Editorials

College President SearchReality Show Continues

    As Northern New Mexico College officials move through the theatrics of hiring the new president, community members Monday night had an opportunity to...

Suicide Touchy SubjectThat Requires Airing

    Below, at right, is an editorial written by the editorial team at the Roswell Daily Record. A former reporter killed himself, hitting the...

Billboards Not AnswerTo Drug Overdose Problem

    The news story didn’t say how much money U.S. Attorney General Damon Martinez wasted on a 15 billboard media buy. It didn’t say...

District, StudentsMust Have Stability

    David Cockerham, Janette Archuleta, Evelyn Maruska, Gloria Shuttles, Art Blea, Danny Trujillo and now Bobbie Gutierrez. For those who wonder why the Española...

Kitchen Could HelpDiversify Economy

    Northern New Mexico College has an opportunity to be a local hero and improve its tarnished image among Valley denizens. That heated kitchen...

Charter Schools StillViable Education Option

    It’s discouraging to read that the State Auditor’s Office has found so many deficiencies in the state’s 59 charter schools. Everyone who has...

Hoodwinked Again byNorthern’s President Search

    What a disappointing development in the search for Northern New Mexico College’s next president. We were sold transparency, community involvement and a process...

Lodger’s Tax Isn’tStrictly for Marketing

    It was disheartening but not surprising to read New Mexico State Auditor Tim Keller’s opinion of lodgers tax use. The 1969 law that...

Jail Guards, Drugs Don’t Mix

    Rio Arriba County jail guards distributing medication? What could go wrong?     In a collapse of negotiations with Roadrunner Health Services March 14, jail...

Voters Given Thin PoolOf City Council Candidates

    The 99.9 percent of Española’s voting population who chose to stay home Saturday night instead of “learning” what city council candidates had in...

Legislators ProtectThemselves in Ethics War

    Rep. Jim Dines, R-Albuquerque has moved his House Joint Resolution 5 through the House with strong support. Tuesday he pulled support from his...

Wasteful Capital SpendingPractice Requires Reform

    House Bill 307 is an effort to reform infrastructure spending by creating a council that would look at New Mexico’s needs and fund...

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