Robert Trapp

Policing Going to the Dogs

Editorials
    In the realm of crime-fighting, law enforcement has many tools on its tool belt.     The best tool in that belt has to be...

Strong CandidatesWill Get Voters to the Polls

Editorials
    Nationally and more so statewide, political pundits are fretting about voter turnout. The focus now is on the June 2016 primary but voter...

Communication Is Key

Editorials
    It’s become a sad fact of life, we will continue to see mass shootings in schools. There’s no way around it.     The right...

Politically Correct PoliceKill Halloween

Editorials
    Alcalde Elementary Principal Deborah Mitchell has taken political correctness to a whole new level. The well-meaning principal banned scary Halloween costumes depicting the...

$45,000 Only the StartFor Costly Restrooms

Editorials
    While the city of Santa Fe closed public restrooms in the Sandoval Parking garage downtown, Rio Arriba County was in construction mode to...

Right to AttorneyLost in State Budget

Editorials
    The U.S. Constitution’s Sixth Amendment guarantees a citizen’s right to legal representation. The 1966 Miranda Rights are read to everyone when they’re arrested....

Northern Can, MustReturn to Glory Days

Editorials
    The impending “retirement” of Northern New Mexico College President Rusty Barceló gives the Board of Regents an opportunity to turn this ship around,...

Persecuting PanhandlersDoes Not Address Problem

Editorials
    Panhandling in all forms is a national problem. Transients, homeless and poor often work streets and parking lots in cities large and small...

Code Enforcement Needed

Editorials
    We’re not qualified to be city manager. We don’t have the education, training, nor expertise. However, we know a little about budgets and...

E911 Funding ProposalWrong for Constituents

Editorials
    Rio Arriba County officials trying to change the funding formula of the E911 Dispatch Center is nothing more than a move to create...

Web Sites Disappoint

Editorials
    New Mexico Foundation for Open Government intern Frank Cardoza undertook the gargantuan task of reviewing 31 New Mexico cities’ and 27 of the...

Combining Senior CentersGood for City, County

Editorials
    All these joint meetings between the three major political bodies in the Española Valley could be good for taxpayers. It also could be...
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