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16 Apr 2009, 4:22 am
The DHS reports that "Following an all-day tour of the Southwestern border that will take her and President Obama's Homeland Security Adviser John Brennan to El Paso, Texas, Columbus, N.M., and Nogales, Ariz., Secretary Napolitano will fly to Mexico City... [read post]
9 Apr 2009, 2:12 pm
(in support of petitioners) Brief amicus curiae of American Public Power Association and National Rural Electric Cooperative (in support of respondents) Docket: 08-751 Title: El Paso, Texas, et al., v. [read post]
30 Mar 2009, 1:08 am
After all, because of the training and support they need, police officers are among the most expensive employees on the municipal payroll.Texas hasn't felt the impact of plunging real-estate prices as much as places like Florida or California, but especially local governments are not immune from declining revenue streams and may rightfully be wary of taking on significant budgetary obligations during a period when crime is declining overall and locals perceive no immediate crisis.These thoughts… [read post]
26 Mar 2009, 11:00 pm
They also cited statistics that suggest that cameras have reduced accidents in El Paso, Texas by 80%; annual crashes in Dayton, Ohio by 37%; and that cameras monitoring red-light runners in Chicago since 2003 have reduced that problem by 55%. [read post]
9 Mar 2009, 4:26 am
"The same folks who are rolling heads in the streets of Ciudad Juárez" - El Paso's Mexican neighbor - "are operating in Atlanta. [read post]
7 Jan 2009, 4:58 am
Politicians of the Year- El Paso City Council No doubt inspired by my Einstein quote, the El Paso city council passed a bold resolution this week. [read post]
1 Jan 2009, 12:03 am
Bush to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.The cartel wars in Juarez (El Paso's sister city) claimed more than 1,500 victims while corruption increased on the US side and a Texas Sheriff who received millions in drug-war grants was discovered on a cartel's payroll.The Great Eldorado Polygamist RoundupTYC Turmoil: Conservators come and go, then finally a new commissionerHarris County DA Chuck Rosenthal's unlikely fall from graceCommissary… [read post]
27 Dec 2008, 10:37 pm
He was a good man and I'll miss him.Ugly Dallas jail death investigatedDespite enough recent improvements to earn the Sheriff's re-election, the Dallas County Jail is still bad for your health.Column: Don't shortchange probationThe probation chief in El Paso, Stephen Enders, has an effective column in the (El Paso) Times arguing to increase statewide funding for adult probation by $71 million "just to cover the expected basic needs of community… [read post]
23 Dec 2008, 7:48 am
Give me your thoughts on any or all of them in the comments:Juarez crime harms El Paso coffersThe City of El Paso can measure the harm from decreased international bridge traffic to and from its troubled sister city, Juarez, by watching the money dry up in its city coffers: income from tolls makes up 3-4% of the city budget. [read post]
8 Dec 2008, 9:28 am
The Los Angeles Times puts the total in Juarez (El Paso's sister city) at 1,300 cartel-related murders in 2008 alone. [read post]
28 Nov 2008, 9:38 am
I have seen hundreds of police reports regarding highway stops from Sierra Blanca to Fort Stockton to Sonora, and from Eastland to El Paso, along Interstates 10 & 20, as well as Highway 84 from Abilene to Amarillo. [read post]
29 Oct 2008, 1:45 pm
Perry will allocate a total of $4 million in Criminal Justice Division grant money to Arlington, Austin, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, Garland, Houston, Irving, Laredo, McAllen and San Antonio. [read post]
10 Oct 2008, 10:06 pm
"The way USSID 18 was treated by us was that it came down from God and was sacrosanct," said Weaver, who is now an assistant professor of political science at the University of Texas, El Paso. [read post]
6 Oct 2008, 2:57 pm
"Mayor Cook on guitar against Texas's death penalty," is the title of Brandi Grissom's profile of John Cook in today's El Paso Times. [read post]
29 Sep 2008, 3:37 pm
By SPRS we give Toledo a 14-point advantage plus the 3-point home advantage = 17 points.Our call: 41-24 for Toledo.Result: In a stunning turnaround of expectations, Florida International won 35-16, due primarily to 4 Toledo turnovers.Our record this week is 29-14 in picking the winner and 16-23-1 against the spread.The University of Central Florida (UCF) Knights (4.0, 5.1, SoS=56) (Orlando, Florida) are favored on the road by 5 points over the University of Texas at El… [read post]
1 Sep 2008, 7:42 am
Again from the El Paso Times:"Once a dominant cartel is established in the El Paso-Juárez plaza, stability will return to the area and the flow of drugs most likely will increase," states an annual analysis of the West Texas High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, or HIDTA, released in May by the National Drug Intelligence Center. ...The National Drug Intelligence Center analysis says six major Mexican drug organizations… [read post]
28 Aug 2008, 1:17 pm
The substantive dispute here is whether the City of El Paso properly gave a water utility (PSB) additional authority over a stormwater utility. [read post]
14 Aug 2008, 6:59 pm
According to a DOJ press release, the DOJ and EEOC have brought a complaint in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against the City of El Paso Housing Authority to enforce an agreement reached in... [read post]
7 Aug 2008, 5:53 pm
Here are comparable pay rates for DPS and big city Texas police departments, again from the Chronicle: HOW THEY COMPARE Law officers at the Texas Department of Public Safety and other state agencies earn less than their counterparts in some city and county departments. [read post]
24 Jul 2008, 9:16 am
Interstate 20 passes through 30 miles to the south, on its way from El Paso to Shreveport, La, a distance of over 650 miles. [read post]
