Roswell OKs aquatic facility funding with tax increase
Roswell City Council approved measures to proceed with a new aquatic facility at Cielo Grande Recreation Area, funding the estimated 18 million project by raising gross receipts taxes. Vote tallies were 7-1, with Councilor Juan Oropesa the sole dissenter, preferring a voter bond election and warning about long delays without a solid funding plan.
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Roswell council backs combined recreation center plan
At Thursday's council meeting twelve speakers favored a combined recreation and aquatic center with indoor and outdoor pools and options. Voters and commenters largely supported a sales tax to finance the project estimate around 18 million dollars.
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Reid bids farewell to Senate after three decades
Senator Harry Reid ends 30 years in the Senate and over a decade as top Democrat. He helped shepherd health care reform and faced a GOP-led push to repeal Obama’s signature law. In a lengthy farewell he warned of a new gilded age and urged temper in the filibuster. Biden Clinton McConnell and Schumer joined in lauding him at a portrait ceremony.
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Cuts for state's public education likely
New Mexico faces further education funding cuts next year as oil and gas revenue declines squeeze the state budget. Senate budget chair John Arthur Smith warned legislators they will struggle to preserve education funding while closing deficits. Public Education Secretary Hanna Skandera urged maintaining general fund education spending despite the downturn. The Martinez administration proposed tapping school district cash balances for an additional 120 million dollars.
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John Glenn dies at 95 former Mercury 7 member
John Glenn the first American to orbit Earth and longtime U.S. senator died at age 95 in Columbus Ohio after a weeklong hospitalization. He was the last surviving Mercury 7 astronaut and rose from fighter pilot to test pilot with a noted transcontinental speed record. His career spanned aviation exploration and politics.
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