Questioning adjudication to protect New Mexican water culture
An editorial argues that current water rights adjudication costs, delays, and adversarial processes threaten the northern acequia communities and their New Mexican culture. It urges stopping further water-right sales until parcelantes receive clerical, technical, and legal support for a fairer, more inclusive resolution approach.
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Aamodt
San Juan
Colorado Mountains
New Mexico
Parciantes
Walter
Screee
Office
State Engineer
Dixon-area
Rio Grande
San Juan Pueblo
Pilar
Rio Embudo
Santa Barbara
Percantes
Pro life and breath in Nov turns to life debate
Helen Rynaski argues against conception as the start of life citing biblical breath of life and calls it a myth. She warns against fear and hatred shaping society and urges church state separation as founders intended. A Taos city council meeting on Nov 19 heard Action Coalition of Taos present over a thousand signatures urging an antiwar resolution as three council members respond.
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Helen Rynaski
Jesus
Action Coalition of Taos
Iraq
Taos letters reveal hospital billing, Iraq debate splits council
Local letters discuss format rules for submissions and praise or critique of public figures. One writer fears war motives and U S oil interests, while others defend or amend resolutions on troop support. A reader recounts a costly Holy Cross Hospital bill after a Powwow illness and urges taosnews to publish the letters to warn residents.
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Frank Cruz
Iraq
Osama
U.S
Saddam
Council
Melitén Struck
Bush
Holy Cross Hospital
Texas
Holy Cross
Taos
Apocalyptic War Talk Ties Iraq Invasion to Oil and Empire
Robert Van Arsdale argues that the Bush administration rush to invade Iraq serves empire and oil aims. He links fears of Al Qaeda to a broader plan for global dominance and insists evangelical Christianity shapes policy toward apocalyptic aims.
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Iraq
el Qaeda
America
Washington
Bush
Saudi Arabia
Middle East
Nda
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