced to make room for an arena. Like all El Paso politics, not all is what it seems as many pieces are moving around at the… Read More Shootout at the Durangito
As most of you know, on December 20, 2016, there was an altercation between Oscar Leeser and Ann Morgan Lilly at Thyme Matters. A police report was filed and an investigation ensued. There was no prosecution of E.R. “Rut” Lilly because the District Attorney, Jaime Esparza, determined that there was insufficient evidence to proceed. The… Read More Documents Detailing Oscar Leeser and Ann Morgan Lilly Tiff at Thyme Matters
For some time now I have been developing the thesis that in El Paso there is a protected class of citizen. It is class that can literally commit a crime in plain daylight and not worry about being arrested, much less prosecuted. I also, recently, and for the first time, revealed to you my feeling… Read More More Proof: the Protected Class and Unfriendliness Towards Immigrants
I realize that today’s post is going to make many of you angry and some of you horrified that I am actually bringing this up. But, the facts demonstrate that my belief is not so farfetched after all, if you allow the facts to lead the way. The de-Mexicanization of El Paso is not racism… Read More Proof of the de-Mexicanization of El Paso
Yesterday I shared with you the three cases of assault that have been documented against Ann Morgan Lilly and her husband, “Rut”. Today, I am going to show you how the corruption in El Paso allows the Lilly’s to get away with assault. As we delve deeper into this, you well get to witness first-hand… Read More The Protected Class
By now most of you know that Ann Morgan Lilly has been accused, once again, of assault. As you likely know, on December 20, 2016, Ann Morgan Lilly, her husband Edward Rutledge “Rut” Lilly, Oscar Leeser and his wife got into a verbal altercation at the Thyme Matters restaurant. According to the police complaint filed… Read More The Corruption of Ann Morgan Lilly
Last Tuesday, two incumbent candidates pulled off the unlikely win over their opponents in their respective runoff races. Conventional wisdom holds that incumbents forced into a runoff election are unlikely to keep their office. Jaime Esparza pulled off the unlikely win and remains the District Attorney for El Paso. Although not a candidate for office,… Read More Joyce Wilson Won a Victory Last Tuesday
There are two standards of law in El Paso. That is the unmistakable fact that the Whataburger Incident has proven. I have previously written about this, but until the release of the report about the encounter between El Paso Police officers and Claudia Ordaz and her fiancé, Vince Perez, I had been unable to prove… Read More Impunity in El Paso
The City released a copy of Tommy Gonzalez’ answers to the questions asked of him by the investigator looking into how Gonzalez and Larry Romero handled the financial advisor and other issues. In the case of the financial advisor debacle, there are two major issues that need to be addressed. The first is whether Larry… Read More Tommy Gonzalez Answers and the El Paso Times $20 million Bias
There has been some recent commentary on the blogosphere in regards to the financial services contract debacle at the city. The commentary centers on the fact that Tommy Gonzalez stopped the process before the contract with First Southwest was cancelled. The notion is that no crime was committed because Gonzalez canceled the process before anyone… Read More The Financial Services Debacle is Actionable
In the last two days I have demonstrated to you how a cover up is underway to protect certain individuals. A cover up requires an outlet to distract you by focusing your attention on one of the issues to keep you from asking the important questions. As you know, the El Paso Times has been… Read More Another Cover Up Example – Open Records Hypocrisy
As I wrote yesterday, if you are not looking closely you might be missing the ongoing cover up being perpetuated against you by some city officials. The most important scandal, the $22 million, is cleverly being hidden behind the “Luther Jonesing” of Larry Romero and of Tommy Gonzalez. “Luther Jonesing,” as I am using it… Read More The 2015 Cover Up
“I am going to Luther Jones you.” That is a comment I frequently hear. It is in reference to the notion that Luther Jones was targeted by certain individuals in the community in order to remove an obstacle to their public agenda. I have previously written about how certain individuals are targeted for scrutiny while… Read More 2015 Cover Up: Luther Jonesing Tommy Gonzalez
[This article was edited on December 3, 2015 at 08:37ET to correct typographical error in the amount of the loss] Thanks to KVIA’s reporting we now know that the city taxpayers have been saddled with a $22 million loss on the sales of the bonds to pay for the ballpark. Yes, I am aware that… Read More The $28 Million Question
