The local online publication El Paso Matters and several of its officials were recently put on notice about potential lawsuits from an editorial published on September 6, 2025. The editorial was written by Nicole Alderete-Ferrini, a former city employee and candidate for city manager, who left the city after questions were raised about her academic credentials by Max Grossman.
Grossman was arrested on family violence charges on September 5, 2025. His case was dismissed three months later, on December 3, 2025. The Saturday after Grossman’s arrest, El Paso Matters published an editorial by Alderete-Ferrini without providing background information about Grossman’s arrest nor informing readers about Alderete-Ferrini’s inherent bias against Grossman.
In 2024, Grossman exposed serious misrepresentation made by Alderete-Ferrini about her professional credentials that led to her appointment as the city’s Climate Chief, including misrepresenting that she was an architect when she was not. In Texas, a person using the word architect must be licensed to represent themselves professionally as an architect…