Editorials

Honeywell RFP?

    Española School District’s maintenance department was sadly lacking until former superintendent David Cockerham and District Project Manger Paul Salas brought in some qualified...

No Need to HideBlood Alcohol ContentTest Results

R. Braiden Trapp     One of the first things Angela Pacheco did when she became Española’s city attorney was send a memo to the police...

A Little Homework First

    Española city councilors and their mayor last week couldn’t agree to even vote to support a possible November bond to fund building a...

Hiring Inapproriate

    Our new superintendent just got her first public taste of the hiring practices in the Española Public Schools.     Outgoing athletic director Dave Fontaine...

Where Was the Supervision?

    If you were to look at Ray Sandoval’s bookkeeping and the way he does business at Center Market, you would find some checks...

Please, No Public Input

    Did city of Española officials want public input before passing the cell phone ordinance?     Last week city officials danced around whether proper notification...

Jemez Elections Quiet

    It’s a little difficult to get excited about the Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative elections. On one side you’ve got the incumbents, the old...

It’s the Joe Maestas Show!

    Española Mayor Joseph Maestas can get on the local radio station and say just about anything he likes about the Rio Grande SUN,...

Hospital Administration, Please Hurry

    The Española Hospital folks say we have another ambulance coming back into rotation. That wasn’t so bad, was it? All it took was...

Too Late to HireCity Attorney

    It’s tough hiring people. It’s tougher still to hire good people. Ask officials in the city of Española. They’ve been limping along for...

Cops, Checkpoints Can DoWhat Ponch Can’t

    (Editor’s warning: If you’re a fan of the 1970s television series CHiPs, and specifically Erik Estrada, stop reading now. You’ll only be upset.)    ...

Leave Successful Dance GroupAlone; It’s Working

    Janette Archuleta better get control of Española School District fast. The road this board is wandering is fraught with potholes and dangerous curves...

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