Editorials

Quit Trying to Skirt RuleGet Audits Current

    It’s human nature that drives us to find a way around an obstacle, when we want the prize badly enough.     In the city...

Military Vehicles Unnecessary

    Many Albuquerque residents are complaining their police department has become too militarized. It’s an interesting term and one that brings images of police...

No Confidence in Northern

    Tuition is too high.     Services are sliding.     Administrators get raises, yet you rely on adjunct professors to teach for a fraction paid to...

Fees, By Any Other Name,Remain Fees

    Leave it to Northern New Mexico College and its creative accounting to concoct a “tuition” scheme that incorporates fees. While Northern’s vice president...

It Feels As IfThe Circus Left Town

    The city of Española dodged a giant, hollow-point bullet March 27, when Michelle Martinez won a best-two-out-of-three coin toss, which decided the District...

Work, LeadershipAlternative to New Tax

    City of Española leaders got to play Sophie’s Choice at the first meeting of the new council. The new city council had a...

Public Input Good Idea;Public Needs Actions

    Rio Arriba County officials are on the right track with the two meetings to be held March 24 and 25 in Española and...

Celebrate Sunshine WeekLearning Your Rights

March 16-22 is Sunshine Week in New Mexico and nationwide. Take a moment to celebrate. Sunshine Week focuses on the importance of open government....

Law Enforcement AcademyConcedes in Records Fight

    “I’ll burn them before you get them.”     That’s what Law Enforcement Academy Director Jack Jones told a Santa Fe New Mexican reporter in...

Not Really Justice

    When someone finds themselves in front of a district court judge we would hope that judge would consider whether the offender did something...

City Election Endorsements

    Another city election, another disappointing group of candidates. A few sparkle but most lost their luster when they were first elected long ago...

Academy Director No FanOf Public Input, Process

    You want to talk about draconian measures and a state employee firmly in the “let’s keep it secret camp,” look no further than...

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