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“Charlando con La Gringa” just finished its first week on the air. Here’s what the bloggers are saying about this show, the host and the changes at KHRO:

Refuse the Juice Blog by David K gives a play-by-play Paul Strelzin vs. Lisa D. at the 4 o’clock hour.

The Avocadoan announces the show launch on June 23. The headline is very funny and very appropriate.

The Lionstar Blog post on June 25 announcing the show has received some great comments, one worth mentioning is the alleged use of a glamour shot in the logo as Lisa D. is not that pretty in person.

Paul Strelzin’s discussion forum been reporting on the changes at KRHO since plans were overheard in the bathroom and leaked out by fans.

As I write this post today, I’m very excited about week two. The staff at Univision has been totally professional and available and supportive along with everyone at El Paso Media Group.

Charlando con La Gringa is a new local radio show that broadcasts weekdays from 4-6 p.m. on KAMA 750 AM.

Day twelve of my internship.
Though I’d love to be sprawled out on a beach chair near the waves of some exotic location (Cabo, perhaps?), spending my summer afternoons with the El Paso Media Group has drawn me closer to this “real world” that college graduates speak of. And it’s actually delightful. Editing images, creating advertisements and manipulating typefaces can only instigate so much satisfaction. Really it’s the wonderful people at EPMG that make this leap into adulthood so exciting. Each member of this company is a real, funny, ambitious individual who makes me want to succeed, to join this march toward creating a great product.
Perhaps the funniest, most ambitious individual is Lisa D. And perhaps you’ve heard of her, this Renaissance woman. Editor of EPMG, mother of two adorable blond boys, office comedian and now host of Charlando con la Gringa, this white girl has her hands full. Yesterday was Lisa’s first day on air at KAMA 750 AM (tune in from 4-6, Monday through Friday!). She’s “totally awesome” and “totally cute” and she totally interviewed El Paso’s mayor, John Cook. Lisa D is charismatic, smart and entertaining. And I’m not just saying that because she’s my boss. Really, listen to her show. Listen to Lisa D learn Spanish. You might learn something, too.

-Lindsay Moore, Intern

It’s 134 degrees outside, but I’m sitting inside the El Paso Media Group office where Jessica keeps the A/C at the temperature of an igloo. But she keeps me warm with her laugh-out-loud dialogue and quirky comments. I’m approaching the end of my second week as a graphic design intern for EPMG. I’ve photoshopped my little heart out, designed a few letterheads and been thrown head first into a real live professional atmosphere. 

When I threw my graduation cap into the air, tassel shimmering in the hot El Paso sun, the only thing stopping me from leaving my little border town was three long months until my first semester at Texas Christian University. And finally, miles away from home, I became a freshman sorority girl who progressed into a sophomore graphic design major, a junior anti-sorority girl and a senior with a victory lap remaining.

And while I grew four years wiser away from home, the west Texas town of El Paso has drawn me back for a summer of culture, Mexican food, old friends, family and Jessica’s relationship advice. This is my last summer as a kid, as an undergraduate, as free as a bird. And I’m scared to death. But my afternoons as an intern keep my brain from shrinking. I’m preparing for the day my parents officially kick me out of the nest, for the real world, for an adventure that begins here at EPMG. 

Lindsay Moore

The April issue of the El Pasoan is here!

This month’s El Pasoan features updates on the Downtown Revitilization Plan, news about the Mills Plaza Properties purchases and promising developments in Union Depot. As always, you can read about Downtown from the perspectives of Mayor John Cook, Boys & Girls Club CPO Bill Coon and REDCo Pres. Bob Cook. In this newly expanded issue, check out a 2-page photo essay on area landscapes and people as well as a dining review of a recently-opened local hotspot. We take you on a journey through a fascinating new exhibit and provide you with a calendar full of fun and exciting events happening around Downtown El Paso.

You can access the magazine in its entirety at www.theelpasoan.com. Local distribution points are also listed on the website.

Several candidates face tough run offs in May and voters face tough decisions. Originally published in February, the NPT Voter Guide invited all candidates to answer questions specific to their race. If you haven’t already seen the voter, it’s online at www.newspapertree.com in theElections section, where you can find the latest news and information on local races.

Click here to read the NPT Voter Guide 2008

This article was originally posted on Newspapertree.com on March 28, by David Crowder

The endorsements of a coalition of law officers, and of a breakaway group, reflect on union concerns over bargaining, discipline, and who really represents officers’ interest over playing the game of politics.

Richard Wiles may be the El Paso police chief whose recent four-year tenure never got messy, kept El Paso at the top of the safe-city list and led to the accreditation of the department, but a coalition of public safety unions endorsed his opponent and predecessor, Carlos Leon, for sheriff.

There has been a lot of speculation about the why the El Paso County Sheriff’s Officers Association, the Municipal Police Officers Association and the El Paso Firefighters’ Association chose Leon over Wiles.

Wiles thinks it may have been his tough discipline standards, and Leon doesn’t disagree.

But the union leaders say the unions’ collective and individual endorsements weren’t meant to tell voters whom the officers’ organizations think would make the best and most effective sheriff.

It was, they say, a decision about which candidate, Leon or Wiles, would be best for the labor unions themselves — and chiefly the members of the sheriff’s officers union.

And the biggest issue, the union leaders say, was probably the fact that Wiles sought the support of a break-away union established by sheriff’s deputies.

“Both are real, real qualified for the job,” Joe Marrufo, a sheriff’s department detention guard and the president of the officers’ association, said of Leon and Wiles. “What it boils down to, I think, was a labor issue.”

Click here to read the full article.

Welcome to our blog. Please share with us your comments and opinions about how we are doing. We are so excited for 2008, for all that we have strategically planned for and for the unknown. We need your input so please post freely.

 Keith A. Mahar