The lines have been drawn and certain people have made fools of themselves. Jamie O. Perez, dishing on his recent breakup from County Judge Anthony "Fuck the Times" Cobos (yes, El Paso's longest running bromance has come to an end), declared on KVIA that "El Paso is a town divided, and Cobos is trying to bring everyone together." The division has been somewhat apparent over the last few ...

Two of the most powerful forces in El Paso may be on a collision course: Mayor John "Iron Fist" Cook and El Paso's own P. Diddy of media, Keith Mahar. Lately, our friends at Newspaper Tree (NT) have been posting articles that discuss the "politics of pornography," including one about a film from our friends at Hustler that parodies Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin. Exposing El Paso to ...

Just when you thought the Catholic priest sex scandal was over, Kevin Courtney of EPISO tried to make Rep. Steve Ortega the next victim. As reported by Newspaper Tree, Courtney used Rep. Ortega as bait in a ploy to increase the amount of funding EPISO receives from the City. According to an e-mail Courtney accidentally sent to Rep. Ortega, Courtney tried enticing Father Ed Roden-Lucero into participating in ...

As reported, City Council, namely Rep. O'Rourke, realized that a proposed ordinance regulating barriers around swimming pools at homes with children under 6 (or maybe 5 or 4, who gives a shit at this point?) was almost as bad an idea as telling the camera guy at City Council meetings that he can't put the camera on Rep. Castro. "I'm so glad this whole thing is over. ...

Let's start at the beginning: a while back there was an event attended by Rep. Rachel Quintana and ex-Rep. Lozano's former assistant Mayela Mejia, who currently runs the District 3 office and ran against Rep. Quintana last spring for the District 5 seat. A male, identified only as an employee of Sun Metro, accompanied Ms. Mejia to the event. At one point throughout the evening, Ms. ...

In case you have not heard, it looks like some people are responding to a comment on this site about people who just piss and moan about their elected officials and express their desire to sign a fictitious petition. Now, it seems that petition may become a reality. In the comments section of the article linked above, you have several examples of would-be signers. Meanwhile, a site ...