
Our Adair Margo article elicited an email from a reader who called themselves “Tom Lea,” obviously a reader unwilling to provide their real name. The email included three PDF attachments and an […]
The Segundo Barrio
Our Adair Margo article elicited an email from a reader who called themselves “Tom Lea,” obviously a reader unwilling to provide their real name. The email included three PDF attachments and an […]
I realize that this editorial will likely upset some and others will just be angry, but it is something that needs to be asked – where are El Paso Hispanics in defense […]
Chihuahuita’s population “are potential assets of enormous value to El Paso and it is dangerous and wasteful to neglect” that community in El Paso’s economic strategy. (1925 El Paso City Planners) El […]
There is a political adage in El Paso that Republicans do not win elections. To be elected in the city some Republicans run as Democrats “in name only”. In 1998, a Republican […]
To understand the battles to protect Segundo Barrio and Duranguito from eradication to make way for the proposed multipurpose arena, it is important that readers understand the history of the decades of […]
In 2011, Plan El Paso was awarded the Smart Growth award as a model for making cities more compact. Smart growth has being dubbed as the future of America’s urban cities. However, […]
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 […]
Since 1963, Segundo Barrio has been facing the forced displacement of its residents by city officials to make way for revitalizing the city’s downtown. Because of its proximity to the border, much […]
County Commissioners Court will be meeting on Monday at 9:30 a.m. to hold their regularly scheduled meeting. Item 12 of the agenda calls for discussion and action to establish the boundaries of […]
County commissioners are expected to revisit the division of Segundo Barrio during their next meeting. Commissioners Carlos Leon, Vince Perez and Carl Robinson continue to insist on diving Segundo Barrio leaving out […]
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