R. Braiden Trapp

Play Nice, Sheriff

Editorials
    Rio Arriba County Sheriff Tommy Rodella is right. However, being right isn’t always best for all concerned.     When Rodella decided to shut down...

Don’t Trust School Board

Editorials
    The 2-mill levy, or SB9, election is upon us again. This election gives voters a chance to burden property owners with additional taxes...

Trash TossersMust Go

Editorials
    Our thanks to Gary Duran, of Chimayó, and his friends, who spent the morning of Aug. 25 cleaning up an illegal dump site,...

The Simple Word Public

Editorials
    Columnist Merilee Dannemann carried the banner for public employees in her column on this page last week. Dannemann wrote in her column that...

Electric Rate Increases Loom;Lawyers No Help

Editorials
    There were few surprises Sunday as Tri-State Generation and Transmission vice president Ken Anderson came to Española to bless the masses with his...

Illegal but Ignored

Editorials
    Poor Lisa Powell has the unenviable job of trying to get the local newspaper to print happy stories about Northern New Mexico College....

Co-op Can’t Stagnate

Editorials
    Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative members are facing uncertain times. In such times, the populace looks to its leaders for direction, help, explanations and...

Foul Ruling, Settlement

Editorials
    Say it ain’t so.     One of the thrills for youth going to a major league or farm club baseball game is the miniscule...

Good Guys Win Another

Editorials
    The good guys won another one in the fight to keep government open and public records moving toward the public.     The state Court...

Dixon Community CenterNot for Senior’s Exclusive Use

Editorials
    A handful of senior citizens in Dixon aren’t being very mature or Christian-like about the use of the community center in the forward-thinking...

Temporary Municipal JudgeBrings Law Degree to Bench

News
   The Española city council at its July 26 meeting made quick work of appointing and confirming Lorenzo Atencio as temporary municipal judge.     Atencio...

Proposed Jemez Co-opBylaw Changes

Editorials
    Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative leaders are undertaking the task of revising its bylaws. The bylaws have not been updated since 1993 and there’s...
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