A community group made up of Xavier Miranda, Raquel Rojo and Jean-Carlo Tirado have organized a Facebook live-streaming mayoral candidate forum. It is scheduled for September 12, starting at 10:00 am. The […]
Mayoral Candidate Online Forum
The El Paso Teachers Union Involved in Teacher and Election Controversy
According to emails shared with the El Paso Politics, the El Paso chapter of the Texas AFT, formerly the Texas Federation of Teachers is facing some controversy over the representation of an […]
Smart Growth Is Colonialism Reinvented
Plan El Paso was awarded the Smart Growth award in 2011 as a model for a comprehensive plan for making cities more compact. Walkable and transit-friendly cities compact families and businesses into […]
The First Undocumented Immigrants Built El Paso
Because of the railroad expansion across the nation, in 1881 El Paso grew from a small town – a stop along the way to the west – into a regional transportation hub. […]
Was The Need for Money The Cause of Death Of Child At Children’s Hospital?
The financial model for the El Paso Children’s Hospital was built around the March 2007 Kurt Salmon Study, commissioned by Thomason Hospital. Thomason is now known as the University Medical Center (UMC). […]
El Paso Taxpayers Losing Money on Golf Courses
El Paso taxpayers have been paying for golf courses for decades under the guise of creating quality of life venues and as hoped-for economic drivers for the city. Every one of the […]
EPISD Raises Taxes And Board Member Says Expect Larger Bond In Two Years While Classroom Equipment Is Left Exposed To Elements
In July the El Paso Independent School District proposed adding a $242 million bond election to the November ballot. The administration wanted the proposed bond monies for refrigerated air conditioners, improving sports […]
The State of El Paso Rental Housing
On June 28, 2020, the eviction moratorium ended in El Paso. The CARES Act, which put an eviction moratorium on federally backed rental units, also ended. It ended on July 25, 2020. […]
The Carlos Gallinar Problem
Carlos Gallinar, who is running for mayor in the upcoming elections, wrote an opinion piece on Bob Moore’s El Paso Matters a few days ago. In his piece, Gallinar argues that although […]
Kidnappings And The El Paso Lie
As the El Paso Politics reported, the City of El Paso consistently misreports the number of murders in the city to continue the El Paso lie of the safest city in the […]
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