Runaway debt and Byrd’s push for a balanced budget
The editorial examines Sen. Robert Byrd’s control of much of the federal budget and his stance against a balanced budget amendment. It argues the amendment alone won't end deficits, urges accounting reform, and presents Byrd as a powerful figure blocking restraint while proposing a bipartisan commission to fix budgeting practices.
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Appropriations Committee
Robert Byrd
D-W.va
Byrd
Congress
Treasury
Federal Commission
Washington
West Virginia
Summer pleasures and small joys in Rio Rancho
A personal reflection celebrates summer in Rio Rancho with warm weather, cookouts, water fun, clouds, sounds, and the simple comforts of the season. The writer notes favorite summer rituals, sensory details, and a few complaints like hot car interiors, ending with a nostalgic sigh for summer.
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Rio Rancho
Pacific Northwest
Letters on unions recycling and Rio Rancho eye sores
A reader defends unions citing the term union and critiques a Rio Rancho Public Safety Officers Association president. Another letter questions recycling views, arguing Waste Management costs, and a third shares an eye sore complaint about the Rockaway Boulevard on ramp from NM 528. The writer urges continued recycling participation and notes Sidewalk Survey questions.
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Observer
Rio Rancho Department of Public Safety Officers Association
Pelligrini
Webster
NATO
Rio Rancho
Colorado
New Mexico
the Observer
Rockaway Boulevard
NM 528
Vista Hills
River's Edge
Sidewalk Survey Questions Perot Appeal
Question of the week asks residents their impression of Ross Perot and if the election were today whom they would vote for. Answers praise his plain talk and decisiveness, while others praise action yet fear unclear goals or oppose due to lack of stated plans.
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Duke
West Virginia
Senate
Capitol Hill
Ross Perot
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