[Author’s note: The name of Michael Pleters was corrected on December 19, 2017 @ 09:31ET] Any talk of the 2016 election will likely touch on the Russians meddling in the election. Whether […]
Veronica Escobar, Corruption and Election Meddling
Tolbert And Too Much Corruption
It seems that for El Paso voters there is such a thing as too much corruption. But looks can be deceiving. As you likely know, Jim Tolbert was dismissed by the El […]
Local Blogosphere Proves Nothing Changed
This is for those of you that are still upset with my lack of coverage of the local El Paso political scene during the recent municipal races. Even if I could have […]
The May 2017 Election – Nothing Changed
(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 […]
The KVIA Mayoral Candidate Debate Controversy
Last week there was some controversy regarding KVIA’s decision to limit their mayoral debates to the top three mayoral candidates that have raised the most money. It was a controversy about the […]
The Electorate of El Paso 2017
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 […]
El Paso Politics
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 […]
The Ethics and Hypocrisy of Jim Tolbert
Jim Tolbert filed an ethics complaint against Larry Romero complaining about Romero’s lack of ethics at city council. Those of you who are longtime readers of my blog know that the single […]
Proof of the de-Mexicanization of El Paso
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 […]
The Corruption of Jim Tolbert
During the last couple of days, I shared with you how the local chambers of commerce and the news media incubates and encourages corruption in El Paso. One of my statements elicited […]
Texas Attorney General Exempts Friends from Freedom of Information
Veronica Escobar argued to the Texas Attorney General that her years-long friendship with Susie Byrd is reason sufficient to exclude her from the Texas Public Information Act – and the Texas AG […]
Jim Tolbert and the Art of Hypocrisy About Transparency
During city council’s discussion (item 33.1) last week about Cortney Niland asking that the city rescind its prohibition of electronic devices at the city dais during city council meetings, there was another […]
The Politics of The Border 
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