R. Braiden Trapp

Stars Align,Two SeatsOpen on School Board

Editorials
    While school board elections may be two months off, (Feb. 5) the deadline to file for a position is upon us. Dec. 18...

Lodgers Tax Board StrugglesWith Diminished Budget

City
 A quorum of Española’s lodgers tax advisory board met Dec. 7 to discuss funding requests from four groups. While the Board struggled to accommodate...

Taxpayers Should NotFund Judge’s ‘Mentor’

Editorials
    We would hope the city council would be a little more curious and perhaps a little more responsible when it comes to spending...

School Board Election Near

Editorials
    The Española School Board threw down the gauntlet last week when members discussed once again seeking approval from voters for a 2-mill levy...

Search, Vet and HireQualified People

Editorials
    We don’t want to be the laughing stock of the state but when your interim police chief kind of resigns with no explanation...

T.A. Elementary Teacher Is Golden

Education
    Tierra Amarilla Elementary teacher Terri Lindstrom didn’t know last spring she had been nominated for New Mexico’s prestigious Golden Apple award. It’s given...

Unions Not An Answer

Editorials
    The Española School District and Northern New Mexico College are both going through the throws of raises for non-union versus union employees. This...

Rio Arriba TurnoutMuch Better ThanState, National

Editorials
    Voter turnout in New Mexico dropped in the 2012 general election. Unofficial Secretary of State data shows 62 percent of registered voters cast...

League Belongs at Polls

Editorials
    One of the last bastions of truth in politics has been taken away from the voting masses at the voting booth. Secretary of...

Who Holds the Gavel?

Editorials
    Things went awry in Wonderland at last week’s city council meeting when interim chief of police Stephen Branch (the white rabbit) and a...

Vote Next Tuesday

Editorials
    In case you haven’t seen one of the million ads bombarding you on television the past two months, we remind you next Tuesday...

Who Should Go to Washington?

Editorials
    For U.S. Representative in District 3, we are faced with another difficult decision. To Rio Arribans, the party faithful will always support incumbent...
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