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.
Category Analyses
Water report : “losing 35 to 40 percent compared to 59 percent this time last year”
Hooray for concise and honest reporting by new interim water department supervisor, Jamie Foreman, as scary as the stats are.
Musk Chainsaw II: Isleta Pueblo sues the Bureau of Indian Affairs over firings
This posting continues my analysis of the federal government's cost cutting actions by looking at the harm done to two native American universities and their students as a result of indiscriminate and across-the-board firings of staff that threaten their accreditations as universities.
T or C applying for $190,000 grant/loan to do preliminary engineering study on whole wastewater system
With Trump cutting federal funding, T or C's usual go-to source, Colonias funding, may dry up. What if we have to pay for critical repairs ourselves, with no grant money?
The Elon Musk Chainsaw
Elon Musk brandished a chainsaw at the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference and shouted that it symbolized his intention to cut government spending. In this article I analyze the meanings that chainsaw carries, and my conclusions are different from what the media has said.
Judge chooses Sierra County Arroyo Flood Control District Directors
The first board of directors will have no tax money in hand for a year. That means they have to scrounge for legal help to set up bylaws, administrative help to notice their meetings, draft agendas and minutes. This makes them vulnerable to outside influences, like the county.
Whitehead does deep dive on OMA
I was deeply impressed by new Truth or Consequences City Manager Gary Whitehead's response to my question on whether the city was violating the Open Meetings Act. It changed a misconception I had held to for years.
Special election slated for March 4 is cancelled
The City of T or C's third referendum on the purchase and renovation of a police building will not be held, but the people were snookered anyway.
Whitehead brings transparency to $9.7-million water project
New City Manager Gary Whitehead is a very good communicator, which was put to the test his first city commission meeting.
New “Chief Administrative Officer” Gary Whitehead’s contract with City of T or C
Want to know the details of the new city manager's contract? A cumbersome synonym instead of city manager is one detail.
People of T or C left out of loop on city’s legislative priorities
Ours is not to reason why, ours is to pay higher utility bills and taxes to support a plethora of capital projects.
Gary Whitehead is selected as city manager
Whitehead starts Monday, his native status and familiarity with the city and its people perhaps giving him a leg up in hitting the ground running.