Op-Ed: On Housing Support For New Mexico Families
By Justice C. Shannon Bacon, New Mexico Supreme Court;
Tom Prettyman, New Mexico Legal Aid;
Gene Vance, General Counsel, Apartment Association of New Mexico, Vance Chavez & Associates;
Karen J. Meyers, Attorney at Law
The pandemic has created difficulties for many New Mexico residents. It made new struggles and exacerbated others, including struggles with housing. Lost wages have meant many of our neighbors fell behind on housing and utility payments.
Many fell so far behind they are at risk of being evicted with few options for new housing.
Fortunately, multiple efforts have been put Read More
Huang: Why Biden Should Go To Beijing 2022
The Beijing 2022 emblem, designed by Lin Cunzhen, combines traditional and modern elements of Chinese culture and features embodying the passion and vitality of winter sports. Inspired by 冬, the Chinese character for ‘winter’, the emblem resembles a skater at the top and a skier at the bottom. The flowing ribbon-like motif between them symbolises the host country’s rolling mountains, Olympic venues, ski pistes and skating rinks. It also points to the fact that the Games will coincide with the Chinese New Year. Courtesy/https://olympics.com/en/
By ZHEN HUANG Read More
Posts From The Road: 2021 Year In Review Part 1
HOF Gallery: While in New York in June, we were fortunate to visit the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. The museum is phenomenal in many ways and a must see if you are a baseball fan. The Hall of Fame Gallery, shown in the photo, displays plaques honoring the 337 former players, baseball executives and pioneers of the game. This was our first visit to Cooperstown, and we hope to return when we travel to the eastern U.S. again. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
American Falls: Another New York destination we have always wanted to visit is Niagara Falls. This was our first visit, Read More
Fr. Glenn: Called To Be Extraordinary
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
I do hope you had a good and blessed Christmas, dear reader. Another tough year gone by with this COVID still raging, and thoughts and prayers go out especially to those families missing friends and family from their tables and hearths this year. We in the Catholic Church of northeastern New Mexico lost many ministers, brothers and sisters—our faith family—with COVID even if some may not have been due to COVID. May God grant us the blessing of a universal morally-acceptable-to-all COVID vaccine this year. I hear the Army may have one in the works (LINK); let’s pray for its successful Read More
Tales Of Our Times: Mike Williams Honed His Tools And Improved Visibility For Us All
By JOHN BARTLIT
New Mexico Citizens
for Clean Air & Water
Mike Williams came to New Mexico in the 1960s with a PhD from UCLA, an expertise in air dispersion modeling, and a deep aversion to Los Angeles smog. At the time, neither New Mexico nor the nation had laws that might control air pollution. As chance would have it, the Four Corners Power Plant became notorious for bringing several thousand tons of smoke per day onto the New Mexico scene. This strange brew of events became a grand purpose for Mike.
His grand purpose is seen in worldwide scope in the newest sourcebook on research in visibility. Read More
Wallin: For The Good Of New Mexico Schools Congress Must Act On DOI’s New Recommendations
By AMBER WALLIN
Deputy Director
New Mexico Voices for Children
Even when we’re grateful for something – for example, the jobs and state revenue we get from oil and gas production – that doesn’t mean we should cut ourselves short and ignore our own needs.
We deserve to get the best deal we can. But when it comes to oil and natural gas, we’ve settled for a bad deal for a very long time.
While families in New Mexico face rising gasoline prices at the pump, oil and natural gas companies are getting the deal of a century. Not only are they cashing in on higher prices, but they pay pennies on the dollar to lease our Read More
McQuiston: Annual Insurance Review – Don’t Go Unprotected
By ALLEN MCQUISTON
The Jemez Agency
Happy New Year! I enjoy this time of year and the fresh start that comes with it.
It is a time when many people tend to focus on planning their budgets. I recommend you also take this time each year to review your personal insurance needs. Are your home and valuables properly protected?
Your home is one of your biggest investments and it is important to plan for the unexpected. While working with budgets, finding ways to save money becomes a priority focus. However, when reviewing your insurance needs, please consider that cheaper insurance could leave you unprotected Read More
