Does the State of New Mexico prefer Trump to other presidential candidates?
A second election-code violation within a week on behalf of a Republican candidate.
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Aurora Borealis in New Mexico
Aurora borealis are rare in Southern New Mexico. Red auroras happen higher up in the atmosphere.
Solid waste rates going up Dec. 1
T or C's solid waste department has gone from a $1.1-million operation to a $2.8-million operation since 2017. Limiting services to T or C and Williamsburg should be considered.
Fall Colors
It's been 11 years since Silver Fire scorched the Black Range. The landscape is still magnificent especially in its autumn robe.
Paper Moon Shiners in concert
A trip back to a bygone era of music on comes to TorC on Saturday evening October 19th at The Lighthouse at 124 Austin St.
Dow sent cease-and-desist letter for campaign ad accusing her rival of stealing taxpayer money
This is not the first time Rebecca Dow has been accused of spreading false information and lies and dirty campaign tactics.
Does the Government of Sierra County have a favored candidate?
A sharp-eyed citizen sent me this picture of a Crystal Diamond Brantley campaign sign hung on the county fairgrounds fence.
Campaign signs are not allowed on public property, if we are indeed still a democratic republic and not an authoritarian government.
Recent developments regarding broadband access in New Mexico
I am sponsoring this analysis article by Dan Warren, one of the Citizen's behind-the-scenes sources who has technical and science savvy. He avidly follows space and science news, including the space industry's winners and losers and how they affect our lives, such as equitable access to broadband.
Commodifying healthcare and chiles
My cousin, a nephrologist, says that commodification of medicine has turned American doctors into contractual slaves, indentured servants. Thinking about this, I realized that not many of us actually understand what commodification means and why it is harmful for healthcare as a system. This is my explanation.
$540K study/audit of city-owned electric facility—instead of hiring a competent director
An outside study will not fix T or C's management problems.
WSPI 2—another $10m water project, another rate increase
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?
What you need to know, September 29, 2024: “New Mexico in critical nursing shortage”
Susan Dunlap, of New Mexico Political Report, reports on the Legislative Health and Human Services Committee's discussion of the state of New Mexico's hospitals. In previous posts I have presented readings about the national health care system. Here, with this republication, we look at specific issues closer to home.