New Mexico water schemes and outsider ownership questioned
In New Mexico promoters of a Catron County water project face skepticism as contractors quit and payment disputes arise. The Modena family from Milan own Augustin Plains Ranch with New York agents, a pattern echoed by similar Maine and Atlantic ventures. Critics fear secrecy and overblown plans while supporters hope for funding. The state tourism campaign New Mexico True drew mixed reactions from local film and arts communities.
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Catron County
Augustin Plains Ranch
Bruno Modena
Vittorio
Everett Shaw
ERS Consulting
New York
Modenas
Maine
Acadia National Park
Winter Harbor
Bangor Daily News
Bruno
Vittorio Modena
Milan
Italy
Europe
Portland Press Herald
Texas
State Tourism Department
CISPA and SOPA 2 threaten Internet privacy, warns guest editorial
The Orange County Register editorial critiques CISPA H.R. 3523 as a step toward government access to private Internet data without warrants. It notes 106 co sponsors, compares to SOPA, and urges readers to contact Congress while protests resume to stop CISPA. It argues the Internet belongs to people not Congress or industry.
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Wikipedia
America
SOPA
Congress
Mike Rogers
R-Mich
Director of National Intelligence
Jim Harper
Cato Institute
Rogers
Hollywood
Harper
CISPA
House
Orange County Register
No Such Thing as an Illegal Person Calls for Justice
A reader urges the Supreme Court to oppose SB 1070 style immigration policing arguing that there is no such thing as an illegal human being. The letter contends crime or visa status may be illegal, not the person, and warns against racial profiling driven by media narratives.
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Supreme Court
Arizona
Jeffrey Dahmer
Bernie Madoff
Richard Nixon
Lou Dobbs
Dear Doctor K Advice on Anxiety and Gambling Risks
Doonesbury offers guidance on how anxiety fuels gambling urges and practical steps to reduce anxiety. It recommends daily relaxation techniques such as deep breathing and mindfulness to trigger the relaxation response, lower heart rate, ease breathing, and defuse worry triggers to break the cycle.
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Doctor K
Vegas
Roswell Student Receives $500 NMSCPA Scholarship
Louetta McCarty of Roswell earned a $500 scholarship from the New Mexico Society of Certified Public Accountants as a junior accounting major at Eastern New Mexico University Roswell. The awards total $6,000 across 16 scholarships for New Mexico college juniors.
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Louetta McCarty
Roswell
New Mexico Society of Certified Public Accountants
McCarty
Eastern New Mexico University
Nmscpa
New Mexico
Robert J. Durham
Mark W. Fordyce
Jayna A. Mathews
New Mexico State University
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