Category Archives: El Paso politics

Oh, you flatter me, Brownfield

Posted on December 11, 2013 by jaykoester2013

I don’t know enough about Brownfield’s politics or blog yet to know whether I should be linking to him. But, God bless him, he called me skinny. Brownfield really knows how to make a girl swoon. No one has called … Continue reading →

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In Time Magazine this week, Mike Murphy gleefully declares Obamacare a complete disaster that will win the Republicans elections for years. Here’s the column. Murphy is pretty excited about his team. But then he moves on to what Republicans need … Continue reading →

Posted on December 6, 2013 by jaykoester2013 | 1 Comment

Holiday lights fiasco even worse than we thought

Posted on December 5, 2013 by jaykoester2013

The El Paso Times did a nice, balanced look at the Shawver Park holiday lights controversy. Because the Times is fair and balanced, they just laid out the facts without connecting the dots (™ Martin) about just how bad City … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Martin!

Posted on November 28, 2013 by jaykoester2013

And Happy Thanksgiving to everybody else! Sorry, I again haven’t been able to write much lately. Got back from Korea just long enough to get a little work done before taking a Thanksgiving week holiday with the family in Dallas. … Continue reading →

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Thanks for the tax advice, Leeper

Posted on October 20, 2013 by jaykoester2013

Did you get a load of the David Leeper column in today’s El Paso Times business section? He is outraged, OUTRAGED, that Obamacare will take from the rich and give to the poor. Or to put it more in his … Continue reading →

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El Paso blogging scene

Posted on October 19, 2013 by jaykoester2013

I finally got around to adding a Recommended El Paso Blogs page. You can check it out here. You’d think in a city our size, it would be a longer list. But I’m probably missing some. Let me know if … Continue reading →

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An interview with David K.: Still refusing the juice

Posted on September 30, 2013 by jaykoester2013

The first time I spoke with David Karlsruher was sometime back in about 2007 when he called to ask me to come on his El Paso morning talk radio show, “The Other Side with David K.” I immediately thought, “Now … Continue reading →

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Oscar Leeser: He’s such a good politician

Posted on September 26, 2013 by jaykoester2013

I originally thought Oscar Lesser was elected mayor of El Paso because of name recognition and a good image. But watching him in action these months has shown he’s a pretty good politician, as well. How he has straddled the … Continue reading →

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The poll results are in from one of my early posts, which asked what I should blog about. “El Paso politics” received the most votes of the choices listed. But “other” was the big winner, so I thought I’d go … Continue reading →

Posted on September 24, 2013 by jaykoester2013 | 1 Comment

Big Blue Horse coming to El Paso?

Posted on September 20, 2013 by jaykoester2013

Apparently, Luis Jimenez’ striking Blue Horse at the Denver International Airport is eligible to be taken down soon. And a Facebook page has been started, pitching the idea of El Paso buying the big blue horse and bringing it to … Continue reading →

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