Today's intelligence from state and/or national reporting: the issues that will dominate the abbreviated 2024 New Mexico Legislature session that begins tomorrow
If at first you don't succeed. . .maybe the city will declare other water-system disasters that will open up state and federal coffers, but this first attempt probably failed.
Lying, reducing issues to one of personalities, suppressing fact-finding and shaming us for even thinking of defunding the police. We'll see if it works.
Today's intelligence: A New Mexico in Depth special series examines whether the state has the ability to take care of its growing population of senior citizens.
Today's intelligence from state and/or national reporting: Millions in federal funds lost to New Mexico community-based recreation projects because of inadequate state parks department staffing.
The water and wastewater departments are $1 million over budget before mid-year and not a word from the city commission.
The commission passed two ordinances. County manager Vaughn provided a midyear budget report. The county approved a $100,000 grant to assist with housing transition and approved purchase of an armored vehicle for the sheriff. There was no report from the Flood Commission.
Rates are going up, with still no word on whether the city is going to sell the electric facility to Sierra Electric Cooperative.
Today's intelligence from state and/or national reporting: The terms of the re-release into the New Mexico wild of the wandering female Mexican gray wolf nicknamed Asha may be determined by a court case in Arizona.
Sierra County commissioners yesterday unanimously approved a measure to disregard New Mexico laws, mandates or orders they believe to be unconstitutional.
The city commission evidently thinks we are too stupid to understand capital projects and procurement procedures so they don't bother to explain them. An uninformed electorate dooms democracy and invites autocracy or kleptocracy.
Today's intelligence from state and/or national reporting: Feral cattle in the Gila Wilderness have been given a reprieve from culling by the U.S. Forest Service.
