Opinion

Thieves Drive Family Dollar out of Alcalde

    The Family Dollar store in Alcalde is closing. I asked the clerk why. Was it because the Dollar General down the street? No,...

Socialism Comes with Advantages, But at a Cost

Let’s take a look how a Socialist society in America would work.     You were lucky to be authorized to attend college. You tested high...

Santa Fe Reporter Keeps the Heat on City Police Department

    Kudos and thank you to the Santa Fe Reporter. The Santa Fe weekly dropped the hammer on the Santa Fe Police Department March...

Expungement Law Right for Formerly Incarcerated

Like many New Mexicans, I live  with felony convictions dating back decades. Slightly more than 20 years ago, an Albuquerque police officer arrested me...

Mayor Must Rein in City Police Before It’s Too Late

    The Española City Police Department has never been long on following its own policies. Every iteration of command structure enters touting high expectations,...

We Want Medicare for All

    Those profiting off our disastrous health care system continue to push patchwork bills and incremental change. But we don’t need more Band-Aids. We...

New Regent Strengthens College’s Future

   I am pleased to learn Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham appointed Porter Swentzell, of Santa Clara, as a Northern New Mexico College regent. As...

Mayor Defends City Actions in Nitrate Reporting Kerfuffle

I appreciate the opportunity to set the record straight regarding recent publications discussing a nitrate sample taken from one city well and the city's...

Trapping Indiscriminately Kills

    I support House Bill 366, which restricts traps, snares and poisons on public land.     The Animal Damage Control killed one million animals a...

Support Green New Deal

    President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the New Deal – job creation and social programs that helped pull us out of the depression. This...

Legislators Didn’t Get Ethics Message

    Any discussion regarding the two bills moving through the legislature that would create an ethics commission must begin and end with stating 75...

Bullying Policy Must Focus on Issues

    I am writing to express my concern about the current New Mexico Public Education Department Anti-Bullying Policy. It maintains focus on the “perpetrator,...

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