From a Letter to the Editor in the El Paso Times: Last week, KFOX News reported on a vaccination event
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The Failing Health of Government By Spin
El Paso has a long history of catering to private interest in the name of public good. That worked before
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,
Retrovision: Our Local Public Private Partnerships
This post originally appeared on 08 February 2018. Public Private Partnerships are all the rage. The ballpark got one. The
What’s Wrong With the Ballpark
The baseball stadium is nice. Real nice. One of the nicest ballparks in the country, and one of the nicest
Retrovision: The Master Plan
This post originally appeared on 22 October, 2017. How MountainStar Wants to Get You to Pay for Their Futbol Stadium
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
La Feria on Avenida Juarez
Downtown Juarez was my third place. The third place is the place that’s neither home nor work. The place you
Are They Still Going to Fix Tickets?
I guess you heard that we’ve got a new District Attorney. She takes office in January. She’s already made plans
Why Aren’t Masks Free?
If the single most effective thing we can do to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus is for everybody to
The King of Mesa Street: The Life and Death of a Border Bluesman, Part 3
This is the last part of a three part series. You can read Part 1 here, and Part 2 here.
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
RetroVision: Beisbol been very very good to me
This post originally appeared way back on 21 May 2020. Minor league baseball is up against the wall, and it’s
How Do You Get Covid at Walmart?
Is it available in Menswear, between the Rustler jeans and the Hanes underwear? Are unmasked infecteds coughing on the tomatoes?
The King of Mesa Street: The Life and Death of a Border Bluesman, Part 2
by Kent Paterson This is Part 2 of a three part series. You can read Part 1 here. Days of
Their Present is Our Future
Across the river from UTEP, Colonia Felipe Angeles is poor. And it’s not even the poorest neighborhood in Juarez. Colonia
Dark Money
Many people were upset by that anonymous non-political political mailer that went out before the general election. But I suspect