LESTER HOLT OF NBC NIGHTLY NEWS TO FOCUS ON DURANGUITO CRISIS!
Dear Media and Friends, I have learned that Lester Holt of NBC Nightly News sent a team of four to El Paso this past Monday and Tuesday: a correspondent, cameraman,…
MAJOR NATIONAL TELEVISION NEWS NETWORK TO HIGHLIGHT DURANGUITO CONTROVERSY
Dear Media and Friends, As I reported in July, the Hispanic Access Foundation listed Duranguito as one of seven sites that deserve protection because of its cultural and historical significance…
REPS. HERNANDEZ AND LIZARRAGA “REMAIN COMMITTED” TO DELIVERING AN “ARENA”
Dear Friends, This past Friday, the El Paso Times published a guest column by Reps. Cassandra Hernandez of District 3 and Cissy Lizarraga of District 8 in which the two…
OPEN LETTER TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL: REINFORCE THE DAMAGED DURANGUITO BUILDINGS
Mayor and City Council Representatives City of El Paso 300 N. Campbell El Paso, Texas 79901 Dear Mayor and City Council Representatives: Four years ago today, on September 12, 2017,…
OPEN LETTER TO POLICE CHIEF ALLEN: WHY CONDUCT RIOT TRAINING IN DURANGUITO?
Greg Allen, Chief of Police City of El Paso 300 N. Campbell El Paso, Texas 79901 Dear Chief Allen, Yesterday, starting at around 6:30pm, more than two dozen police were…
TWO DOZEN POLICE IN RIOT GEAR PRACTICE RIOT CONTROL IN DURANGUITO
Dear Media and Friends, This evening, starting at around 6:30pm, more than two dozen police were observed inside the fenced perimeter of the “Arena Footprint” in Duranguito practicing riot control.…
THE CITY’S “ARENA” DECEPTION
Dear Friends and Media, In the November 6, 2012 general election, 71.67% of El Pasoans who cast a ballot voted in favor of Proposition 2, which reads as follows: MUSEUM,…
FIRE IN DURANGUITO: DON LUCIANO’S TENEMENT
A 121-year-old tenement in Duranguito owned by Don Luciano caught fire this afternoon, but it was put out quickly by the fire department. Built in 1900, it is located at…
NPR REPORT: “IN TEXAS, A STRUGGLE TO PRESERVE HISTORIC DURANGUITO NEIGHBORHOOD”
Dear Media and Friends, There are five representatives on City Council, aka the Oligarch Caucus, who still refuse to abandon the sinking ship that is the City’s half-billion-dollar multipurpose basketball…
EL PASO TIMES: HISPANIC ACCESS FOUNDATION ADVOCATES FOR PRESERVATION OF DURANGUITO AND CASTNER RANGE
Yesterday Anthony Jackson of the El Paso Times published a piece informing El Pasoans that the Latino Heritage Scholars, an initiative of the Hispanic Access Foundation, published a national report…