As a frequent writer about the political scene in El Paso I have observed two issues that, in my opinion, are serious ethical lapses in journalistic integrity in El Paso’s news media. […]
Opinion: Ethics In El Paso Journalism
Update: Court Rejects Art Fierro’s Request To Remove Claudia Ordaz Perez From Ballot
As we reported on Thursday, Art Fierro filed a lawsuit with the Texas 8th Court of Appeals asking the court to force the Democratic Party Chair, Dora Oaxaca, to remove Claudia Ordaz […]
What The Twenty-Year Battle For The Plaza Theater Teaches Us About The Downtown Arena
As we discussed in our previous article, public policy in El Paso is driven by a small group of individuals who use wealth to control the city’s politics. In recent years, Paul […]
Breaking News: Art Fierro Asks Court To Remove Claudia Ordaz Perez From Ballot
El Paso Politics learned today that Art Fierro filed suit on December 30 with the Texas Court of Appeals of the Eighth District of Texas asking that the court intervene and remove […]
The Hispanic Sports Arena: The Catalyst To Duranguito Controversy
Readers may be surprised to learn that there was another sports arena, before the current one, that was proposed for El Paso. Unlike the one in 1938 and the current one, the […]
The Corruption Of Ramiro Guzman And Hispanic Political Power In El Paso
As readers explored in the case of the Hispanic Leadership Institute (HLI), it is not that El Paso Hispanics are not engaged enough to wield their population numbers to assert control over […]
El Paso Latino Leaders Move To Take Control Of El Paso Politics
As we explored in Who Rules El Paso?, No Not That One, it wasn’t until the 1990’s that El Paso’s Hispanics began to assert political power in the city. Although the Anglo […]
The Fermin Dorado Saga: Larry Francis Is “Very Redneck”
The rising Hispanic political power players in the 1990’s created tensions between the Anglo and Hispanic communities. It is easy to dismiss the Anglo-Hispanic tensions as complaints by minorities in the community. […]
The Abraham Chavez Controversy: The Bankers Feared “An Explosion In The Community”
As we previously explored, El Paso’s leadership has been driven by wealth. After the railroad barons, it was the bankers on through Jonathan Rogers that set the policy agenda for the city. […]
El Paso Children’s Hospital Foundation Accepted Stolen Money Donation
This article was corrected on December 16, 2021 at 6:00am ET. The date of the donation to the El Paso Children’s Hospital Foundation was on November 20, 2020, not November 20, 2021 […]
El Paso Politics 
What Other’s Are Saying