There seems to be some confusion about my archive of El Paso news and information that I have maintained for over the last two decades. No, none of it has disappeared and all of it is still available online. Let me explain. But first a short history. I started the El Paso Politics project in… Read More Where Did Everything Go?
I apologize that there have been no posts in the last two days. All is well, I have just been terribly busy, believe it or not considering the pandemic. I am not complaining because I have some exciting projects I am working on. One of them is continuing to write about border politics here. But… Read More A Quick Update On What Is Up
Over the last few weeks, I have received several phone calls and emails asking me to find out if Eddie Holguin is going to run for the Texas seat being vacated by César Blanco. Blanco left open his seat because he is running for the seat vacated by José Rodriguez. (Note the seat changing shenanigans)… Read More Abeytia Holguin and The Texas House of Representatives
As 2018 ends, I want to take this moment to thank all of you. I want to thank anyone that has read or reads my musings. The fundamental success of my blog are the readers who take the time to read my posts. You and your fellow readers give me the reason to continue my… Read More Thank You For Your Support in 2018
Yesterday’s post about Saudi Arabia resulted in an unexpected response: “be careful writing about Saudi Arabia” was the ominous message. I write – unexpected – because I’m used to being threatened all the time, especially when writing about El Paso politics and the drug trade. My Twitter account has been referred to the Immigration Customs… Read More An Unexpected Warning
Hold the Presses! Alert Everyone! The El Paso News is no more! No, not really, so those of you celebrating can put away your champagne glasses for now. Some of you, unfortunately, have been the victims of some Russian hacking of my blog. Yup, the Russians! It has been an ongoing battle for ten days… Read More Hold the Presses
Due to Hurricane Irma there will be no post today on the blog. Although we are all safe and there is no serious property damage, we have been without electricity since Sunday at about 18:30 Eastern. Although I have limited cellular Internet access, it is too clogged up at the moment to upload images or… Read More No Post Today Due To Irma
You hate Donald Trump is the single most common comment I get when discussing Donald Trump and through my different social media channels. The fact is that I don’t hate Donald Trump. Hate is too strong a word for me. However, I have no respect for Donald Trump or the office of the president, he… Read More You Hate Trump
In the last few weeks I have received a lot of feedback about the direction my blog has taken recently. Most of the feedback is centered around two topics: Donald Trump and the proposed El Paso arena. Today, I’d like to address, or respond to, if you will, to the comments about Donald Trump. Tomorrow,… Read More Answering Questions About My Donald Trump Coverage and The Posts from Barbara Carrasco
First of all, I want to thank each of you for supporting my blog by your thoughtful comments, suggestions, participation and encouragement. I also want to tie up a few lose ends today and clear up some misconceptions. Before I do that, I want to thank Abel Rodriguez for having me on his Dialogue radio… Read More Just A Few Things About the Blog, Petition and Veronica Escobar
Last Wednesday, February 2, 2016, the County released a document to me that they had withheld from an open records request that I had filed back on October of 2015. The document is a summary of the 407(f) Deferred Compensation Plan Agreement for Jim Valenti, that the county’s attorney had prepared. It was marked “Privileged… Read More County Releases Withheld Document to Me
In an unprecedented move, the Mexican government has been very open about the tracking, arrest and incarceration of Joaquín “Chapo” Guzmán since he was arrested last week. Guzmán was arrested on January 8, 2016. By Monday, the Mexican government was signaling its willingness to extradite Guzmán to the United States. Not only has the Mexican… Read More Mexico Opens Up on Chapo
Good news for those of you on Apple iOS devices. The El Paso News Blog is now on Apple News. The news app is installed automatically on iPhones with iOS 9 or better and best of all it is free. It is also available on your iPads. Those of you that have used the Apple… Read More El Paso News Now on Apple News APP
I am used to getting all sorts of emails and communications about controversial blogs. It is not surprising that Monday’s blog resulted in the many normal comments that I get. They range from “thanks for exposing this” to “you’re just plain crazy.” What I did not expect was a detailed email telling me that I… Read More I Must Hate Mexicans
Apparently, I have a knack of upsetting many individuals that read my blog for many different reasons. Obviously, upsetting politicos is part of the blogging game. That comes with the territory. Upsetting readers is something a blogger does not like to do because it is the readers that keep the blog going. However, upsetting readers… Read More A Reader is Upset About My Grammar
Today I introduce you all to my new video show, The Proteus Files. Those of you into Greek mythology know that Proteus was an old man of the sea that could predict the future only if you could catch him. I’ve updated that description to a slippery fella who can tell you the future of… Read More The Proteus Files Episode One – The Donald Trump Immigration Plan
Borrowing from Google’s Alphabet I have added a new way to get to my blog. I have also incorporated the Alphabet concept so that I can easier answer the question; exactly what do I do. I also want to take this opportunity to introduce to you a new feature for my blog. First, I have… Read More An Update on my Blogging
Recently I was criticized on two separate occasions by Debbie Nathan about anonymity in blogging and by extension journalism. I also received a comment on my blog from Steve Fisher, who I believe is also a journalist, about allowing anonymous comments on the blog. In the case of Fisher, he questioned why I allow anonymous… Read More The Case for Anonymity in Journalism & Blogging
Score another victory for the blog and social media. As many of you probably already know, Hunt Communities has agreed to let the flag mural to be painted at the Canutillo school. Before Lisa Turner (U on social media; and yes she has admitted to it so I am not outing anyone here) and David… Read More Hunt and the Flag Debacle
