Editorials

Right to AttorneyLost in State Budget

    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....

$45,000 Only the StartFor Costly Restrooms

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

Northern Can, MustReturn to Glory Days

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

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

Multitude School BoardMeetings Expensive

    In the documentary “The Sun Never Sets,” author Tony Hillerman gives his take on what a small town newspaper should do for its...

PRC Lawsuit IllustratesLittle Has Changed

    Voters in Rio Arriba County who voted for Public Regulation Commissioner Valerie Espinoza should be feeling pretty good right now. Smug in fact....

County CommissionerReally Is 2Smooth

    We were again reminded of the blatant disregard the Española School Board has for taxpayers, parents and children when all Board members except...

Keep Everyone Honest

    The swelling number of cell phones, which are capable of high resolution photographs and videos, coupled with a few poor police officers’ behavior...

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