Author: Theresa Caballero On October 7, 2002, El Paso Commissioners Court held its weekly meeting. One of the items slated for action was consideration of how the county would dispense with some of our tax dollars. Naturally there were several groups and individuals present asking for funds for their particular projects. One of these groups …
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Mar 01
El Paso Spam: the Newspaper Tree
Written by: Martin Paredes Early, in August 2003 it showed up quietly in e-mail boxes across the city, unobtrusive at first but nonetheless it came out of no where, or so it seemed. A new online publication, the Newspaper Tree, which, according to its editor Emanuel Anthony Martinez is modeled after an 1800’s tree that had a board …
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May 26
Community Scholars Program: Does it Pass the Smell Test – Part I of II
By Gerald Mangrum, El Paso Tribune What’s the big deal? The school district is providing funding so some very talented students can gain some experience in the real world and hone their sense of ethics by rubbing elbows with prominent citizens of El Paso. What’s wrong with that? In this article there will be more …
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May 23
Community Scholars Program: Does it Pass the Smell Test – Part I of II
By Gerald Mangrum, El Paso Tribune This is a situation where there are more questions than answers. Unanswered questions left unanswered can fester into an open sore on the community. To help you understand the confusing maze of the Community Scholars Program and its connection to prominent people in this community via the Community Initiative …
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Apr 13
Community Scholars: An EPISD Enigma
The El Paso Community Scholars first launched themselves into the El Paso scene in the summer of 2000 by releasing a report castigating the local banks for seemingly sending the community’s money out of town. Most El Paso businesses will attest to their inability to access start-up and other capital for their businesses. The question …
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Oct 27
Diversity, the Stagnation of Society
The “Diversity in the Media” awarded to the El Paso Times editor recently has focused attention on the stagnation of US society. “Diversity”, a noun pointing out that someone is different, focuses on the one thing that the American society has been trying to distance itself from for centuries now. The US Civil War arguably …
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Oct 24
The Water Lie
Most of us remember what we were doing the morning of September 11, 2001. This writer was on her way to the county court house ready to go into trial. I was representing an eighteen year old girl from Kansas who was charged with running drugs across the border. My trembling client and her bereft …
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Oct 23
A Resounding NO to Briones
Author: Martin Paredes Greg Freyermuth, on his radio talk show, KTSM 690AM brought up a novel approach to taking back control of local government. Today is the 3rd day of early voting for the November 5 elections and it is still not to late to take control of future politics in El Paso. Freyermuth’s solution …
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Oct 18
The Power of the Written Word
Author: Martin Paredes I always thought that El Paso’s lack of progress was based on low-wages and a lack of education. Unfortunately the latter proved to be true in the sense that El Paso lacks a firm understanding of the written word. The last year has taught me that the real reason El Paso refuses …
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Oct 16
EPISO: How Much Does It Cost?
Author: Theresa Caballero As established in the previous article, EPISO is an arm of the Catholic Church which has entered the fray of public policy and the fight for public monies. EPISO (driven by the Catholic Church) has become a political action group shrouded under the mantel of “men and women of the cloth.” In …
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