Tonight at Grapes Gallery in TorC
Violinist Jack Glatzer in Concert at Grapes Gallery.
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Stuff you need to know, 5.8.24
Truth or Consequences has been chosen as the first location for a series of community conversations to garner public feedback on New Mexico's climate resilience plan.
Railroad Canyon
This gem of a canyon in Grant county was burned in the 2013 Silver Fire then scoured by flood. Yet it is recovering.
Stuff you need to know, 5.6.24
Little Turkey Creek in Sierra County near Winston is being restored as habitat for the Gila trout, one of the rarest trout species in the U.S.
Political considerations, 5.2.24
In a head-spinning cover story about Donald Trump's dreams of an imperial presidency, Time magazine reports that the biggest mistake Trump says he made in his first term was to be too nice. Mass immigrant deportations and judicial retribution for political opponents and others who he believes have wronged him are at the top of his to-do list, should he win a second term.
Infrastructure Capital Improvements Plan—planning ain’t in it
Rubber-stamping is expensive. The Infrastructure Capital Improvements Plan is soon to be adopted by the city commission using its same low-information process. Is it any wonder we have infrastructure that is 60 and more years old and emergency repairs that cost twice as much as planned projects?
Stuff you need to know, 4.29.24
Recent studies finding "forever" chemicals and plutonium in New Mexico's rivers and groundwaters indicate that our water pollution problem has reached crisis proportions.
Political considerations, 4.26.24
Why did Las Cruces Democrat Nathan Small receive a windfall of political donations last year, and what other patterns can be discerned from the recently disclosed campaign contributions made to New Mexico legislators in the final quarter of 2023?
Second tranche of $3M in general obligation bonds goes the way of the first tranche
We don't know how the first $790,000 tranche was used and now the second tranche is to be issued. There was talk that the G. O. bond money would only be used to "leverage" or match grant/loan requirements. No reports, no follow-up.
Stuff you need to know, 4.24.24
New Mexico political pundit Joe Monahan predicts the end is near for Virgin Galactic.
T or C first budget workshop—baby steps
In 447 BC, when the Parthenon was built, they knew the value of fiduciary transparency in government. Athena's dress was made of gold, in sections, so they could be regularly weighed and recorded, since it was part of the city's treasury that was kept in the public's eye.
Stuff you need to know, 4.19.24
The federal government now has new tools to protect public lands and cultural treasurers from depredation. The New Mexico Legislature will again consider unpassed crime bills at a special legislative session to be held in July.