This week I published a post critical of the El Paso Times coverage of an EPISD District 3 candidate. You
Category: Elections
A Challenger for La Vero?
This story from TheHill.com: Daniel Marans, a HuffPost reporter who covers the Democratic Party, on Thursday discussed his recent story on
The El Paso Times’ Reporting on Another CREEED EPISD Candidate
This morning’s El Paso Times featured this report: An El Paso school board candidate confirmed she does not believe masks are effective
Community Forum for EPISD Board of Trustees Candidates
This came in from Xavier Miranda: We would like to cordially invite you to participate at our Community Forum for
Oscar Leeser Has a Mandate
Oscar Leeser won the election by a 4 to 1 margin. That’s more than a little bit. That’s a landslide.
A Message From the Local Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America
Greetings All, My name is Xavier Miranda, and I am the new Chair of the DSA of El Chuco Electoral
Better Candidates = Better Government
El Pasoans don’t vote. In the most recent mayoral runoff, only 13% of the registered voters cast a ballot. Yeah,
The Bets are In
The latest Campaign Finance Reports are interesting. MountainStar Sports Group has picked their favorites. Mayor Dee Margo received $23,031.48 from
Cooking the Books?
Here’s another story from the people’s English language daily: El Paso County has officially surpassed the grim milestone of 1,000 COVID-19-related
El Paso’s Fourth Tit
I reckon the local oligarchs really got their hooks into the El Paso Times. Yesterday the El Paso Times had
Secrets of Horse Trading
I’ve always said that if you’re going to sell a blind horse, the first thing you tell the mark is
Dark Money
Many people were upset by that anonymous non-political political mailer that went out before the general election. But I suspect
Recount
I try to stay away from national politics on El Chuqueño, because I don’t want to alienate potential readers. Lots
What Do You Reckon?
Today the El Paso Times published a guest column from City Engineer Sam Rodriguez. A cursory scan reveals that is
The City’s Non-Political Political Ad
City Engineer Sam Rodriguez has an ad in this week’s El Paso Inc. Yup. You read that right. City Engineer
Dee Margo is a Weak Mayor
But don’t take my word for it. Here’s City Attorney Karla Nieman’s response to an ethics complaint against the mayor:
The Suspense is Over
First it was the mystery mailers, and teevee ads, urging voters to support their “leaders”. Then it was that email
Debbie Nathan on the Dark Money Campaign
El Paso uber-journalist Debbie Nathan writes about the dark money campaign on Medium.com: Today, it’s dark, dark money time in
Your Freudian’s Slipping
Here’s Mayor Dee Margo talking about his regime: Under his regime? Pol Pot had a regime. Stalin had a regime.
Are the Elections Fixed?
Sometimes it feels like they are. We need exit polls. Those kids from Coronado High School were conducting exit polls