Travel & Per Diem
Since we're all in the spirit of being mindful of government expenditures with all this talk of a fiscal cliff lately, it got me to wondering something.Are our out-going state reps still using travel...
View ArticleRep-Elect Gonzalez to Hold Staff Meet & Greet
Representative-Elect Mary Gonzalez will hold a meet and greet event to introduce her staff to the constituents in House District 75. The event will be December 19th from 5-6:30 at the Cotton Eye'd...
View ArticleQuick Thoughts on Joyce Wilson's Latest Email-gate
I've written about the fact that Wilson's emails were inappropriate and what action I think city council should've taken in a previous post.They gave her an improvement plan. Whatever that means.But...
View ArticleAlmost Forgot...
One of the most interesting quotes in the email exchange between Joyce Wilson and City Rep Ortega is the line where Ortega says, "I agree with you, this was a campaign ploy in which the Mayor was...
View ArticleDouchebag of the Week
The guy that committed that horrible act in Connecticut today. Not a single parent that dropped off their kid at school today imagined something like this would happen.You expect your children to be...
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50 Things I've Always Wanted to Say About El Paso (area)
Okay, this is one of those pieces I've waited to write until I was certain I was gonna wind down the L*B. There's just some things I've always wanted to say about El Paso and people in it that I have...
View ArticleManagement Board of EPISD – Why This Must Be Fought
Lets start with some realities. From day one of this scandal, the school board didn't act boldly or quickly enough. Maybe it was the shock of what was coming out despite the fact that the very...
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Fun Facts on Comish Court Today
Unless there's an emergency meeting, today was the last meeting of Commissioner's Court for Commissioner's Anna Perez and Tania Chozet.They were given some caricature portraits today during the...
View ArticleDistrict 2 Race Clarification
Okay so let me clarify some points in the race to replace current City Rep Susie Byrd on city council. I've been hearing from people asking me about what, if any, collaboration there is between Susie...
View ArticleDistrict 7 Buzz About New Candidate
Word around the El Paso Hispanic Chamber of Commerce's mercado last night was that current El Paso Community College Trustee Nico Dominguez is considering running for the District 7 seat. The seat is...
View ArticleLSB's Top Political Stories of the Year
Its been yet another wild and crazy political ride in El Paso this year. And yet again, we've had our share of scandal, laughs, sadness, and every once in a while, some good news.I compiled a list of...
View ArticleByrd Endorses Candidate in Precinct 2 Race
City Representative Susie Byrd has thrown her support behind a candidate in the race to replace her in City Rep District 2.In a text message sent to me earlier this afternoon, Byrd said "I'm 100%...
View ArticleDistrict 2's Other Candidate
I keep forgetting to write about this guy named Larry Romero.He's another candidate for District 2 and he is a book-keeper or something like that. From what I'm told he was previously going to run for...
View ArticleNothing is Going to Happen, & the World is Not Going to End
Okay so apparently every school in West Texas is closing early, increasing security, or taking some other over-reaching ineffective steps to prevent some act from happening at our area schools.Nothing...
View ArticleUpdated info on Romero
So my friend Jackie ripped me a new one for "poor fact finding" on the District 2 Candidate Larry Romero. I usually am the one that whacks people around here, but she thumped me pretty good so I have...
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Just in case the Mayans were right...
My buddy Jose Landeros and I were sittin' around shootin' the breeze, which means drinking beer, and we got in to a conversation about what we would do if the Maya are right about the world ending....
View ArticleSocorro Special Election?
A frequent reader of The LionStar Blog in Socorro reminded me of something the other day. I mentioned the sudden resignation of Trini Lopez as mayor of Socorro as one of the top political stories of...
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Merry Christmas
On behalf of the entire staff here at The LionStar Blog, (which is just me) I'd like to extend my warmest wishes to you and your families during this holiday season.I am grateful to have had such a...
View ArticleDear USC Trojans
Welcome to El Paso. You'll find we are a very warm and welcoming city...to those that deserve it. But for those that smack talk about our little town, well you can kiss our collective nalgas.I'm an El...
View ArticleMayors Race Will Be a Snoozer
The last election showed very clearly that despite a few loud voices out there, we are not a divided city. We are a city that pretty much agrees on the direction of El Paso.The results of the...
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