Stuff you need to know, 2.27.24
Today's intelligence from state and/or national Reporting: public meeting on Spaceport America master plan announced for early next month in Truth or Consequences
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I wanted to follow up my last article with a few examples of having fun and expressing passion and creativity with nature writing. Might as well tell a story of natural inspiration. The idea of the Prose, Poetry and Art Exhibition is give students a voice on wilderness.
Read MoreMauriceGila wilderness centennial student prose, poetry and art exhibition
This is a call out to students and teachers who live and study in the communities surrounding the Gila and Aldo Leopold Wildernesses. It is an opportunity to speak your passion via words or paint. Please join the Celebration.
Read MoreGila wilderness centennial student prose, poetry and art exhibitionStuff you need to know, 2.24.24
Today's intelligence from state and/or national reporting: Have you heard who is reportedly coming to make a film in Truth or Consequences soon?
Read MoreStuff you need to know, 2.24.24Pennies on the dollar: report on our finances
The Citizen reports to readers on donations, how we spend what readers contribute, how much we have, and how long it will last, a forward-looking perspective.
Read MorePennies on the dollar: report on our financesStuff 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.
Read MoreStuff you need to know, 2.23.24Upcoming Kingston/Hillsboro Events
A schedule of upcoming free Kingston / Hillsboro events has been released.
Read MoreUpcoming Kingston/Hillsboro EventsMoney flows from Staten Island to Sierra County to buy property with help from tax deferments
PreReal Investments of Staten Island is buying and fixing up properties around Williamsburg, Truth or Consequences and Elephant Butte with help from a tax-deferment program little used in New Mexico.
Read MoreMoney flows from Staten Island to Sierra County to buy property with help from tax deferments 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.
Read MoreT or C’s legislative request for $20 million in emergency waterline repairs—the engineering planCity 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 MoreCity commissioners claim they don’t have the electric-sale studiesRead 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.
Read MoreRead ballot language carefully before you vote “for” or “against” the $4.5-million bond issueStuff 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
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