City council probes Rio Rancho emergency response efficiency
Our View notes Councilor Tim Crum questions the current model of sending both fire engines and ambulances to medical calls citing efficiency, staffing limits, and vehicle suitability. Deputy Fire Chief Bearce defends current practice while Crum calls for public discussion to improve use of tax dollars and public understanding.
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Tim Crum
Crum
Rio Rancho Fire Rescue Department
Paul Bearce
Wall Street Journal
Orange County
Calif
Rio Rancho
Bearce
Rio Rancho Observer Seeks Guest Opinions and Letters
The Rio Rancho Observer invites reader submissions for guest opinions and letters to the editor up to 500 words for guests and 300 words for letters. Submissions must include author name, city, and a verification phone number. Anonymous submissions are not considered. The paper may edit for clarity and space and may choose not to publish any submission.
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Views From Rio Rancho on Mariposa Investment Failures
Paul Garver of Rio Rancho writes that Mariposa in Rio Rancho suffers from the failings of developer aligned HDIC and Albuquerque Academy spinoff. He argues they seek to avoid obligations while PID taxes rise over 30 percent and warns future dealings should probe true interests and victims.
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Mariposa
Rio Rancho
Albuquerque Academy
High Desert Investment Corporation
City of
Mariposa East
Academy
HDIC
Cleveland High to Ban Right Turns from Student Lot
Principal Scott Affentranger announced on Friday that students may not turn right when exiting the Cleveland High School student parking lot. East and southbound exits will require crossing traffic twice at an uncontrolled intersection with limited visibility at Paseo del Volcan and Loma Colorado. The change raises safety concerns as left turns add conflicts with oncoming traffic, prompting inquiries to Affentranger and the ARPS district office.
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Scott Affentranger
Cleveland High School
Laban
Paseo del Volcan
Loma Colorado
The
Transportation Research Board
Affentranger
ARPS
Linda Lett
Rio Rancho
Clifton the Santa Fe voting machine expert and six secretary bosses
The reminiscence centers on Hoyt Clifton a Santa Fe voting machine specialist who served six different secretaries of state over a 26 year career. Described as gracious unassuming and rancher at heart he influenced New Mexico's election code and office operations before retiring to his Melrose area ranch. It also notes Martin Heinrich courting a Senate legacy while recalling Joe Montoya’s rapid rise and real estate ventures ending with a 1976 defeat.
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Hoyt Clifton
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Clifton
Hoyt
Secretary of State
Jay Miller
Dianna Duran
Melrose
Heinrich
U.S. Senate
Martin Heinrich
Jeff Bingaman
Clinton Anderson
Dennis Chavez
Joe Montoya
Montoya
Anderson
Chavez
Senate
Bingaman
House of Representatives
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C
House
State Senate
U.S. House
Jack Schmitt
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