An immigrant observing and commenting on border issues, public corruption and immigration from a perspective seldom heard on national debates.
Today, many in El Paso know and sometimes discuss the ongoing friction between public policy agendas for economic development and protecting neighborhoods. The narratives include Segundo Barrio, The Glass Beach Study, Duranguito […]
The Border Health Institute’s (BHI) vision, as proposed by then-mayor Ray Caballero and publicly propelled by Eliot Shapleigh, required land to implement it. The land that surrounded the proposed BHI medical campus […]
On May 3, 2003, Ray Caballero lost his reelection campaign to Joe Wardy, 23.9% to 58.35%, making Caballero a one-term mayor. Caballero lost largely on the TIF district fiasco although the 11.8% […]
As a reminder: words in blue are links to articles providing greater context. Attorneys for El Paso Children’s Hospital, Roberto Canales and the other defendants in the malpractice case over the death […]
Reminder: the words in blue are links to articles with detailed information. In January 1998 Texas and 45 other state attorney generals settled a lawsuit against the tobacco industry. The tobacco companies […]
As a reminder: the words in blue are links to articles that provide more context to the topic. The upcoming 2022 elections are not only very important to the nation and to […]
The book, Bombshell in the Barrio, published via Amazon narrates an alleged conspiracy led by Eliot Shapleigh and Susie Byrd to destroy Bowie High School to make way for the downtown redevelopment […]
Author’s note: This article is necessarily long because breaking it up into smaller components loses the context that is important to it. We are providing a brief summary below for those who […]
Yesterday, we broke the news on our Facebook page (@elpwatch) that city representative for District 3, Cassandra Hernandez had posted two agenda items (18 & 19) for Tuesday’s city council meeting to […]
After a contentious city council meeting, the city’s auditor warned that neither she nor her staff will appear before city council again. The auditor decried “personal attacks” from a council member during […]
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