Who Rules El Paso? has recently been making the rounds through social media as the primer on El Paso political power, namely arguing that money buys control of the city. Unfortunately, the […]
A Critical Review of Who Rules El Paso?
Duranguito and Jose Rodriguez
Jose Rodriguez, the District 29 Texas senator, was recently embroiled in a controversy for using the term “gringolandia” to refer to the ongoing controversy involving the proposed El Paso sports arena and […]
Bob Moore Quits, Or So He Says
As you all likely know, Bob Moore is leaving the El Paso Times next month. Moore says he is making way for reporters to stay on at the newspaper. But, I don’t […]
Grassroots Efforts Expose El Paso Duplicity Against Immigrants
For some time now I have been developing my thesis that El Paso is unfriendly towards immigrants, contrary to the general notion that many believe. As a border city, El Paso is […]
Jim Tolbert Continues to Deliver Proof of Corruption
When the FBI raided the County offices a few years back, Susie Byrd and Veronica Escobar literally danced a jig on the streets. As news filtered out that Anthony Cobos’ office was […]
Connecting the Cortinas Dots
As you all know, I like to connect the political and corrupt dots for you. In today’s edition I am going to show you how engrained the political system is in El […]
Veronica Escobar Adds Vote To City
As you all likely know, yesterday Jim Tolbert was sworn into office and took his seat at the city council chambers. I recently pointed out that Jim Tolbert is an extension of […]
A Look at How Public Personas are Manufactured
One of the reasons that I keep my blog going is that there is a lack of historical context about the politics in El Paso that allows certain political factions to build, […]
The Children’s Hospital Scheme They Don’t Want You to Know About
As I wrote yesterday, the Michael Nuñez deposition on September 29, 2015 further bolsters my belief that the children’s hospital scheme revolves around the so-called intergovernmental transfers, or IGTs. This is the […]
Jose Rodriguez and Guns
I am sure not many of you are surprised that Jose Rodriguez is against guns. As you likely know, Jose Rodriguez has recently been on the news media circuit advocating against guns […]
Why the Sudden Rush to Save the Children’s Hospital?
Some of you may have noticed that all of a sudden Veronica Escobar is doing everything in her power to save the El Paso Children’s Hospital. This after the County had insinuated […]
Why the Sudden Rush to Save the Children's Hospital?
Some of you may have noticed that all of a sudden Veronica Escobar is doing everything in her power to save the El Paso Children’s Hospital. This after the County had insinuated […]
The Politics of The Border 
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