Roswell Daily Record News: Carraro makes bid for Senate-- State Sen. Joseph Carraro, R-Albuquerque, said Thursday he is pro-life, pro-family and pro-gun, and will work to protect individuals’ rights and maintain a strong presence in New Mexico if he is elected to the U.S. Senate.
He also said that the government has gotten too big and that cuts in federal spending were needed.
“It seems like somebody back there isn’t asking the right questions,” he said. “And that’s what I do best.”
Free NewMexican: Swamped with illegal immigrants at home, governors pushing for action in Washington--WASHINGTON (AP) - A growing number of governors, along the border and beyond, are sharpening their complaints about the flood of immigrants pouring into their states, pushing the Bush administration and Congress for action.
Bernalillo County deputy sues over dog bite--ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - A Bernalillo County sheriff's deputy who shot and killed one of the department's own dogs last year after it attacked her has sued the sheriff and two other department officials.
Free NewMexican: City voters MIA--It’s an old lesson in democracy: “If you don’t vote, you don’t get to complain.” It starts in elementary-school civics lessons and plays out on television as candidates and advocates spend millions on ads encouraging people to go to the polls. Yet, participation in local elections represents a fraction of those who are eligible to vote, and even in federal elections, some voters don’t cast ballots.
Free NewMexican: Tech students find science at the bottom of coffee cup--A team of undergraduates at the university in Socorro designed a ceramic mug that can fall 15 feet onto concrete pavement and still hold a full cup of java afterward without leaking.
Taos County GOP chooses delegates:
ABQjournal: Rio Rancho Mayor's Race Heats Up With Phone Flap--Rio Rancho Mayor Jim Owen is under fire from opponents for his business and campaign use of a cell phone carried on the city phone plan.
Owen, who seeks to be the first Rio Rancho mayor to serve two terms, is emphatic that the phone and the number are his and that the city only "rents" the phone from him.
Farmington Daily Times--Internet sex crimes on the rise By Nathan Gonzalez. FARMINGTON -- When it comes to the Internet, the person chatting with you, or your children, may not be exactly who they seem. July 19, 2004: Donald Livingston, 28, of Aztec, and Charlie "CJ" Johnson lure another male they met on the Internet into an Aztec park where he was allegedly raped and beaten. Both met the victim under the guise they were a female. They eventually plead guilty.
Farmington Daily Times: Hearings on Old Spanish National Historic Trail to begin today--DURANGO, Colo. -- The Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service are seeking the public's advice this month about how to care for the Old Spanish Trail, a 19th-century trading route between Santa Fe and Los Angeles. The first of 20 public meetings will be held today in Aztec. The second hearing will be held in Durango on Tuesday.
Farmington Daily TImes: Local kitchen remodelers win national award--FARMINGTON -- Three years ago, Vic and DD Eicker decided to expand their woodworking business by buying a franchise.
Farmington schools nurse honored--Jill Crider, nurse coordinator for FMS, traveled Thursday to Albuquerque to attend the New Mexico School Nurse Association weekend banquet.
ABQjournal: Military Retirees Oppose Health-Care Hike-- To the Defense Department, which wants to raise health-care costs for former career military veterans, the up-in-arms retirees say: "We've already paid."
ABQJOURNAL: Missing Child Found Safe After Immigrant Bust--EL PASO — A 7-year-old El Salvador boy reported missing after his mother was arrested with more than 200 other illegal immigrants has been found safe with his father, U.S. Border Patrol agents said Saturday.
ABQjournal: Tourism Worth $5 Billion in 2005-- SANTA FE— The number of visitors to New Mexico last year set a record, underscoring the fact that tourism is worth $5 billion to the state's economy, Tourism Secretary Michael Cerletti says.
ABQjournal: Santa Fe Wins Fight to Prohibit Wells--Santa Fe city government and its water policies won a significant legal victory earlier this month when the state Court of Appeals ruled that the city can prohibit the drilling of domestic wells.
ABQjournal: State Funding Was a Surprise-- The East Mountains and Estancia Valley raked in their share of more than $762 million in capital outlay funding appropriated by the New Mexico Legislature in the session that ended last week.
ABQjournal: 2002 Tax Refunds Wait for 11,600 N.M. Residents-- Unclaimed refunds totaling an estimated $11 million are awaiting about 11,600 New Mexicans who failed to file a federal income tax return for 2002, the Internal Revenue Service announced last week. Current and prior-year tax forms and instructions are available on the Forms and Publications page of the IRS Web site (www.irs.gov) or by calling (800) TAX-FORM (800-829-3676). Taxpayers who need help also can call the IRS help line at (800) 829-1040.
