Mayor John Cook

Harsh words from the Cielo Vista Neighborhood Association and El Paso Mayor John Cook against a nightclub owner have led to a defamation lawsuit against them. On Thursday, Mike Armstrong, owner of the Three Legged Monkey, filed a lawsuit against ...  

El Paso Mayor John Cook said he hoped the indictments would not reflect badly on the majority of the more than 1,000 members of the police force. "I always say people are innocent until proven guilty, and we have to find out what was done wrong ...  

AUSTIN, Texas — El Paso Mayor John Cook has amassed $250,000 in debt fighting for his job after casting a decisive vote to reject a ban on benefits for same-sex partners of municipal workers. The move sparked demands for his recall.  

Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Mayor John Cook has amassed $250,000 in debt fighting for his job in El Paso, the sixth-biggest Texas city, after casting a decisive vote to reject a ban on benefits for same-sex partners of municipal workers. The move ...  

"All government business is done in English here. I don't need an official law saying that English is the de facto language. Everyone knows that already," said John Cook, mayor of El Paso, Texas -- a border city in which 73 percent of its 800,000 inhabitants say they speak Spanish at home.