Robert Trapp

More Class Time with Same Lack of Learning?

    An honest and detailed conversation must take place within every school district in our readership area. Parents, teachers and taxpayers interested in how...

School Board Fights over New Marquee

By Robert Trapp SUN Publisher     An Española School District Board discussion about a new Española Valley High School entrance sign devolved to shouting several times,...

State Deserves Better at Labor Department Helm

    If you Google “bad to worse,” you’ll find a picture of former New Mexico Labor Department secretary Bill McCamley with an ‘X’ over...

New City OHV Ordinance Doesn’t Address Abusers

    Anyone listening to the public hearing during the April 13 Española City Council heard some upstanding, positive, very community-minded folks testify about all...

Board Approves Adding 10 Days to School Year

   The Española School District’s April 15 Board meeting started with two upset grandparents speaking during the public input portion.     Brenda Law and Barbara...

Espanola School District Audit Much Improved

   Ed Fierro of the Albuquerque accounting firm Fierro and Fierro presented the Espanola School District’s annual audit at the Board’s April 15 meeting....

Jemez Co-op Personnel Prove to Be Slow Learners

    A reasonable person listens to a District Court judge when he issues an order from the bench. Once you’ve been dragged through depositions,...

It’s about the Shoes, Miles; Not the Colors, Styles

This is not a column about bringing back the “good old days.” There was no air conditioning, roads were small and poorly maintained (OK...

Truchas Man Killed in Rollover

   Speed was the probable cause of a fatal accident in the early hours of March 16 on State Road 76.     New Mexico State...

Love It or Hate It, Legal Pot Is Here

    Whether we’re ready for it or not, legal marijuana for adult recreational use is coming to New Mexico.     Almost three-fourths of New Mexicans...

District Eyes $5.5 Million in COVID Relief Funds

   Española School District Superintendent Fred Trujillo told the School Board at its March 18 meeting the District would receive about $5.5 million in...

Accountability in Pork Spending a Good Start

    Think New Mexico and the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government scored a huge win for the taxpaying public last week with the...

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