YOUR TWO CHOICES FOR COUNTY SHERIFF
Here are your two choices for El Paso County Sheriff: Republican Minerva Torres-Shelton, who has a long and distinguished history with the EPPD and FBI, or Democrat Oscar Ugarte, the…
CLAUDIA LIZETTE RODRIGUEZ, REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY PRECINCT 1, MISSPELLS “COMMISSIONER”
Claudia Lizette Rodriguez is as sloppy with her spelling as she is on her campaign finance reports, which she has repeatedly botched. Does she really expect us to vote for…
JACKIE BUTLER’S TAX-AND-SPEND “VISION” FOR EL PASO COUNTY
Jackie Michelle Butler (whose middle name miraculously changed to “Arroyo” for this election) is the Democratic candidate for El Paso County Precinct 1. Our County is authorizing $894.4M in new…
BILL HICKS FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY
We initially had no intention of making an endorsement for District Attorney. We interviewed all three candidates, current District Attorney Bill D. Hicks, Deputy Public Defender James Montoya, and retired…
RYAN WOODCRAFT TO THE EL PASO TIMES: “BRING FISCAL SANITY BACK TO EL PASO COUNTY”
Ryan Woodcraft, Guest Columnist, El Paso Times, Sept. 5, 2024 “I am running for County Commissioner of Precinct 1 in order to bring fiscal sanity back to El Paso County,…
ALERT: TAX-AND-SPEND CANDIDATES FOR LOCAL OFFICE HAVE APPEARED ON OUR RADAR!
Today we are are reporting from our fortified bunker at a secret location beneath a mountain. Our patented atomic radar can identify tax-and-spend politicians from a distance of 10,000 kilometers…
EL PASO COUNTY WILL OWN THE DECK PLAZA OVER INTERSTATE 10!
This past Monday, the El Paso Commissioners Court voted 4-1 (with Iliana Holguin dissenting) to contribute $1 million toward the design cost for building a five-block deck plaza over Interstate…
DAVID STOUT DEFENDS COUNTY SPENDING BINGE IN DISHONEST OPINION ESSAY
Commissioner David Stout published a guest column in the El Paso Times defending the County’s tax increase and its authorization of $720 million in general obligation bonds and COs. He…
CLAUDIA LIZETTE RODRIGUEZ RAISES $0 FOR HER CAMPAIGN FOR COUNTY PRECINCT 1
Zero dollars. That is how much Claudia Lizette Rodriguez has raised for her campaign for County Precinct 1. On her January 15 campaign finance report, she indicated that her husband…
CITY IS ON RIGHT COURSE, BUT COUNTY SPENDING IS OUT OF CONTROL: MAX GROSSMAN
Max Grossman: Guest columnist, Published 7:01 a.m. MT Aug. 15, 2024 Our city and county have adopted opposite approaches to borrowing and taxation. While the mayor and majority of City…