Robert Trapp

Co-op Should Clarify Bylaws, Policies

Editorials
    As sketchy as Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative board elections are, you’d think the by-laws and policies and procedures would address a candidate’s concerns...

Elected officials Owe Service to Taxpayers

Editorials
    Let’s add this to our list of “legal but just not right.”     The Rio Arriba County Treasurer’s Office closed three times in as...

Police Chief’s Behavior Must Be Addressed

Editorials
    Española City Police Chief Matthew Vigil has much bigger problems than the Rio Grande SUN writing about his repeated bad behavior. His response,...

Higher Ed Realignment Tough Pill to Swallow

Editorials
    It’s a simple case of supply versus demand. There are too many colleges and universities for too few students. That Economics 101 lesson...

How Many Tired Retreads Headed to School District?

Editorials
    We shouldn’t be surprised after the hand-picked hiring of Superintendent Bobbie Gutierrez, that she would begin to populate her administration with former supporters...

Fiesta Council Needs Fresh Start, New Blood

Editorials
    The Oñate Fiesta should have all the drama and pageantry of Don Juan de Oñate’s entrance into what would become the Española Valley....

Secretary of State Works on Campaign Finance Reform

Editorials
    Politicians doing what they promised? Is the apocalypse near?     Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver proposed rule changes earlier this month that would...

Finding Lost Hikers Part of State Police’s Job

Editorials
    Full disclosure: New Mexico State Police Chief Pete Kassetas is not one of our favorite people. He lords over a clandestine organization that...

We Could Try Listening to Each Other

Editorials
    How do you begin a healing conversation after five innocent people are shot and killed in small communities throughout our readership area? The...

Superintendent Hiring Process Improved, Needs More Work

Editorials
    Since Bobbi Gutierrez served as superintendent for the Española School District for almost two years, she’s a known quantity. We expect she’ll do...

Tea Party, Española Sytle

Editorials
    Talk about taxation without representation, residents in North Santa Fe County, especially those within the Española city limits need to hold  the likeness...

Getting Past Politician’s 15 Minutes of Fame

Editorials
    We are not fans of Kathy Griffin. It’s not because of her Trump beheading stunt last week. She’s just not that funny—to us....
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