We, the poor rate payers whose water rates have gone up about 80 percent in the last five years, hope the city gets both of these legislative requests, otherwise rates are going to go up even more, according to T or C Mayor Rolf Hechler.
No disaster relief will be forthcoming from the state, which also precludes any federal disaster relief.
Three years and the city commission can't figure out whether it's a good idea to sell the electric facility. What they said about the three-year evaluation process is fatuous beyond belief.
Today's intelligence from state and/or national reporting: for those who want "in the weeds" details about bills and issues under consideration by the New Mexico Legislature. Part 4 of this series deals with the pro's and con's of using Constitutional amendments as a legislative workaround.
March 19 we will see if the "Mean Girls" or the "CAVERS" win.
Today's intelligence from state and/or national reporting: for those who want "in the weeds" details about bills and issues under consideration by the New Mexico Legislature. Part 3 of this series deals with the governor's call for restrictions on panhandling.
Today's intelligence from state and/or national reporting: for those who want "in the weeds" details about doings at the New Mexico Roundhouse (Part 1)
Today's intelligence from state and/or national reporting: the issues that will dominate the abbreviated 2024 New Mexico Legislature session that begins tomorrow
If at first you don't succeed. . .maybe the city will declare other water-system disasters that will open up state and federal coffers, but this first attempt probably failed.
Lying, reducing issues to one of personalities, suppressing fact-finding and shaming us for even thinking of defunding the police. We'll see if it works.
The water and wastewater departments are $1 million over budget before mid-year and not a word from the city commission.
The city commission evidently thinks we are too stupid to understand capital projects and procurement procedures so they don't bother to explain them. An uninformed electorate dooms democracy and invites autocracy or kleptocracy.