R. Braiden Trapp

Planning & Zoning Department,Commission Had it Right

    Española and Rio Arriba County desperately need economic development. The abandoned buildings and dearth of up-to-code, safe and comfortable properties inside the city...

Participate in Process;Write to Election Bureau

    Seriously? Is everyone going to sit back and watch Wray Ortiz run for city council?     Oritz filed for the District 2 city council...

Velarde DeservesDirection on Elementary

    Taxpayers in general and Velarde residents specifically deserve answers regarding their elementary school.     The Española School Board for at least a decade has...

Increasing Gross Receipts TaxIs Just Piling on

    Will the real state Sen. Richard Martinez, please stand up?     Martinez dug his heels in a month ago stating he would not sponsor...

Legislative Wish List

    Grab your wallets and grit your teeth. The legislature cranks up Tuesday and as usual everyone and their uncle will be jockeying, manipulating,...

Competition Will Be Missed

    When Albuquerque Journal Managing Editor Karen Moses told us a month ago its Santa Fe publication, Journal North, was going to go in...

Northern Must Improve

    Northern New Mexico College regents got an earful from state Secretary of Higher Education José Garcia just as school ended for Christmas break....

Cities, Counties Could Get Relief From Food Tax

    A possible bill before the 2014 legislature to return a gross receipts tax on food is percolating among some state organizations, but Municipal...

McCurdy LeadershipRequires Scrutiny

    When McCurdy School became McCurdy Charter School we all expected some bumps in the road, little problems and growing pains. The traffic jams...

County Combatants Failed Kindergarten

    Why a former Rio Arriba County commissioner and a fired County senior center manager would want to argue and exchange punches in a...

Trash Fees with TaxesDeserves a Fair Hearing

    We’d like to accompany Rio Arriba County Manager Tomas Campos when he carries the good word to State Senator Richard Martinez. Campos said...

Great To Be Golden

    At a time when holding teachers accountable is a continual argument, money is tight and books are scarce, a lot of teachers around...

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