Opinion

County Staff, Take a Bow

    I write regarding Jerry Wisdom conducting an inventory of Rio Arriba County’s oil and gas infrastructure in an effort to grow the County’s...

Safety over Money

    I read the article recently written by New Mexico Congressman Steve Pearce expressing his opposition to the Bureau of Land Management’s venting and...

Embrace Renewable Energy

    Under orders from President Donald Trump, the Army Corps of Engineers Feb. 7 approved a final easement which allows the Dakota Access Pipeline...

Payday Loan Business Model Requires Retool

    State Representative Debbie Rodella, D-Rio Arriba, Santa Fe, Taos is co-sponsoring House Bill 347 that would limit the interest rate a payday, or...

Stop Dakota Pipeline

   The Dakota Pipeline must not be allowed. Some reasons are:     • The disaster in Alberta, Canada     • The loss of eighty miles of...

Gutted Whistleblower Act Leaves Employees Helpless

    When an employee seeks to correct immoral, corrupt or simply poor management, the Whistleblower Protection Act is the employee’s best friend. In its...

Youth Deserve Our Support

    I recently attended an Española Valley High School basketball game and was appalled at how the junior varsity game transpired. To those players,...

“Stupid” Lost

   A few months ago I wrote a letter to editor of the Rio Grande SUN regarding the school Board at the Espanola School...

City Police Department Must Address Behavior Issues

    If you drive the streets of Española, be sure to read Rio Grande SUN Staff Writer Wheeler Cowperthwaite’s story on page B1 regarding...

Verde Line Power Not for Us

    This whole Hunt Power Verde Line offends me. Surely Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative knows whether it is at capacity or not, contrary to...

Bullying Journalists the Opposite of Patriotic

After reading Santa Fe New Mexican columnist Milan Simonich’s retelling of state Representative Bob Wooley’s tirade over a journalist not standing during the pledge...

Support for Spay/Neuter Fund

    I write in support of House Bill 123, a bill that responds to legislative momentum to address New Mexico’s overpopulation of unwanted companion...

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