Readers rail at city runoff votes and TEA Party scrutiny
Letters lament long lines abroad for voting and Needing to vote in Rio Rancho. Readers urge citizen responsibility and voting, critique TEA Party leaders, discuss recalls of Gov. Walker and austerity, and endorse Lonnie Clayton with praise for integrity. Also criticized is a county official's license violation and service to Sandoval County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Rancho
Koch Brothers
Supreme Court
Thomas
Wisconsin
Scott Walker
Walker
Jean Gowan Rio Rancho
Tion
Lonnie Clayton
Jayson Casados
Sandoval County
Bonnie J. Allison
Energy policy and bill shock from environmental upgrades
Carla J. Sonntag argues that U S regulation of carbon emissions and EPA retrofit costs drive up electric bills. She notes SJG's 2010 $320 million upgrades reduced emissions yet faces a choice between a $70 million state plan and a $750 million EPA plan. Payers cover costs for weatherization and efficiency while renewables face cost and job impacts.
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U.S
San Juan Generating Plant
SJG
EPA
Public Regulatory Commission
New Mexico
Carla J. Sonntag
New Mexico Business Coalition
Remembering Bataan Death March and Camp Sage Leader
The piece recalls the Bataan Death March and the transfer to Camp Sage where 9,300 Americans labored under harsh conditions. It notes deaths from filth and disease, Red Cross aid limits, efforts to counterfeit invasion money, and morale sustained by sympathetic networks in Manila and the local Masonic Lodge.
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Sage
King
Cabanatuan
Red Cross
Masonic Lodge
Manila
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