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Transparency, Chuco-style

2025-04-07 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Corruption, Dionne Mack, Slider Leave a comment

Can you believe that 6 of our 8 City Representatives voted against citizen oversight of bond expenditures? From Adam Powell

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Corruption and the Decline of El Paso

2024-05-21 Rich Wright Arrogance, Corruption, Economic Development, Opportunity Costs, Renard Johnson, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich 7 comments

Some people would have you believe that El Paso’s apogee was 1950, and we’ve been in steady decline ever since.

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The Teflon Donna

2023-11-08 Rich Wright Cassandra Hernandez, Corruption, Gassandrgate, Politics, Slider 2 comments

You read that the effort to recall District 3 Representative Cassandra Hernandez failed to get the 4,000+ signatures it would

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COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR ATTACKS NON-PARTISAN PETITION

2023-09-11 Max Grossman Cassandra Hernandez, Corruption, Gassandrgate, Slider 6 comments

by Max Grossman Michael Apodaca, Chair of the El Paso County Democratic Party, issued a press release today attacking the

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Cartels at the Border

2023-09-08 Rich Wright Corruption, Law Enforcement, Mexico, Slider 5 comments

Here’s an enlightening article about corruption at the border from the author of El Narco: Since the Department of Homeland

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Rep. Cassandra Hernandez’ Letter of Reprimand Upheld by City’s Ethics Commission

2023-08-24 Rich Wright Cassandra Hernandez, Corruption, Gassandrgate, Slider 3 comments

by Rich Wright From ElPasoTimes.com: The Ethics Review Commission voted unanimously to reject a motion from El Paso city Rep.

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DID A THIRD INDIVIDUAL USE HERNANDEZ’S GAS CARD?

2023-07-14 Max Grossman Cassandra Hernandez, Corruption, FOAC, Gassandrgate, Slider 3 comments

by Max Grossman Rep. Cassandra Hernandez purchased 35% of all gas purchased by the City Council and Mayor in 2022,

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The El Paso Times Reports on the FOAC and Gassandragate

2023-06-19 Rich Wright Cassandra Hernandez, City Council, Corruption, El Paso Times, Slider One comment

Maybe you didn’t see this story in the El Paso Times. The story was posted on ElPasoTimes.com on Friday, June

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EL PASO MATTERS INVESTIGATES GAS CARD USE OF HERNANDEZ AND RODRIGUEZ

2023-06-12 Max Grossman Cassandra Hernandez, City Council, City Management, Corruption, El Paso Matters, Slider Leave a comment

by Max Grossman Elisa S. Perez of El Paso Matters independently obtained records of City Council gas card usage going

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The City’s U-Matter Program

2023-06-02 Rich Wright City Management, Corruption, Laura Cruz-Acosta, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez One comment

by Rich Wright You Are Not the You in U-Matter KVIA continues its block busting reporting with more information of

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The Poor Quality of Local Media

2023-06-02 Rich Wright Claudia Lizette Rodriguez, Corruption, El Paso Matters, El Paso Times, Media, Robert Cortinas, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez One comment

by Rich Wright Did you see this report from KVIA? Former District 6 City of El Paso Representative Claudia Rodriguez

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CITY AUDITOR PRESSURED TO ALTER HIS REPORT ON CITY GAS CARDS!

2023-05-27 Max Grossman Cassandra Hernandez, City Council, City Management, Corruption, FOAC, Slider 2 comments

by Max Grossman In its reporting on the City gas card scandal, KVIA has reminded our community why it is

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A Little Corrupt

2023-05-12 Rich Wright Cassandra Hernandez, Certificates of Obligation, City Council, Corruption, Slider 3 comments

As the famous Jewish philosopher said, “If I can’t trust you with gas cards, how can I trust you with

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About Gassandragate

2023-05-05 Rich Wright Cassandra Hernandez, City Council, Claudia Lizette Rodriguez, Corruption, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 5 comments

Yesterday I went to the City of El Paso’s Financial Oversight Audit Committee’s meeting at City Hall. It was great.

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A Question of Eligibility

2022-12-15 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Corruption, Laura D. Prine, Politics, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez One comment

Is Bettina Olivares eligible to serve as the City Representative for District 8? Here’s the part of the Municipal Code

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Is This What Corruption Looks Like?

2022-05-03 Rich Wright Arena Highlights, City Council, City Management, Corruption, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 12 comments

From ElPasoTimes.com: The [El Paso City Council] voted to hire a San Francisco-based architecture firm to provide an updated cost

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“Washington, D.C., Has an Insider Trading Problem”

2022-01-17 elrichiboy Corruption, Ethics, Politics, Slider One comment

From NYMag.com: The central bankers running the U.S. Federal Reserve are the closest thing we have to gods of the

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Where are the Whistleblowers?

2021-09-28 elrichiboy City Management, Corruption, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 4 comments

When City Manager Tommy Gonzalez leaves office, he’ll float away on his golden parachute. The rest of the six-figure carpetbaggers

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The City of El Paso is Chueco

2021-07-27 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Coronavirus, Corruption, Ethics, Robert Cortinas, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 2 comments

From the El Paso Times: The El Paso City Council voted unanimously to accept a recommendation to reallocate $15 million in federal funding for

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Agenda Review 15 February 202i Recap

2021-02-23 elrichiboy Cassandra Hernandez, Certificates of Obligation, City Council, City Management, Corruption, Quality of Life Projects, Robert Cortinas, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez One comment

Here’s the video of the 15 February 2021 El Paso City Council Agenda Review meeting. I watched (most of) it

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