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Yaaay, Bowlers

   I appreciate the coverage the Rio Grande SUN gave to the Española Valley High School bowling team. I realize this is not a...

Elected Officials Must Represent Constituents

    Elected officials must keep two things in mind when making decisions about COVID-19 testing, mask mandates and vaccinations. First their decisions should be...

Thank You, Rep. Herrera

    I am writing to commend State Rep. Susan Herrera, D-Embudo, for her leadership and perseverance in the successful effort to end  predatory lending...

Resolving Civic Problems Long Term Task

 Normally, I don’t respond to letters, which lack coherence and merit, but I felt compelled to address Joe Salazar’s ludicrous and whimsical assertions.     He...

No the Mayor’s Money

    This is in response to the letter submitted by Michael Vigil, Albuquerque, asking voters to give the mayor a second term. If our...

Crime-Solving Begins with Interagency Communiciation

    Politicians are tip-toeing around the idea of expanding law enforcement communication to extend between municipal, county and state agencies to include law enforcement...

Three Reasons to Vote for John Ricci

    My friend John Ricci is running for re-election on March 1 for city councilor in District 1. I would like to share three...

Bring Back Proper Parenting

Editor:     A well-intentioned mother titled her opinion piece in a Wyoming newspaper, “Instead of molding kids, behold them.”     This philosophy of child rearing suggests...

Repeat Petty Crime Slowly Crushing Espanola

    Albuquerque has its high murder rate and the continual argument about pretrial detention and its effect on repeat offenders—or not. Fortunately we don’t...

Give Mayor Second Term

    There are few leaders who have the ability to transform vision into reality and Española Mayor Javier Sanchez is one of those rare...

Petty Political Squabbles Won’t Matter When There’s No Water

    Anyone living in Northern New Mexico can’t help but hear regularly something about some water issue. There are many issues, of varying fear-factor,...

Ask Candidates the Hard Questions

    I would like to address our March 1 local elections. I listen to city council meetings regularly and rarely make it through to...

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