Political considerations, 4.7.24
A how-to on voting in New Mexico's June 4 primary
Category Analyses
Stuff you need to know, 4.3.24
A new study provides needed specificity about the uses to which the Colorado's irrigation water is put in the river's basin, which includes New Mexico.
Referendum means nothing to city commission
The city commission adheres to its practice of not considering criticism or learning from it, even when a referendum checks their power. More toxic positivity will be imposed and naysayers and truth-sayers will continue to be scapegoated and castigated.
Political considerations, 3.29.24
New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver is a leader of states' efforts to limit the threat posed by artificial intelligent deepfakes to fair elections.
Stuff you need to know, 3.28.24
Updating the status of lawsuits brought against the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's licensing of nuclear storage facilities in several states, including New Mexico.
Snow hits the Black Range
A snow storm hit the Black Range for a couple days. Sometimes it snowed big white flakes , sometimes little snowflakes drifted aimlessly, sometimes the sun peaked thru.
Political considerations, 3.25.24
Why would Arizonan Kari Lake, a potential Trump running mate, make a video encouraging her followers to subscribe to a hard-hitting online newspaper covering politics and government in her state? She didn't. Welcome to the scary new world of AI-created disinformation.
Stuff you need to know, 3.22.24
Today's intelligence from state and national/reporting: Do taxpayer dollars used to lure movie and tv productions to a state have a demonstrable economic development payoff?
Stuff you need to know, 3.21.24
Today's intelligence from state and/or national reporting: The U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments regarding the legitimacy of the proposed resolution of the Rio Grande water dispute between Texas and New Mexico.
Big pieces of Truth or Consequences’ operations budget goes to outside contractors
The city's budget for the next fiscal year is being drafted. The people may want to push back on how it's been handled in the past. Hiring outside contractors indicates a lack of in-house competence and is expensive. Is the public paying more than it should for its local government?
“Vacuum” sewer breakdown, stop-gap fix, wasted money—rinse and repeat
A leadership vacuum at the top trickles down to the people having to pay repeatedly for emergency and then long-term repairs.
Bigotry, xenophobia, and us
The Citizen responds to charges of bigotry and xenophobia from readers.