El Paso Politics

Election Deniers - Trump (Left), Chavez (Right) Even now, well into his second term, Donald Trump remains incapable of doing one simple thing: admitting he lost an election. Recently in Iowa, Trump got into it with a reporter and once again insisted that the 2020 election was rigged and that he was the real winner. This, despite dozens of court cases, countless investigations, and repeated opportunities to provide actual evidence. Every time he went looking for proof, all he found was another judge telling him to go sit down somewhere. The problem isn’t evidence. The problem is ego. Trump simply cannot bring himself to admit that he lost to Joe Biden because his ego won’t allow him to acknowledge something millions of Americans figured out years ago: sometimes you lose. And while I’m talking about Donald Trump, I could just as easily be talking about Norma Chavez. If you recall, a few years back, around the same time Trump was busy trying to overturn reality, Chavez was runn...

I'm going to be honest with you. My family suffered a loss on the morning of Election Day, and I needed to step back and be present for what mattered most - family. But what happened at El Paso City Council last night pulled me back to the keyboard, because some things cannot go without being said. So here we are. Let's Get the Lies Out of the Way First The five council members who voted with Meta - and yes, I'm calling them the Feckless Five , because the shoe fits - have been running around spreading misinformation about what the agenda item would have actually done. Let me be clear, because apparently clarity is in short supply at City Hall. The agenda item would not have triggered immediate litigation from Meta. It would not have terminated the existing contract. What it would have done is bring Meta back to the negotiating table so that El Paso - the community, the people, the ones who actually live here - could get a better deal. That's it. That's all...