We’re all afraid to rock the boat. We have been taught since children not to make waves. No one wants to deal with the motion sickness. So we play it safe and aim for steady as she goes. That may prevent children from making too much noise in front of the adults, but it doesn’t make for great stewardship. Choosing not to rock the boat exposes a failure in leadership due to inaction. Looking at my own inaction and indecisiveness, I find a record of lowered standards and depressed morale among the very people I am supposed to inspire. I know I am not perfect and sometimes I beat myself up over my lack of consistency and follow-through. Yet we shouldn’t translate our inadequacies into a blanket state of hopelessness to throw the baby out with the bathwater.
The dog days of the spring season are hitting hard, with some teams making a late surge for state tournament contention, while others are trying to salvage some positive outings.
Prosecutors are asking for a 19-year-old Española man to be held without bail after he allegedly shot at a house on North McCurdy Road as he drove by, hitting a man twice.
It’s a year removed from the gold anniversary, but to celebrate the rich basketball tradition of Española Valley High School over its 51-year history, some 30 former players will take on the current varsity Sundevils in a pair of alumni games Thursday at the school.
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I have authored this letter in support of Monica Salazar for the position of Rio Arriba County Sheriff for which she is more than imminently qualified.
I really liked state Sen. David Gallegos’ opinion piece in last week’s paper, titled: If Someone Wanted to Hold New Mexico Back. It went straight to the point on why we are at the bottom of most lists, from education to economic opportunity. There is one category where we lead – welfare dependency. Sen. Gallegos rightly placed the blame on progressive Democrats, who are all about power and not the people. They promote government dependency for those who struggle economically and over-regulate those who achieve.
“Understanding Homelessness,” a program that offers an in-depth look at the causes and effects of this major challenge, will be offered at 6:30 p.m. today (4/16) at SALA and at 6:30 p.m. April 28 at the White Rock United Methodist Church.
The Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative, Inc. Board of Directors voted on March 27 to formally withdraw from membership in Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association (Tri-State).