Many times the traditional news media likes to argue that online media has no effect on public policy. They want to keep this fiction in place because they are hoping to stop the erosion of their reader/viewership. Today we proved that online media has the reach necessary to influence public policy. At 9:44 this morning,… Read More Today We Proved that Online Media is Effective
I received a request earlier this week from Lauren Toelle. She is looking for her birth mother and I agreed to profile her on my blog. Toelle was born in El Paso and is searching for any information that anyone may be able to offer her, regarding her birth mother. Lauren provided me with the… Read More Woman Seeks Birth Mother
I have received several messages telling me that David Almonte is no longer with the city. I have heard that he may have been fired or resigned in lieu of termination. I have not been able to confirm but there are multiple reliable sources telling me the same thing. I’ll update this post if new… Read More News Alert-David Almonte Left City
The news media is going through fundamental changes on how the news is delivered every day. Most news professionals complain about how their profession has been decimated by the Internet. Others complain bitterly about the proliferation of citizen journalists and how they lower the standard for news delivery. KVIA is showing us today how the… Read More KVIA: News Media Incompetence
“There is something in the air.” A conspiracy was created in 2000 to drive El Paso into bankruptcy. It is the public policy agenda that is driving El Paso into bankruptcy. As promised earlier this year I am going to start making more use of other multimedia materials. As such, today I bring you the… Read More The It’s All Good El Paso Conspiracy
In case you have not noticed, the political season is upon us. Almost all of the bloggers have already picked the candidate for District 1 that they are supporting. The candidates are starting to get their message out and their operatives and supporters are engaging on social media and online. Back in January, I announced… Read More Calling All Political Operatives and Junkies
I read an article on a magazine the other day about the notion that innovators should just do and ask for permission later. I apologize but I don’t remember where I read the article or the title of it so I can’t share it with you. However, the gist of the article was that innovation… Read More Just Do It and Ask For Permission Later
Ever since I became aware of the murders of the Charlie Hebdo employees, I have been reflecting on the notion of freedom of speech. When I lived in Europe, I would regularly come across their weekly and their outrageous covers always caught my attention. Outrageous is an understatement when describing many of their covers.… Read More Charlie Hebdo Defiance and Freedom of Expression
When I first started blogging there was no such thing as a blog. I was known as El Paso’s Drudge Report back in the day. I started my blog as a direct result of Bob Moore’s insistence on using his newspaper to propel and support Ray Caballero and his public policy agenda. My first… Read More My Plans for 2015
Yesterday, David Crowder at the El Paso Inc. reported that his former publication was shutting down once again. Anyone that has followed El Paso politics for a while now knows that the Newspaper Tree came about as a result of my online publication that expedited Ray Caballero’s expulsing from the city’s politics. Both Crowder and… Read More Newspaper Tree Shuts Down Again
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!
Last week I received an email from an individual that reminded me that I had promised anonymity. The individual wanted to reason with me about what topics I write about on my blog. I responded to the individual and let them know that I would honor their request to remain anonymous but that I reserved… Read More It Is About the Hypocrisy
As you all know by now, Jaime Abeytia pleaded guilty last Monday to a Class B misdemeanor for illegally accessing his former wife’s email account. He was sentenced to one-year probation. What the probation restrictions are will take me a few days to get because the court takes time to process the paper work and… Read More The Criminal Activities of Jaime Abeytia
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
It seems like I have hit a few nerves and raised some blood pressures recently because of my blogging activities. That is a good thing because engagement is the name of the game. The more angry individuals get the more they talk about what I write. Of course, this sometimes leads to irrational behavior. Therefore,… Read More A Few Notes on Commenting
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
One of the things I have noticed through the years is that by the time an issue comes to the attention of the community much activity has transpired behind the scenes. Many times the behind the scenes actions are created and managed by political operatives in order to control the outcome of a certain public… Read More Anatomy of a Public Perception Manipulation Campaign
For some time now, I’ve been contemplating the value of intellectual property. As I understand it, intellectual property are the creations we create for the use by others. Most individuals recognize intellectual property as the music they listen to, or a book they read or even a movie they watch. However, intellectual property is much… Read More Intellectual Property as a Legacy
Author’s note: I inadvertently misidentified the co-anchor as John Purvis. It is actually Shelton Dodson. The post was corrected at 6:14am Eastern. One of the issues I blog the most about is the lack of reliable news outlets in El Paso. The El Paso Times, masquerading as a newspaper, has become nothing more than press… Read More KDBC 4 Familiar Faces Are Back
Through many posts now I have showed you how bloggers like David Karlsruher are tasked with manufacturing public perception in order to secure the political futures of certain politicians. Masking the facts through innuendo or outright lies is what useful idiots like DavidK are tasked with. Nothing is more dangerous to politicians then inconvenient facts.… Read More David Karlsruher Lies to Protect Niland
One of my biggest problems with journalism, as it is practiced in El Paso, is the lack of basic fairness and integrity by several publications. There is no doubt that journalism is in flux as it is being reinvented on a daily basis by the fact that citizen journalists are eroding the ability of “professional”… Read More David Crowder and Journalistic Standards