Editorials

Hire with Diligence

    Anyone with three jobs on their resume, none lasting more than three months, will be a tough sell to any human resource director....

Good Way to Govern

    We like this style of governing. State legislators wasted two months doing little and failed to pass a capital outlay bill. We seem...

County Tries to ControlLegal Costs

    Watch for armageddon any minute. We agree with Rio Arriba County Commissioner Alex Naranjo.     We tired long ago of arguing the law firm...

Most Businesses WantCops in Parking Lots

    It’s not easy being a big box store in Española. Ask Christina Villareal, manager of our local Walgreens.     Villareal approached the city of...

Visitor Guide No AnswerTo Economic Growth

    Finally an idea from our $72,000 annually salaried Rio Arriba County economic development director. Unfortunately it wasn’t thought through.     Chris Madrid told County...

Fiesta CouncilAccountability Needed

    The Oñate Fiesta is eight short weeks away. To hold a respectable event that pays for itself, function planners should have been working...

Decommission AllTribal Officers

    Santa Fe County Sheriff Robert Gutierrez did something right. He revoked all commissions with non-county law enforcement officers Monday until he can develop...

City Budget VictimOf No Economic Base

    Most municipalities live and die by their gross receipts or sales tax (two different things). In this economic climate most find themselves perennially...

Interim Superintendent Should FocusOn Replacement, Not Changes

    Española School District parents, voters and taxpayers, we find ourselves once again in the process of hiring a superintendent. It’s April 30, very...

Student JournalistsWould Benefit from Workshop

    New Mexico Press Association is holding another summer workshop for high school journalism students throughout the state. The workshop is open to high...

Governor Saves TaxpayersFrom Themselves

    Thank you, Gov. Susana Martinez, for saving us from ourselves.     Before time expired, Martinez saw fit to veto SB 105, which would have...

Libraries StruggleTo Fulfill Reading Mission

    National Library Week runs from April 12 through 18. In the digital age that we alternately curse and celebrate, local libraries are more...

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