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Newspaper
Rio Rancho Observer
Location
Rio Rancho, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 08, 2016
Page
4
An Observer editorial notes the silence around Intel’s Rio Rancho plant as a looming corporate restructuring cuts 12 000 jobs company wide. Rio Rancho’s 1 900 workers face an unclear future with impacts felt citywide from schools to vendors and utilities, while local officials and residents await concrete plans.
Letter carriers will collect non-perishable food Saturday May 14 for Storehouse West Inc. in Rio Rancho. Bags left at mailboxes are picked up and delivered by volunteers to the pantry, helping replenish school-break gaps and rising child needs as spring ends.
Darrell Greer urges a balanced, rational vote as Rio Rancho weighs allowing residents to raise chickens and pygmy goats. He faults Kerry Adams for ad hominem tone and questions health and safety concerns, calling for sensible guidance acceptable to the majority.
Jeanne Gowan responds to Kerry Adams on cowing livestock in city zones, recounting long-term issues with horses llamas and roosters on small lots. She urges enforcing codes, highlights hazards from pets and predators, and questions how to teach children safety amid urban animal complaints.
A Santa Fe GOP supporter urges Samuel LeDoux to be sent from New Mexico to Cleveland to vet the Republican nominee. The friend touts LeDoux’s conservative work in the state, including the Susana Martinez campaign, and urges Albuquerque delegates to back him this month.
Critics question growing city management as the budget process adds a deputy city manager, assistant city manager, communications manager, and business relations manager with raises. The FY17 proposal would push city manager office salaries and benefits beyond $525,000, with more admin posts planned despite little pushback from the council.
A citizen criticizes elected leaders as rulers, not servants, noting high pay and pensions while taxpayers bear costs. He cites delays in timing traffic lights and a Las Cruces bridge project, accusing city and state agencies of conflicting priorities and wasting resources at taxpayers’ expense.
The Observer notes that guest columns and letters are published as submitted without fact checking. They reflect the author’s beliefs and do not imply endorsement by the Observer. Submissions from all perspectives are welcome to foster rational community dialogue.
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