Tag Archive: recall election

May 16

The Dee Margo Affair

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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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Feb 19

The Pillar of Society also known as Larry Medina is Expected to be Sentenced Today on Public Corruption Charges

Larry Medina

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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Jul 29

El Paso Corruption; The modus operandi of the corrupters

My first experience with El Paso corruption came at the hands of an El Paso police officer in the late 1980’s. Sadly, it was the first of many instances of corruption that is so engrained in the community that it is an unpleasant fact, not an exception. Having grown up in Mexico, I was and …

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Dec 05

The Myth of New Urbanism

South Beach 2011

During the last couple of years I was in El Paso Texas, one of the most vocal public policy arguments was the notion of infill development and downtown revitalization. Wrapped around the nostalgia of yester-year walk able communities, the notion of “new urbanism” seems to have manifested itself across various communities, including El Paso. As …

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Sep 23

Citizen Power Alive and Well in El Paso: Unfortunately, the three amigos not riding off into the sunset, yet

As hard as it is to believe for the powers-that-be in El Paso, the fact is that the citizens of the community have a voice and know exactly what it is that they want. As much as Susie Byrd, John Cook and Steve Ortega try to conceal the truth, the reality is that the electorate …

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