Many of you know that yesterday, KVIA’s Maria Garcia reported on an email she uncovered via an open records request about the delay of the sale of the ballpark bonds. KVIA has also reported that the delay in the sales of the ballpark bonds has cost you, the taxpayer, about $22 million in additional fees… Read More Taxpayers Paying $22 million for Political Favors
I am sure some of you are wondering where I’m going with the last two posts I posted about the global internet network and foreign corrupt practices laws I wrote about recently. One of the things I realized a while back ago is that nothing happens in a vacuum. There are many things, dots, if… Read More Nothing Happens in a Vacuum
Peter Svarzbein recently organized a “discussion round table” around the movie Sicario in the mistaken belief that a city is defined by a Hollywood movie. Most of us understand that Svarzbein’s movie pontification was nothing more than political grandstanding. It was an attempt to massage a message that Svarzbein is desperately trying to manufacture as… Read More Where Was Peter Svarzbein
As I have been showing you for a number of years, there are two classes of people in El Paso. You have the well-connected individuals that receive special treatment from law enforcement and the judiciary and the rest of the citizens. Ann Morgan Lilly is an example of the special class of citizen. As you… Read More The Miguel Fernandez DWI Arrest
I have to hand it to Claudia Ordaz. She made a very politically savvy move that politically and personally benefits her. As you know, tomorrow, city council is set to revisit Tommy Gonzalez’s pay raise because Claudia Ordaz put it on the agenda. By putting the item on the agenda, Claudia Ordaz scores some significant… Read More Claudia Ordaz’ Revenge
City council is set to appoint former city manager Joyce Wilson to the Central Appraisal District (CAD) Board of Directors. Wilson was nominated by Oscar Leeser for the appointment. If city council (Item 1.1 in the additions to the agenda) approves the appointment, she will replace Ann Morgan Lilly on the board. Morgan Lilly resigned… Read More Today's Joyce Wilson Appointment
This post was updated on June 25, 2015 at 08:46am ET. There are some of you who still wonder about what political faction Peter Svarzbein belongs to. As soon as it became evident that District 1 would be represented by either Al Weisenberger or Peter Svarzbein, I knew that the tax spenders were still firmly… Read More Veronica Escobar’s Newest Team Member: Peter Svarzbein
Guess who is getting the Conquistador Award tomorrow? If you guessed Ann Morgan Lilly, you are absolutely correct. The dubious award will be given to her during the city council’s “recognitions” portion of the agenda. Normally receiving an award is a time of celebration, especially for a long-serving outgoing politician. An award is usually an… Read More Guess Who is Getting the Conquistador Award
In an example of how citizen journalism is taking over the delivery of news, Miguel Juárez last night broke the story about artist Margarita Cabrera filing notice with the city notifying it that she is looking for restitution from the city for the destruction of her artwork; “Uplift.” As you might remember, in March of… Read More Miguel Juarez Scoops Local News
City council yesterday discussed and approved a request for the city attorney to draft a change to the process by how city representatives put items on the agenda. Item 23.2 “Discussion and action to give direction to the City Attorney to develop a resolution changing the rules concerning placing an item on the agenda” was placed by Ann… Read More City Council Requires Three Representatives to Post Agenda Items
Yesterday city council made it official; the city’s cultural center is officially an Hispanic Cultural Center. As you might remember, there has been some controversy on whether the 2012 Quality of Life cultural center was the Hispanic cultural center or the Heritage cultural center. The controversy arose because the ballot labelled the cultural center as… Read More The Hispanic Cultural Center
Now that Ann Morgan Lilly’s seat on city council is up for grabs I thought I’d again look to see if there has been any new information about the Ann Morgan Lilly’s criminal complaint from October 2013. As you might remember, city employee Jose Fierro alleged in a 911 call that Ann Morgan Lilly had… Read More Criminal Complaint Status for Ann Morgan Lilly
As many of you know, the Hispanic Cultural Center is now becoming a controversy for the city. As is typical in El Paso politics there is much going on in the background that the public is not privy to. The controversy surrounding the proposed cultural center, under the 2012 Quality of Life bonds, is basically… Read More The Backstory to the Cultural Center
