County Manager Quintana Fired by Chaves County Commission
Chaves County Commissioners voted 3-2 to dismiss County Manager Hubert Quintana after an executive session. The majority said they wanted to go in a new direction, offering no public reasons, while Quintana was praised for his strong leadership and county advocacy.
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Chaves County
Quintana
Wood
Roswell
Amarante Fresquez
Chaves County Development Foundation
Ortega
Buchanan
Miami
Castro
Cuba
Puerto Rico
el Bronx
Greensboro memory: Texas secedes and 1960 sit-in
On February 1 1861 Texas voted to secede from the Union. In 1960 four black Canadian students began a sit-in at a lunch counter in a fence protest, highlighting civil rights actions.
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Associated Press
Greensboro
N.C
Texas
Royal Canadian College
Spunky Baldock elected first woman Roswell School Board member
Roswell voters choose Spunky Baldock as first woman to win a Roswell School Board seat, sweeping all precincts. Incumbent H C Prichard earns another six year term. Sunset Elementary spelling champs include Christopher Smith Tommy Roberts Jimmy Stout Todd Joyner Kenneth Allensworth and Darin Durham in four fifth and sixth grades.
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Christy Talley
Jim Talley
S. Heights Drive
Spring River Park
Bill
Baldock
Roswell
H.C. Prichard
Sunset
Christopher Smith
Tommy Roberts
Jimmy Stout
Todd Joyner
Kenneth Allensworth
Darin Durham
Palindromes, presidents, and a New Mexico mystery
A playful column explores palindromes from 2002 and famous phrases, notes on Y2K style fears, and a light jab at George W. Bush and Richard Nixon. It recalls editors touring Colorado and a marijuana plant prank, then shifts to naming five state buildings for the General Services Department with no clear volunteers or deadline.
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George W. Bush
Richard Nixon
George Bush
Gary Johnson
Colorado
New Mexico
General Services Department
Presidents claim privilege in refusing energy policy details
The article compares President Bush to Eisenhower over executive privilege, noting that presidents from Washington to McKinley and Coolidge used or resisted privilege. It cites Rozell, who says privilege protects confidential deliberations in a system of separated powers.
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Washington
Bush
Dwight Eisenhower
Eisenhower
George Washington
Congress
Northwest Territory
Gress
House
Britain
Andrew Jackson
Senate
William McKinley
War Department
Calvin Coolidge
Internal Revenue Service
America
Joe McCarthy
Mark Rozell
Catholic University
Buchanan attacks The Death of the West after two years of silence
The essay reviews Pat Buchanan's The Death of the West, arguing he exaggerates Hispanic threats and secession fantasies while praising Western power. It notes his chapter La Reconquista and counters his claims about barrio separatism, Little Tijuanas, and Little Havanas.
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Pat Buchanan
St. Martin's Press
Amazon
Buchanan
Pat
United States
Tijuanas
Southwest
Havanas
Florida
Italy
Lee
Jackson
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