(I edited this post on 07aug19 at 10:46ET to correct a term I should not have used.) So, Donald Trump has decided to visit El Paso today even though most elected officials from El Paso have told him he is not welcome. Almost all, but not Dee Margo. Why not Margo? Because Margo is a… Read More Trump Not Welcome in El Paso
Donald Trump is going to hold a rally in El Paso next Monday. There are so many things I could write about this, some of which would get me in trouble with you guys. But I’ll do my best to focus on the obvious things. Remember that the fence, which Trump calls a wall, although… Read More Trump Going to El Paso, Will El Paso Disappoint?
For many months now, long time readers have been telling me how much they miss my El Paso politics posts. I’ve posted before and told my friends that El Paso politics is just a big “yawn” for me. The truth of the matter is that nothing has changed in the 18 or so years since… Read More El Paso Politics
Last week, while I was in the midst of dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, an end to the debate over the building of a sports arena in Duranguito was accomplished. On August 8, 2017, I published, “Court Says No to Sports Arena, But is it Dead” where I wrote that the people pushing… Read More The Duranguito Elephant In the Room
The City of El Paso, which boasts the highest property taxes in the nation, has been on a taxpayer-funded downtown redevelopment spending spree. Along the way, the city leaders are also destroying the Mexican character of the city. They are erasing Mexicans from the culture and attempting to replace it an Anglo-centric cultural identity as… Read More Dee Margo Tells You Why City Feels Empowered to Tax You
(This post was edited on April 8, 2017 at 12:30ET [10:30EP to correct an error I made in regards to Alexsandra Annello, please read below for more information ) Some of you have let me know that you are upset with my lack of coverage of last Saturday’s El Paso municipal elections. The reason I… Read More The May 2017 Election – Nothing Changed
The upcoming May 2017 municipal elections include the same political characters and the same challengers mounting an unwinnable race. This is because at the core of El Paso remains an unpleasant truth about the electorate that few realize and no one knows how to fix. It is an electorate that votes themselves a paycheck while… Read More The Electorate of El Paso 2017
It seems that some readers of the blog are wondering if I am going to go back to writing about El Paso politics. My interest has always been about border politics, of which El Paso plays a major role. I started commenting about border politics because of the general notion that México is corrupt and… Read More El Paso Politics
I have written numerous times about the culture of corruption that permeates through El Paso. It is a mindset that embraces corruption and discourages honesty in business and in politics. As I have written previously, the El Paso economy is fully dependent on government largess. As such, there is no incentive for honest politics in… Read More O’Rourke and Margo and the Culture of Corruption
