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IT DIDN’T TAKE LONG for new mayor Dee Margo to rip a page straight out of Donald Trumps’s playbook and try to muzzle the free speech rights of the very people he now serves...
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EPISD Superintendent Juan Cabrera and his excuses
EPISD Superintendent Juan Cabrera has spent so much of his time jetting all over the country on business that finding him in an actual EPISD school is like spotting Bigfoot at Yosemite.
Speaking of feet, Superintendent Cabrera is using his feet along with his leg as an excuse to possibly break the law in terms of being reimbursed for airfare that he is purchasing on our taxpayer dime...
This graphic editorial by Jud Burgess / James No Bond includes the face of City Attorney Sylvia Borunda-Firth who is leading the charge along with the mayor and City Council to destroy Duranguito and its irreplaceable El Paso history.
The El Paso Times understandably would not print it with Borunda-Firth’s face, so I revised it and it printed without her face.
Senator José Rodriguez: Our people are not disposable and our history is not replaceable
There are many issues casting a dark shadow on the city push to erase the historic Duranguito neighborhood and replace it with an arena. One is the removal of residents, some of whom have been living there for decades, and who were used by the city to jump start the development process now leading to their evictions...
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A Year Ago Today...
a senseless act of hate and terrorism directed at one of America’s most vulnerable communities.
As a proud father of a gay daughter, it saddens me that there is still such ignorance and blind animosity directed towards the LGBTQ community.
Our president refused to acknowledge June as LGBTQ month although he hypocritically declared it a month to enjoy the outdoors and the ocean, right after abandoning the Paris Accord on climate change.
Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Legislature are doing everything they can to deny gay rights, taking America years backwards.
Religious institutions continue to live in the Dark Ages when it comes to understanding and accepting gay people.
Parents turn their backs on their gay children, disowning them and forcing them on the streets.
Let’s open our minds and our hearts.
We are all one.
El Paso’s Arena Fustercluck Part 3 • Some untold costs city leaders conveniently leave out
Apparently they believe that they know best…never mind the cost exacted in human, financial and historical terms. That sinking taxpayer dollars into this mammoth arena project will be the silver bullet that magically turns downtown into the mecca that will shift the tax burden from we, some of the highest property-taxed individuals in America, to the corporations and companies who hire hundreds of white collar, college-educated, tech-savvy employees who can’t wait to relocate here because...
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El Paso’s Arena Fustercluck Part 2 • Potential legal issues
The most basic thing about a legal and binding contract is that it has to be worded in exact and unambiguous language that leaves no room for guesswork or interpretation. Any lawyer worth their salt understands this.
The city would like us to believe that they have been straightforward with us from the beginning of what was to become the 2012 QOL bond...
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El Paso’s Arena Fustercluck Part 1 • Why I am against it
City leadership believed it would be a simple cut and dried process—offer the tenants some relocation assistance, pay property owners fair market value, and exercise eminent domain on any holdouts. I’m fairly certain they assured the investors the arena would move forward quickly with no headaches.
Resistance. Backlash. Protests. Neighborhood meetings. Bound and determined abuelitas. Blogposts. Ethics complaints. Texas Rangers. And a slew of other obstacles got in the way.
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