The controversy over the extension of Tommy Gonzalez’ contract and pay raise remains ongoing. City council is scheduled to vote on Monday to override Oscar Leeser’s veto of Gonzalez’ contract. On May […]
There is considerable debate today about city manager Tommy Gonzalez, the city’s current city manager form of government and how the city moved away from a strong-mayor form of government, not to […]
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 […]
During recent research, we came across an El Paso Herald Post article from 1970 that caught our attention. We believe readers will find this interesting as well. The article argues that there […]
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 […]
In this next article in the series, who speaks for El Paso? we will continue to explore how the community is manipulated into accepting the status quo by using Chucopedia as the […]
On May 28, 2021, El Paso Politics received the following message from the Texas Attorney General’s Office about our quest to force the El Paso Children’s Hospital to comply with the Texas […]
The current city representative for District 8, Cecilia “Cissy” Lizarraga, is having a fundraiser and reception on April 28. Lizarraga’s term ends on January 3, 2023. According to the latest financial reports […]
When taxpayers think of countries like China or Cuba they inadvertently think about state-owned companies where private ownership is restricted or impossible. Generally, a socialist country owns the companies. Many taxpayers may […]
This article was updated on December 13, 2020 at 05:30 a.m. The final unofficial results were added. There are no two ways about it, Dee Margo was summarily dismissed from office. The […]
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