Michael Gisick

Española Official Uses Road Show to Pitch Plan

3/10/05     Impatient for the start of dollar bingo, much of the audience at the Española Senior/Stroke Center Tuesday seemed less than interested in whatever...

Mayor’s Order Ignored Rate Law

3/10/05     Believing the water department was losing money, the Española  city council voted in June 2002 to raise water and sewer rates by more...

City Rejects Pueblo Demand

3/17/05     The Española city council rejected a demand from Santa Clara Pueblo March 9 to immediately repeal a city zoning ordinance affecting pueblo-owned land.    ...

Small Village Welcomes Home Five Soldiers

3/17/05     A year ago, five boys from the mountain village of Canjilon went off to war in Iraq, and every Sunday since their mothers...

West Side Resident Feels Targeted by City Enforcers

3/17/05     Sachiko Ohbayashi felt singled out.     Broken-down cars litter the yards of many houses in Española, she said. Right across the street, toppled basketball...

Even Mayor Receives Bad Water Bills from City

4/14/05     The city's long-awaited and problem-plagued automated meter reading system is finally online, and customers should start seeing the effect on their bills soon,...

Española MainStreet Tries to Get Back on The State’s Map

4/14/05     At least three years after its MainStreet organization fell off the state's map, Española has regained a partial membership in the program.     Española...

Municipal Building Roof Collapses — Again

3/24/05     Several waterlogged ceiling tiles collapsed March 16 onto accountant Josie Lujan's desk.     "I heard a splash," said Judy Trujillo, whose city hall office...

The Fixer

4/28/05 Not one to settle for a dull interpretation of his city’s affairs, Mayor Richard Lucero credited God with bringing Jim Romero to Española last...

Pueblos Win Legislative Pork

3/24/05     San Juan Pueblo received almost a quarter of the state capital outlay funding earmarked for Rio Arriba County in the waning days of...

Rodella Responds to Allegations

4/28/05     During a lengthy interview Tuesday in the living room of his La Mesilla home, Rio Arriba County Magistrate Judge Thomas Rodella defended himself...

City Admits Wrongdoing in Records Suit Settlement

4/21/05     The city of Española and Housing Director Leroy Salazar have admitted violating state open records laws and will pay the Rio Grande SUN...

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