Truth or Consequences Mayor Rolf Hechler sees the city's increasing number of grant/loans with USDA as "success." Can we afford to keep cramming water projects into the pipeline with no apparent coordination or reasoning to their order and no explanation to constituents?
You would think that the city commission would make sure to build public consensus on the purchase of a new police building after facing and losing two referendums before going forward with a third scheme.
In September, the Commonwealth Fund released its eighth comparative report on health care systems in 10 wealthy and comparable nations, the US among them. How did we do and why?
Readers of the Citizen have gifted us with a cloudburst of generosity, and we are grateful for the healing waters in this desert land. This process of social relationship is an act of communication, which has just been discovered to function through all life forms.
The water and sewer systems are dying carcasses that are attracting vulture-like opportunists. Meanwhile, the people are paying ever-increasing water and sewer fees. Who is protecting us from the vultures? No one. The city needs to hire an engineer who can coordinate and communicate. No mumblers or wonks.
Republication of article by "Capital & Main" in New Mexico Political Report, September 12, 2024. Its topic is the wastewater produced in fracking for gas and oil operations in New Mexico: its toxicity, the earthquakes produced by its injection into the ground, and the proposal to reuse it.
In New Mexico, horse racetracks have become centers of political power. This is a republication of a September 11 article by Noah Raess and Joshua Bowling in Searchlight New Mexico.
The ballot measure for $3 million in general obligation bonds for water, sewer and roads passed two years ago. How many voters knew or cared that property taxes would double or triple to pay off that debt?
It's sickening that Augustin Plains Ranch, owned by an Italian billionaire, has forced the people to pay for legal battle after legal battle to stave off a massive water grab.
We know the electoral college elects the President, but do we know how few votes it takes to change the electoral college composition? Here is a detailed breakdown of how so few people end up deciding the results of a democratic election, courtesy of The Guardian.
Flood control for Williamsburg, the southeastern part of Truth or Consequences and the Sierra County Fairgrounds is going to be expensive. Liability is probably driving this project, but it’s not been explicitly stated.
