On March 19, 2003, the Five Points Development Association hosted a mayoral candidate’s forum at Cappetto’s. In attendance that day were then-mayoral-incumbent Ray Caballero, who arrived late, and contenders Joe Wardy, Ray […]
“Leave Me Alone”
Plan El Paso
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, […]
Gentrification: The Border Health Institute
Reminder: the words in blue are links to articles with detailed information. In January 1998 Texas and 45 other state attorney generals settled a lawsuit against the tobacco industry. The tobacco companies […]
Opinion: The 2022 Elections Are About The Downtown Sports Arena
As a reminder: the words in blue are links to articles that provide more context to the topic. The upcoming 2022 elections are not only very important to the nation and to […]
Book Alleges Byrd-Shapleigh Conspiracy To Make Way For Downtown Arena With Cheating Scandal
The book, Bombshell in the Barrio, published via Amazon narrates an alleged conspiracy led by Eliot Shapleigh and Susie Byrd to destroy Bowie High School to make way for the downtown redevelopment […]
The El Paso Democratic Party Brawl Between The Establishment And The Progressives
Author’s note: The following is an analysis of an ongoing and developing political power readjustment in El Paso’s Democratic Party. Shortly after the election ended last week an interesting battle began to […]
The Paso Del Norte Group – The Story Behind The Secretive Organization
Author’s note: The following deep-dive into the secretive Paso del Norte Group (PDNG) is the product of previously released internal documents, news articles, public documents and newly released internal documents provided to […]
How El Paso Political Power Has Evolved Over The Years
A recent book, Who Rules El Paso? attempted to identify who the power brokers are in El Paso. It touched on some players but left others out. The book was devoid of […]
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 […]
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