May 17
Something has been bothering me about the Steve Ortega campaign finance reports. They just do not add up. As I sat down to review them, I wanted to check my numbers once again so I went to the Municipal Clerk’s office and lo-and-behold Steve Ortega had filed not one, but two amendments to his initial …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.elpasonews.org/2013/05/steve-ortega-under-reported-40k/
Apr 30
The El Paso voters recently increased the Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT) from 15.5% to 17.5%. According to the city’s documents the new tax rate, the two percent increase, will be used to fund the new baseball arena. The same documentation adds that the revenues collected, including the increase, will be a little under $112 million annually. …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.elpasonews.org/2013/04/hot-to-pay-for-baseball-stadium-but-what-about-occupancy-rates/
Aug 07
In my opinion, one of the most abusive techniques employed by companies is the “give me your credit card” and by the way; “you are signing up for automatic renewals”. The most obvious reason companies do this is because the sales cycle is the most expensive component of the company’s revenue stream. Eliminating sales efforts …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.elpasonews.org/2012/08/automatic-renewal-scams-how-to-beat-them-xm-radio-a-case-study/
Permanent link to this article: http://www.elpasonews.org/2012/06/stadium-for-el-paso-hand-out-the-gas-masks-to-mask-the-stench-of-corruption/
Apr 27
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 …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.elpasonews.org/2012/04/the-el-paso-nexus-corruption-and-drugs-no-boxing-for-utep/
Mar 30
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 …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.elpasonews.org/2012/03/political-shenanigans-bordering-on-corruption/
Feb 01
The potential loss of millions of user’s legitimate data is a wakeup call for those who rely on free services for business and other data protection services. The Internet has dramatically changed the way we do business but it has also created a self-serving mentality that everything is free for the taking, even for business …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.elpasonews.org/2012/02/megaupload-a-warning-to-users-of-free-services/
Oct 25
I have recently noticed that AT&T has quietly begun to tack on Early Termination Fees to landlines. As a cell phone user, for many years, I am cognizant of Early Termination Fees by cell phone providers, but it appears that one of AT&T’s reactions to its eroding market share by cell phone and VoIP service …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.elpasonews.org/2011/10/att-scam-landline-early-termination-fees/
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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