Hipster, beatnik, philosopher, artist Tom Hamil–in remembrance
Truth or Consequences attracted one of the greats, Tom Hamil. He had an enormous talent for painting music, his auditory and visual synesthesia giving us visual jazz.
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Changing seasons
What is it that says Fall has arrived?
Grasses
Thanks to the unusual 23+ inches of rain so far this year, all grasses are tall and abundant.
Beware, none of their names are their scientific names. Just my visual artist fantasy.
Stuff you need to know, 10.7.22
Must-see reporting and commentary from around the state and the country. Today's intelligence: Governor Grisham allocates $750,000 in flooding relief funds to Sierra County.
Stuff you need to know, 10.6.22
Must-read reporting and commentary from around the state and the country. Today's intelligence: an analysis of the merits of a constitutional amendment on the ballot in November to increase annual distributions for education taken from New Mexico's Land Grant Permanent Fund.
Blind spending explains how T or C City Commission “busted out” three utilities so far
Tony Soprano took over businesses, sucking the life out of them like a lamprey eel until it was "busted out." Truth or Consequences has similarly ridden its rate payers and exhausted its utilities. The trash utility is the new cash cow.
Stuff you need to know, 10.5.22
Must-read reporting and commentary from around the state and the country. Today's intelligence: Mexican gray wolf conservation advocates on Monday sued the federal government over the inadequacy of its revised recovery plan for this endangered species.
Municipal court “is done,” Luna says
Owner of the Sentinel, Frances Luna, made it clear she and others decide things around here. Democratic public hearings to sound the citizens' will and to inform the public are a waste of time.
Stuff you need to know, 10.4.22
Must-read reporting and commentary from around the state and the country. Today's intelligence: what each candidate had to say about a variety of issues during the first New Mexico gubernatorial debate last week.
Stuff you need to know, 10.3.22
Must-read reporting and commentary from around the state and the country. Today's intelligence: how New Mexico government officials are attempting to prevent the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from creating a nuclear waste storage facility in the Permian Basin near Carlsbad and Hobbs.
Stuff you need to know, 9.30.22
Must-read reporting and commentary from around the state and the country. Today's intelligence: how New Mexico legislators "buddymandered" the 2021 redistricting process to protect incumbents.
Stuff you need to know, 9.29.22
Must-read reporting and commentary from around the state and the country. Today's intelligence: the rise and stumble of Special Purpose Acquisition Company investment vehicles such as was used to help fund Virgin Galactic.