By Special to El Paso Matters, El Paso Matters By Nicole Alderete-Ferrini  This week, Max Grossman – a man who’s been a stain on local government and politics for more than a decade – was charged with family violence.

For some, it was a shock. For many women in this city, it was confirmation.

Nicole Alderete-Ferrini I know, because I am one of them. For years, this man built influence by attacking women who dared to lead, to speak, to take up public space. I’ve lived through his assaults. Not physical ones, but the kind that grind you down in the public square: smear campaigns, harassment, the calculated effort to discredit and humiliate. It is violence all the same. I refuse to center him in this story, nor will I mention his name again. For years, he has thrived on recognition, even wh

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