As if the stench of corruption were not so overpowering in El Paso, the city government has decided that the rulings of the Texas Attorney General’s office are to be ignored. The city, as in Joyce Wilson, John Cook, Ann Morgan Lilly, Susie Byrd, Emma Acosta, Michiel Noe, Steve Ortega and Courtney Niland have decided …
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Jul 24
Dolores Briones is one reason corruption will not end in El Paso
Former County Judge and convicted corruptor, Dolores Briones exemplifies the mind set of why corruption will continue to prevail in El Paso. Corruption is so ingrained in the El Paso mindset that even after admitting corrupt practices, Dolores Briones and her supporters continue to perpetuate a fraud upon the taxpaying citizens of the community. An …
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May 03
El Paso Times Censors Own Article into FBI Probe of DA Jaime Esparza
Yesterday at about four in the afternoon the El Paso Times published an article titled; “El Paso lawyer in DA primary wants inquiry into allegations against Jaime Esparza”. Within half an hour the article by Times’ reporter Diana Washington Valdez had been pulled from the Internet. This action by the El Paso Times raises many …
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Apr 27
The El Paso Nexus; Corruption and Drugs, No boxing for UTEP
El Paso just doesn’t get it. It is simple but the El Paso hierarchy wants you to stay placated. It is actually very sad, hardworking El Pasoans are decimated by the corrupt elite. El Paso does not deserve a boxing match! That’s it. Forget the indignant attitude and the allegations of collusion. It comes down …
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Mar 30
Political Shenanigans: Bordering on Corruption
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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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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Feb 13
The El Paso Forum is Back!
Politics makes for strange bedfellows, todays amigos are tomorrow’s enemies. Keep your friends close and your enemies even closer. My enemy’s enemy is my friend. I could go on and on with clichés that all end up with the fact that politics is just about the dirtiest and grimiest endeavor anyone can get involved in. …
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Jun 25
Stadium for El Paso; Hand out the gas masks to mask the stench of corruption
El Paso News
by Martín Paredes
June 25, 2012
Nothing the El Paso elite do any more surprises me but the stench of corruption just gets stronger each day. City Council’s latest ploy to get the community to fund the playgrounds for the rich is the latest round of stadium talk. City Council, in their limited ability to understand that they are just puppets …
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