Fundraiser for Kingston Ghost Town Museum
The museum will be offering a special photo exhibit on May 3rd and 4th
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Trump’s targeting of immigrants prompts classical music quartet to cancel performance at downtown T or C venue
Trump's disdain for the woke and immigrants, in combination with his professed unlimited executive powers, has unleashed ICE to target dissidents, intellectuals, artists, scientists, educators and journalists. Border Patrol check stations are to be avoided.
Where has the G. O. bond money gone so far and where will it go? The answer is complicated
Spending the $3 million in bond revenues, to be done right--to leverage grant and loan money by providing required cash matches the city wouldn't have on hand otherwise--requires a lot of planning and coordination.
Musk Chainsaw V: Writing or rewriting history
The godfather has two godsons: Elon Musk, his court jester, and JD Vance, his thinker. Together, they give the godfather the appearance of majestic distance as they replace the state nationally and internationally with a corporate business. Today, I look at an Executive Order teaching us to think corporately.
“Road Diet” in downtown T or C is a misnomer for elaborate pictogram that must be decoded while driving
Could our city commission make it any harder to drive the I-25 business loop? First the three-ring-circus roundabouts and now a “road diet” obstacle course downtown.
What you need to know, March 24, 2025: Medicare and Medicare Advantage coming up.
I am posting a link to an article on why we have Medicare, how private health insurance attacked Medicare, how Medicare Advantage turned Medicare into private profit at the expense of patient health, and the probable end of Medicare under its new director. I add my opinionated comments
Musk Chainsaw IV: Frauds and “fraudsters”
Several thousand people in Sierra County receive Social Security checks every month. Elon Musk's DOG-es retrieved personal information from Social Security's computer system. A court ordered that breech of government security stopped. In response, Social Security threated to shut the whole system down. Now the Commerce Secretary has weighed in.
Musk Chainsaw III: Asperger Syndrome and Empathy
The President's attack Dog-e often mentions that he has Asperger Syndrome. What does this actually mean, and why should we think about it?
Don’t call them tiny homes
Want to put a single-family dwelling less than 500 square feet on your lot? The city commission just made it a lot easier, even though it's not allowed in city code.
Special New Mexico Humanities Council event – Visionary Voices – Then and Now
Please join us for a very special event to be held April 12, 2025 in Albuquerque, NM and on April 13, 2025 in Las Cruces, NM. Three very influential, historical conservationists, John Muir, Aldo Leopold and Teddy Roosevelt will discuss the Conservation and Ethical issues of their day.
Whitehead explains next four water projects
Over the next three years the city will take on about $45 million in water projects.
The Water Security Act: Water doesn’t come from the tap
The state has reopened the comment period on its draft Rules and Regulations on Regional Water Security Councils. This article explains what this means, why it is important, and why we should all engage in these new entities of grass-roots self-government. Bottom line: water is your life.