Controversial zoning dispute grows amid crude joke at hearing
In Chaves County a heated zoning fight over 960 acres west of Southeast Main Street and south of Sagebrush Valley Road ends with a unanimous zoning approval to rezone from agricultural to commercial and mixed use. A county resident sparked outrage by delivering a degrading joke about battered women during the July 24 public hearing. The dispute dates to 2011 with earlier denials and subsequent legal costs totaling about 30,000.
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Chaves County
Marshall Decker
Hagerman
Main Street
Sagebrush Valley Road
Decker
Stan Riggs
Vincent Gonzalez
Gonzalez
Anders Sheridan
Planning and Zoning Commission
Smokey Bear Turns 70 In Capitan Celebration
Smokey Bear marks 70 in Capitan New Mexico his hometown 70 miles west of Roswell as visitors greet the hat wearing bear. The celebration highlights his enduring fire prevention message and his popular online presence even as fans sing his birthday.
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Smokey Bear
Capitan
Roswell
Councilor Perry Questions Which Law to Break on Marijuana
Roswell councilor Jason Perry questioned which law to break when addressing medical and recreational marijuana. He urged the council to seek a judge’s opinion on potential liability for an established dispensary and to consider local regulation, noting New Mexico has medical program limits.
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Roswell
Jason Perry
King Solomon
Perry
Chaves County
Colorado
Washington
New Mexico
District of Columbia
Rob Coon
Chaves
Coon
Montana
Bloomfield ordered to remove Ten Commandments monument
Federal judge ruled Bloomfield must remove a Ten Commandments monument from City Hall lawn. The judge found the display government speech violating the First Amendment and set a Sept. 10 removal deadline in a 2012 ACLU suit filed by two residents who practice Wicca.
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Bloomfield
New Mexico City
Bloomfield City Hall
U.S
James A. Parker
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Parker
Peter Simonson
ACLU
New Mexico
Simonson
King files suit to halt $10,900 contribution forfeiture
Gary King asks New Mexico Supreme Court to stop Secretary of State Dianna Duran from forcing his campaign to forfeit $10,900 in contributions. Duran contends King improperly accepted 10,900 from individuals after the June primary, while King says funds were for retiring campaign debt.
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Santa FE
Gary King
New Mexico
Highest
King
State Supreme Court
Dianna Duran
Duran
Capitol
Susana Martinez
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Smokey
Bill Moffitt
Jane Felix
Felix
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Tion
Scott Eckstein
Taos
Secretary of State
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