Opinion

Goodbye to a Good Clerk

    We may not always agree with Rio Arriba County Clerk Fred Vigil, when it comes to public document access, but his eight years...

Air Monitors Protect Citizens

Jeffrey Horton Editor:     Now that the uranium contamination is out in the open, can any one or any government agency be honest about the uranium...

Mariachi Band Valley Asset

Marie & Charles Pompeo Editor:     As former teachers at Española Valley High School, we want to commend the Española Mariachi Sol Del Valle on your...

SUN To Hold Blood Drives in 09′

R. Braiden Trapp The SUN is pushing for four blood drives in 2009. Our first is Jan. 16 here at the office in the parking...

Churches Fail the Homeless

Richard Martinez Editor:     To those who would have profited from a homeless shelter in Chimayó, I tried! A few weeks after my return to California...

Community Must Drive Change

Kathleen Johnson Editor:     I believe most residents of rural northern NM can agree on two things: We love the beauty that surrounds us, and the...

Who Was That Masked Man?

Leo E. Gonzales Editor:     I would like to acknowledge the excellent work by the individual who handles the Arts section of your newspaper. I am...

A Strange Economic Theory:If You’ve Got Money, Spend It

R. Braiden Trapp     I’m not a Ben Stein fan. You know who he is if you saw Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. He played a...

Asking A Lot of Santa

Richard Beaudoin Editor:     As the Christmas season winds down and the legislative season opens, I wonder if you would mind submitting my wish list to...

Library Needs Help

R. Braiden Trapp     The public library isn’t the public institution it once was. The Española Public Library is plagued by an apathetic city administration,...

Education Bill Will Change Old Funding Forumla

Paul Martinez Editor:     I am writing to respond to the Dec. 18 column entitled  “State’s School Funding Formula Up for Possible Recalculation.”     New Mexico’s Constitution...

If It’s Dark and It’s SundayYou Must Be a Jemez Customer

    I have to write fast, before the power goes off again.     Customers around Northern New Mexico are now portraying a strange behavior. Peacock...

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