The City Commission is intent on pushing through the renovation of the armory building for PD headquarters for $4.5 million
Who knows if this project is a good idea or not. It's not being vetted in public, yet local taxes will pay for it.
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T or C city commission candidate Ingo Hoeppner responds to questions
Ingo Hoeppner is running for a city commissioner's seat in Truth or Consequences. Early voting starts today.
Stuff you need to know, 10.5.23
Today's intelligence: an investigative report on the threat fracking poses to fragile acquifers in New Mexico and elsewhere
No response from candidates probably means more of the same: good-ole-boy government
Six candidates are running for Truth or Consequences city commission and none stepped up to the plate to answer substantive questions.
Stuff you need to know, 10.3.23
Today's intelligence: Federal lands mining law is seriously antiquated. Will new task force recommendations for reform be implemented?
Stuff you need to know, 9.30.23
Today's intelligence: How will New Mexicans be hurt if the federal government goes dark at one minute past midnight tonight?
Truth or Consequences City Commission approves “concept plan” for Turtleback Trails
This outdoor recreation plan has had massive community support but has been hanging fire for four and a half years.
Here we go again: another $9.9 million water project hits the capital-project pipeline and the city commission asks nary a question
Who determined this capital project should be pursued and why? The City commission and the city manager do not deign to answer.
City Commissioners question State Engineer’s closure of hot springs basin
If only the Truth or Consequences City Commission held themselves, city staff and hired engineers accountable in the same manner they questioned Office of the State Engineer officials.
T or C pays Erica Baker $200,000
Settling out of court leaves what happened shrouded in mystery, which is probably the point, but not good for the rule of law or for maintaining a transparent government that holds its city staff and elected officials accountable.
Proposed electric rate increase is based on lies
Electric rates have gone up over the years, especially behind closed doors. Don't believe the city's claim it's been 22 years since rates went up.
More serfdom, more demagoguery made evident in email exchange with City Manager Angela Gonzales
I don't think the new city manager is going to attack or solve the infrastructure crises. I don't think she knows what good management is. Therefore more and more of citizens' labor-wages will go toward paying too much to fix long-neglected infrastructure.