Here’s a breakdown of El Paso County’s population change for the year ending July 1, 2016, courtesy U.S. Census Bureau
Category: Politics
Dangerous Naivete
El Chuqueño doesn’t endorse candidates. We’ve had our hearts broken too many times. But anyone who says they can build
The Other Shoe Drops . . .
but it hasn’t hit the ground yet. The El Paso Times reports this morning that Mayor Oscar Leeser vetoed the
The Fourth Anniversary of the Killing of Daniel Saenz
Four years ago today, El Paso Police Officer Jose Flores shot and killed handcuffed prisoner Daniel Saenz in the sallyport
AMLO Presente!
Next Monday, perennial Mexican presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador will visit El Paso courting the vote of Mexican expatriates.
Duh.
In an announcement that only surprised the members of City Council, City Staff yesterday revealed that the streets in El
Protest Video
Here’s a video with music by my little girl. No Ban No Wall March | 2.25.2017 from Sarah Vasquez on
Drunk Trump
Have you seen these videos of President Trump slowed down? They’re probably on teevee. I don’t watch teevee.
I Love El Paso.
I love El Paso. I love the weather. I love the desert. I love those orange-red sunsets we sometimes get
The Arena: Issue Fatigue
They stopped arguing. They’re just going to do it. They thought they could persuade us. Or, at least, present a
White Power?
Please read this article on the DailyKos. Unless the pictures are Photoshopped, it sure looks like some of our president’s
Tomorrow is the deadline to register as a candidate.
Tomorrow (Friday, February 17) is the last day to register as a candidate in the May election. Half the seats
Oh, that smell.
You may have missed this story from the El Paso Times. I was only alerted to it by a comment
David Stout is a Hero.
The rest of Commissioners Court, not so much. Today Precinct 2 Commissioner David Stout asked Commissioners Court to consider a
Updated: City Council’s ‘Secret’ Meeting
As Brutus reported on ElPasoSpeak, City Council will have a special meeting this Wednesday February 16 at 8 a.m. [Apparently
Letter from Max Grossman
Dear Friends, Much to our surprise, Bernie Sargent and I were not reappointed to the El Paso County Historical Commission
If You Stand Up, You Get Knocked Down.
The El Paso County Historical Commission stood up to the fat cats trying to kick the poor people out of
Who are the men behind the curtain?
There are some powerful forces supporting putting the arena in Duranguito. Weird, huh? Who wants the arena? Obviously no one
The Chamber of Commerce and the Arena
Isn’t it curious that the Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce supports the arena? Wouldn’t you think that the Chamber
On Donald Trump
I was going to write about how bitching about Donald Trump was a waste of breath. About how we have