Corruption Archives – El Chuqueño

The Oligarchs are Trying to Steal This Election

2020-10-19 elrichiboy Cassandra Hernandez, Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, economic development, elections, Henry Rivera, Joyce Wilson, Media, Politics, Sam Morgan, Slider, Taxes 10 comments

First it was that dark money campaign to “Support Our Leaders”. Now it’s this email from Woody Hunt. From: Woody Hunt

The Power of the Mayor

2020-09-29 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Politics, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 4 comments

The truth is, there isn’t a lot the Mayor of El Paso can do. He doesn’t get a vote on

The Death of Democracy in El Paso

2020-08-17 elrichiboy arena, ballpark, City Management, Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Great Wolf Resorts, Joyce Wilson, quality of life projects, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 6 comments

Did you have a voice in the political process when City Council announced on a Thursday that they were going

“Card Tricks: How El Paso’s 2012 ‘Quality of Life’ Bond Election Got Riddled With Flimflam”

2020-05-28 elrichiboy arena, ballpark, City Council, City Management, Corruption, Joyce Wilson, quality of life projects, Slider, The "Progressives" One comment

Here’s a piece on Medium.com written by veteran reporter Debbie Nathan, chronicling the run-up to the election. . . .

The Lies They Tell Us

2020-04-27 elrichiboy arena, City Council, City Management, Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, economic development, quality of life projects, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez One comment

Tomorrow the El Paso City Council will vote on a measure to indefinitely postpone the proposed arena in Duranguito. Let’s

The Great Ongoing Land Swindle

2020-03-21 elrichiboy Boondoggles, City Council, City Management, Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Great Wolf Resorts, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich 3 comments

Way back on 30 July 2014, in a post titled Can El Paso Go Bankrupt?, I wrote: I mean, we’re

Campaign Finance Shenanigans

2020-02-20 elrichiboy Corruption, elections, Ethics, Slider One comment

Those nice guys at The Forma Group lent almost $7,000 to their client Debbie Torres for her District 6 runoff

Who Rules El Paso?

2019-12-20 elrichiboy Corruption, How to Live in El Paso, Slider, Welfare for the Rich One comment

I’ll give you a hint. Follow the money. There’s a new book out titled Who Rules El Paso? Give the

“Good Cause”

2019-12-18 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 13 comments

On December 5, I requested the employment contracts for City Manager Tommy Gonzalez from the City of El Paso via

Nothing to See Here

2019-12-03 elrichiboy Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

Did you hear about this in the media? This version is from the El Paso Times: The El Paso City

Does Tommy G Know El Paso?

2019-10-29 elrichiboy Boondoggles, City Council, Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 5 comments

Do you reckon City Manager Tommy Gonzalez has ever been to the east side? Has he ever had a beer

A Rose By Any Other Name

2019-10-21 elrichiboy Boondoggles, Cassandra Hernandez, City Council, City Management, Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, El Paso Electric Company, Great Wolf Resorts, Liar Liar, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 2 comments

Here’s a story from KVIA: El Paso City Council members have approved spending more than a million dollars to renovate

Breaking News: The Ethics Commission Meets

2019-10-17 elrichiboy Corruption, Dee Margo, Ethics, Slider, Support El Chuqueño 2 comments

Today at 1:30, the City Ethics Commission will meet in City Council Chambers to discuss the Ethics Complaint filed against

A Changing of the Guard

2019-10-16 elrichiboy arena, ballpark, Boondoggles, Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, economic development, Politics, public private partnerships, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich 3 comments

The power dynamic has subtly shifted at City Hall. The developers used to call the shots. But, since El Paso’s

Pay to Play

2019-10-13 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Corruption, Dee Margo, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

Here’s a post from PayToPlayLawBlog.com, printed in its entirety. Trends regarding the enactment of pay-to-play legislation remain remarkably consistent and

The ROI of Campaign Donations

2019-10-03 elrichiboy Boondoggles, City Council, City Management, Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 9 comments

Deciphering what’s happening at City Hall is like trying to see the truth through a cracked crystal. From CBS4Local.com: The

Naysayers, Malcontents, and Crazies

2019-10-02 elrichiboy Boondoggles, City Council, City Management, Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, economic development, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 3 comments

Back in 2012, when our city leaders were selling their plan to pimp El Paso, those of us who raised

Our Political Class

2019-09-23 elrichiboy arena, ballpark, Boondoggles, City Council, City Management, Corruption, quality of life projects, Slider 6 comments

Somehow, El Paso developed professional politicians. Okay, the development of professional politicians was intentional. Corrupt power brokers recruited electable candidates