The government is supposed to be based on a system of checks and balances. Most individuals gloss over this and some do not completely understand the reason behind this. All levels of government are supposed to have a check and balance system in place in order to protect the citizenry. This is more important… Read More Jaime Esparza Exemplifies Police Controversies Across the Nation
The recent public debacle between city council and the city attorney’s office led me to file open records requests asking for information for amounts paid to outside law firms for legal work for the city. As expected, the largest expenditure paid by the taxpayers to outside law firms involves the issue regarding emails and open… Read More City Payments to Outside Law Firms
As you probably already know, the recent questions about Sylvia Firth-Borunda’s employee evaluation is nothing more than a power struggle between Oscar Leeser and some members of city council. However, it is important to note that this is speculation at this point. We are forced to speculate because the city is notorious for keeping relevant… Read More City Attorney Caught in Power Struggle
I know what you are thinking, not Cortney Niland again! Some of you are about to freak out once again because I’m writing yet another piece about your favorite person. Oh, and if you make it to the end you will know why I feel like she’s haunting me now. First, let me clear up… Read More Oh No, Not Cortney Niland Again!
The recently concluded fiasco at city council that has been dubbed “musical chairs” resulted in much online commentary about the cost to move equipment from one spot on the dais to another. The local news media reported a cost, which was attributed to Ann Morgan Lilly, in the neighborhood of $7,000. The purported cost and… Read More Price Quotations to Move Equipment on Dais
The problem with arguments that have no substance is that they readily fall apart when challenged. Many of you have probably noticed an individual by the name of Mark Mena who has been arguing against those on social media that have something negative to say about the El Paso ballpark. Politics always has multiple opposing… Read More Why Mark Mena Represents the Failure of El Paso Progressives Propaganda
According to an El Paso Times report posted online last night it appears that Cortney Niland has accepted responsibility for the musical chairs drama at city council and returned to her seat on the dais. The article by Diana Washington quotes Cortney Niland as stating that she wants to save the taxpayers the expense of… Read More Cortney Niland Relents and Returns to Her Seat
One of the reasons I started writing my blog was because I realized how certain political factions were manipulating public perception in order to gain control of the public policy agenda. As I studied how the public is manipulated I started to understand that the underlining factor is that the facts were just inconvenient obstacles… Read More Cortney Niland Scrambles to Revitalize Her Political Future
As you are all aware, Cortney Niland has been sitting sandwiched in between Ann Morgan Lilly and Larry Romero for some time now because she refuses to sit in her assigned seat. There are many rumors as to what has transpired that has led to her refusing to take her seat. I have shared some… Read More Cortney Niland Abuses Senior Citizen
Last week it was revealed by various news sources that Cortney Niland had missed numerous Central Appraisal District meetings. On September 22, 2014, I published “Niland and the Central Appraisal District”. In it, I showed you how Niland had attended less than 20% of the meetings she was eligible to attend at the CAD. At… Read More Cortney Niland Lied to News Media About CAD
As I analyzed the campaign contributions in the Claudia Ordaz race, I wondered how the makeup of the city council would change. As many of you know, I believe there is a public policy agenda being driven by a select group of individuals. I also believe that one of the byproducts of the public policy… Read More Influence Peddling of the Current City Council
The Jane Shang affair is clear proof of the corruption permeating the ranks of the City of El Paso. Like any corrupt enterprise the city government relies on keeping secrets in order keep the corruption ongoing. Although there are many who read my blog that like to believe that corruption is nonexistent in El Paso… Read More The Jane Shang Affair
Yesterday’s city council had lots of pontification by politicians looking for their next political gig. It also revealed how Ann Morgan Lilly feels about transparency in government. As expected, Lily Limon’s item also revealed an interesting issue that will be vetted in the next few months. Of course, in the end it was about how… Read More City Council Meeting June 10, 2014 Tidbits
