Robert Trapp

Former Facilities Manager’sSettled Lawsuit RevealsBad School Board Behavior

    This is the first of a three-part series covering the many facets of a wrongful termination suit brought against the Española School District....

This Is How Much MoneyYou Didn’t Get

    Did everyone get their “Not a bill, not a refund” notice from their electric cooperative? These laughable notices are sent, at great expense,...

Unethical Bids Confusing

    Reading last week’s lead story regarding the Española School District’s choice of painting contractors to paint middle school hallways required some very close...

No Job Guaranteed

    Attorney General Hector Balderas is cleaning house. As promised when he won the election Nov. 4, he and his transition staff interviewed many...

New Regents, Please

    From the mouths of babes. We use the phrase to emphasize the lack of progressive movement on the part of teachers and staff...

Trip Costs A Little High

    Training is a good thing. Exchanging ideas with peers and networking at a national level can only make local people better. Why go...

We Need to OwnOur Drug Problem

    The Office of the Medical Investigator dragged its feet this year providing Rio Arriba County autopsies in an exceptionally slow manner. Rio Grande...

Good Time to AnnexNorth Santa Fe County

    Rio Arriba County officials will find little to no resistance from North Santa Fe County residents targeted to be folded into Rio Arriba...

The Self-PopulatingArboleda Contract File

    It happens everywhere. We’re not special in Rio Arriba County. But the blatant political assignment of the Arboleda Center improvements contract to David...

Less Money in PoliticsAlways a Good Thing

    Money drives politics, hence determines elections. It’s a simple fact neither Republicans nor Democrats can deny. It gets worse every election.     It may...

Judge Ellington RepresentsPeople in Plea Deal

    Thank you, District Court Judge T. Glenn Ellington, for not accepting city councilor Eric Radosevich’s plea agreement Tuesday. The deal would have allowed...

Different Process NeededFor Cops Grant

    One week we discover Española is labeled the most dangerous city in the country and the next week Department of Public Safety Secretary...

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