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May 16
On May 8, 2013, KVIA reporter, Matt Dougherty shed more light on El Paso Police Officer Alberto Machorro’s road-rage incident with Dee Margo back in September of 2012. Some have speculated that this incident led to Margo’s reelection loss to Joe Moody. Was this incident a conspiracy? As with all conspiracies the evidence is circumstantial, …
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May 07
Last Sunday, as I prepared to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, far from my beloved Mexico, I took some time to contemplate the Cinco de Mayo holiday. I have always argued that the fascination with Cinco de Mayo in the United States derives from a clever beer marketing gimmick that was used to market beer sales …
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Apr 25
The Blue Flame building is the perfect example of the idiocy of downtown redevelopment through government funded flights of fancy. As soon as the government took over the building it went from a well-known piece of downtown history to a building that changed hands from the government to a criminal to the latest downtown poster …
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Apr 16
James Armstrong owner and operator of the Three Legged Monkey who has been waging a battle with City Hall to keep his business operating has launched a Political Action Committee to promote voting anyone but Steve Ortega for the city’s mayor in the May elections. In a telephone interview on April 15, 2013, coincidently tax …
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Mar 07
My recent blog began the process of connecting the dots between individuals and non-profits being used to push forward a specific public policy agenda. It is important to note that public perception needs to be managed by the political cabal in order to keep the rabble-rousers at bay. As part of their modus operandi they …
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Mar 05
A public policy agenda has been in the works in El Paso since at least 1998, if not before. The case Study of Veronica Escobar’s entrance into the political scene demonstrates this. There are two ways to make public policy. The first, the one envisioned by the democratic process, requires building and cultivating political alliances …
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Feb 19
Whether Larry Medina, among others, gets sentenced today, February 19, 2013 as expected is yet to be seen as Larry is such a weasel that he will likely seek to weasel his way out of doing jail time. He already tried prostrating himself before Judge Montalvo at his plea hearing shedding crocodile tears while uttering …
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Jan 29
As the discussion about US immigration reform begins to formulate, the initial battle lines are being formed around the expected, traditional ones. From the left to the right there are many special interest groups formulating their strategy to protect their special interests. But where are the documented immigrants? On the conservative right, the immigration reform rhetoric …
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Jan 28
This morning a bipartisan senate committee, led in part by Senators Chuck Schumer (D), John McCain (R), Dick Durbin (D), Lindsey Graham (R), Robert Menendez (D), Marco Rubio (R), Michael Bennet (D) and Jeff Flake (R) released a statement that they have preliminary support for a senate led immigration reform framework. This initiative comes one …
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May 21
Steve Ortega Hates El Paso
Opinion
by Martín Paredes
May 21, 2013
I have to give credit where credit is due. Steve Ortega hates the essence of El Paso. Unlike Susie Byrd who embraces her El Paso heritage publically but turns around and votes against it, Steve Ortega has consistently been open about his disgust for his El Paso heritage. In a paper Steve Ortega presented to …
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