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 […]
The May 1, 1908, letter to the editor succinctly stated what El Pasoans had been whispering about for years: “it is true that Henry Kelly” was the “political boss of El Paso.” […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
It is that time of year when we look to close out the year and make plans for the new year. For the last three weeks of the year, we will be […]
Editor’s note: This article was updated to add the purchasing link for Oscar Martinez’ book on Amazon on December 4, 2021. In the book Who Rules El Paso? by the Community First […]
Editor’s note: it has come to our attention that readers may not realize that we link to relevant and supporting articles to provide better context. When you see a word or section […]
If you tell a big lie enough times people will believe it. Such a lie has been dubbed the Big Lie over time. Hitler described the idea of the Big Lie in […]
On September 23, 2020, El Paso Politics introduced readers to Paul L. Foster and how he rose to power in El Paso. As readers may remember, El Paso Politics is exploring the […]
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