Local state representatives and senator give verbal confirmation that T or C is to receive $20.4 million for emergency waterline repairs
The state was very good to the city this legislative session, obviously recognizing its waterline crisis.
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Open house to gather input for Spaceport America’s master plan
A great exchange occurred among residents, Spaceport America staff and the company working on its master plan.
Stuff you need to know, 3.7.24
Today's intelligence from state and/or national reporting: Record-high state budget is a wrap.
Stuff you need to know, 3.6.24
Today's intelligence from state and/or national reporting: Experts agree that New Mexico's normal or better snowpack will not spell drought relief.
Stuff you need to know, 3.5.24
Today's intelligence from state and/or national reporting: Does yesterday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling affect Couy Griffin's prohibition from holding office in New Mexico?
Solid-waste rate study proves polycart customers overpaid
Solid waste rates are wildly unfair. It will take years to make them equitable.
Stuff you need to know, 2.23.24
Today's intelligence from state and/or national reporting: Measures to clarify and strengthen New Mexico's anti-corruption statute were among the legislation that died in the recently concluded Roundhouse session.
T or C’s legislative request for $20 million in emergency waterline repairs—the engineering plan
I submitted an IPRA for the engineering document that relates to the city's legislative request last year and this year. Finally, I received a relevant document this year; only three pages long, but enlightening.
City commissioners claim they don’t have the electric-sale studies
“You can fool all of the people some of time; you can fool some of the people all of the time, but you can't fool all the people all the time.” Attributed to Abraham Lincoln in The New York Times, August 27, 1887.
Read ballot language carefully before you vote “for” or “against” the $4.5-million bond issue
What the city commission and chief of police say and what the ballot language says differs. And whether the people can afford to pay for emergency and long-term repairs to the water infrastructure, as well as pay for a "public safety building" has never been asked or answered.
Stuff you need to know, 2.19.24
Today's intelligence from state and/or national reporting: a roundup of the bills that passed or died during the recently concluded session of the New Mexico Legislature. Plus: a searchable list of the 360 local projects that made it through the legislature and into the 2024 state budget sent to the governor
T or C City Commission approves $4.8 M three-year bond debt for water project
The city received a $7.5-million grant/loan from USDA for a water project, but it comes with interim-financing requirements that are complicated and expensive. The USDA waits until after construction is completed before it gives the grant or loan. The grant is for $2.7 million and the loan for $4.8 million.