Editor’s note: The following is a guest editorial by: Ju Teixeira Sigh. Just when one thought that the El Paso Times in the midst of a dying industry had discovered the true meaning of journalism with powerful investigative pieces like this one by the journalist Diana Washington Valdez, it takes three steps back and practically …
Monthly Archive: March 2012
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Mar 23
Guest Editorial: Beto O’Rourke’s Problematic View on Legalization of Marijuana Use: Money Laundering
Note: This is a guest editorial submitted electronically. By Ursula S. Buenaventura Beto O’Rourke, candidate for the Democratic Party nomination for the 16th Congressional District finds himself in a dilemma. He recently stated that he will not return $3,100 in campaign donations from his mother, Melissa O’Rourke, despite her having pleaded guilty on behalf of …
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Mar 15
Guest Editorial: DeAngelis, It’s Time Citizens Demanded Better
Editor’s note: The following is a guest editorial submitted by George DeAngelis. There is an adage in criminal justice that goes like this: a community gets the kind of law enforcement it demands; not the kind it deserves. I keep reminding my students of this in just about every course I teach about law enforcement …
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Mar 30
Political Shenanigans: Bordering on Corruption
El Paso News
by Martín Paredes
March 30, 2012
As the political season gets fully underway the political shenanigans are starting to make their appearance. I call them shenanigans because although not illegal, they nonetheless border on unethical behavior, if not outright corruption. El Paso has been dealing with numerous criminal investigations around the notion of public corruption for the last seven to ten …
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