Many readers do not realize that the Chapo Guzman trial is ongoing in New York. The trial has […]
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Growing up in México in the late 1980’s the drug traffickers were part of the landscape – visible, […]
For many months now, long time readers have been telling me how much they miss my El Paso […]
In 2008, Cd. Juárez was the murder capital of the world because of a drug war between Chapo […]
There has been an ongoing debate in El Paso County over the jailing of immigrants at the County […]
Some of you are about to get your wish, well, most of it, anyway. I’m going to devote […]
I know that politics is a dirty business. As much as I try to understand the nature of […]
Big Data is the next evolution of predictive analysis for achieving a result. Complex and voluminous data sets […]
Technology has been creeping into the strategy employed by politicos to get elected since the 2008 Barack Obama […]
[Author’s note: The name of Michael Pleters was corrected on December 19, 2017 @ 09:31ET] Any talk of […]
El Paso politics never change. The El Paso politicos remain entrenched in the notion that they represent a […]
There is widespread outrage across the nation because of Harvey Weinstein’s sexual abuse of others and the accusations […]
The talking heads have been so focused on the Paul Manafort indictments that the true danger to Donald […]
In 2006, the City of El Paso paid $100,000 to a dubious research firm to create the Glass […]
Politicians are driven by the need to be reelected. A politico will perform at the minimum threshold needed […]
Last week, while I was in the midst of dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, an end […]
The City of El Paso, which boasts the highest property taxes in the nation, has been on a […]
Yesterday, Judge Amy Clark Meachum of Travis County delivered a blow to the proponents of a sports arena […]
For some time now I have been developing my thesis that El Paso is unfriendly towards immigrants, contrary […]
With all the political grandstanding from El Paso’s politicians, it is a wonder that El Paso is not […]
Last week, the County of El Paso voted to sue the State of Texas over SB4, the so-called […]
This is for those of you that are still upset with my lack of coverage of the local […]
It seems that some readers of the blog are wondering if I am going to go back to […]
As many of you likely know I am against the Donald Trump wall. As you may also know, […]
The Canutillo School District, led by board president Laure Searls, is the latest public entity opposed to poor […]
(CORRECTION: This post was updated on 26, Feb, 2017 at 10:50ET to correct a mistake about the fireman. […]
As many of you know there is an ongoing battle over the Durangito community and the proposed El […]
As I posted yesterday, many readers are concerned about two specific topics. The first is that I have […]
Pursuant to my request for District 2 candidates to submit a write up for my blog, the following is […]
From the news media reports, the blogosphere, social media and my post about David Nevarez, you know that […]
As I made my way down the jet way on Monday, I stopped dead on my tracks. Right […]
Over the years I have been developing an online data set of the various scandals that have plagued […]
On October 9, 2015, I submitted an open records request to the county commissioners asking for communications and […]
I have been mulling over El Paso’s new tourism slogan – El Paso Up. I am frequently accused […]
Score another victory for the blog and social media. As many of you probably already know, Hunt Communities […]
I received a request earlier this week from Lauren Toelle. She is looking for her birth mother and […]
One of the things I do not like about Orlando is that the food is mediocre, at best. […]
It is a funny thing that the more things change the more they stay the same. Today city […]
Today I want to clear up some misconceptions about the municipal identification cards and their ties to immigration […]
My post on the municipal identification card issue elicited some comments from a few readers about how “unhelpful” my […]