Deming Headlight: Public hearing hopes to muster up suppport for entertainment complex--Due to rising costs of construction materials, as well as additional expense associated with hiring out-of-town subcontractors, Deming is offering in-kind services for the movie theater-bowling alley project.
Las Cruces Sun-News: Valuation spirals upward--Doña Ana County still retains much of its farm land. But increasingly more houses and businesses are going up in the Las Cruces area -- a reality that is reflected in the county's property valuation total.
In 2004, the property value of Doña Ana totaled about $7.6 billion. In 2005, the total valuation rose to $8.1 billion, an increase of $500 million.
Las Cruces Sun-News: School changes on the horizon?--Relationships between public school districts and charter schools haven't always been harmonious, part of the reasoning behind a bill that recently cleared the New Mexico Legislature.
EDITORIAL ENDORSEMENTS AND OPINION ROUNDUP:
ABQjournal: Coss Can Unite A Divided City: But we think he'll do more than just reflect the city's majority viewpoint. Coss stands head and shoulders above the other mayoral candidates in terms of administrative experience and practical, hands-on knowledge about how government can— and should— work for people.
He speaks knowledgeably and in detail about any number of nuts-and-bolts city government issues from the state of the municipal budget to how to put wet water back in the Santa Fe River. A retired high-level state administrator, he's promising "a city that works for all of us"— and that includes City Hall.
Coss, as his critics like to mention, was part of the wild ride that was the Debbie Jaramillo administration in the mid-1990s, spending a brief, tumultuous period as one of her many city managers. But Coss has carved out his own legacy during four years on the council and it's time to accept him on his own terms.
We think Coss is the best of the mayoral candidates for a particularly important reason: He's the candidate who, as mayor, will be best able to mend the acrimonious rift, often reflected in City Council debate, between the business community and the city's progressive, leftish and very anti-development citizenry.
Free NewMexican: Walker for mayor: the leader we need She’s no political animal: Karen Walker doesn’t talk out of both sides of her mouth, nor does she utter platitudes, jargon or promises she has no intention of keeping.
She’s merely the most qualified and principled mayoral candidate we’ve seen in years — not to mention hard-working, homework-doing and dedicated to sensible land use and the historic preservation of a city so dependent on it.
Walker was the leader of the successful home-rule charter commission. She distinguished herself as a nononsense wielder of the gavel — and conducting meetings is a long-missing, badly needed skill too long lacking among our mayors.
The New Mexican follows up with it's endorsements in the City Council races
ABQjournal: Posey Trial Exposes Flaw in Juvenile Law--Automatic absolution should be replaced by a system that evaluates whether juveniles convicted of crimes have been rehabilitated before an arbitrary release. In cases where that has not happened, offenders could be remanded, as an adult, to the Department of Corrections.
Las Cruces Sun-News - Editorial: Seeking Openness at NMSU--On Wednesday, New Mexico State University reversed a bad decision and decided to continue letting community businesses provide a small piece of food service on campus as they had for years.
Alamogordo Daily News: Voters have much to decide in March--Let's visit a moment about the upcoming city election. This time, everyone has someone or something to vote on.
Alamogordo Daily News: Disclosure rules need to be changed--As the city election on March 7 approaches, the Alamogordo Daily News attempted to inform the voters about an important, but often overlooked issue -- who was giving money to candidates' campaigns.
Carlsbad Current Argus Editorial: Kudos to local legislators-- As our area legislators packed their bags recently to head home after this year's short session, they could be pleased knowing that a budget bill was on its way to the governor's desk -- the main objective of a 30-day session. But they also had more to be proud of.
Carlsbad Current Argus Commentary: Governor gains sudden interest in fiscal restraint--In the days since the end of the 2006 session, Richardson has painted himself as a fiscal conservative, aghast at the reckless spending of the Legislature -- especially those noncompliant mavericks in the Senate. But, in the months leading up to the session, Richardson took advantage of the state's revenue windfall caused by high oil and gas prices to make promises to virtually every person or entity connected to state government.
Commentary: Wishing for a few more crumbs-- Carlsbad Current Argus Editor gripes about Caldera deal.
Deming Headlight: Entertainment package may be a little more than we bargained for
Ruidoso News: Ruidoso's water plan hatched in secrecy
Barkalounges and pawdicures ~a world gone to the dogs~
The future belongs to those who see it
After the verdict: unanimous support for Cody
