Texas Politics 365: El Paso

Wednesday, January 18, 2023

El Paso Police Chief Dies

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Longtime El Paso police Chief Greg Allen died Tuesday after overseeing a period when El Paso was ranked among the safest large cities in the nation during his nearly 15 years at the helm of the Police Department.

Allen's death was announced Tuesday afternoon by the city of El Paso. He was 71. A cause of death was not disclosed. But the city and the entire region has faced stress on its law enforcement and infrastructure in the past 2 years, because of an unprecedented number of llegal immigratants coming across the US/Mexico border.

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Monday, February 8, 2021

Divided El Paso Co. GOP Splits In Two

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A deeply divided El Paso County Republican Party has split into two organizations over vision and leadership.

KTSM-TV News reports that Party officials expected former chairman Rick Seeberger to cause a scene at last week's meeting at a Christian center in central El Paso. But he quietly stepped down when nearly 100 members of the party largely rejected a motion to allow him to speak.

Seeberger hadn't resigned his position October of last year, but rescinded that position when some people in the green party encouraged to remain involved.

Members of the party then elected Ray Baca as their new chairman, who immediately appointed Bethany Hatch as his vice-chair. The election puts Baca at the head of a local party organization that is recognized by the state GOP.

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