Public Office 101 Conflicts of Interest at Taos County Meeting
Taos County Commission disbanded a volunteer task force overseeing the Chevron Molybdenum mine cleanup amid concerns of conflicts of interest. Commissioner Larry Sanchez, a former mine employee, sided with dismissal, while Andrew Chavez urged vigilance despite past ties to Kit Carson Electric and LANL.
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Questa
Task Force
Andrew Chavez
Dan Barrone
Chavez
Kit Carson Electric Cooperative
Taos County
Kit Carson
Commission
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Lanl
Taos News invites letters and My Turn submissions
Readers may submit letters up to 250 words or My Turn pieces up to 750 words. Submissions must be original and not published elsewhere. Include a daytime phone number and town to confirm authorship, plus a one or two line bio. Anonymous submissions not allowed. Taos County writers receive priority. One item per 30 days. Deadline Monday noon. Email preferred with optional photo. Submissions may be edited or rejected.
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Taos County
Taos Letter Praises Senators On Rio Grande National Conservation Area
Dan Best of Mora commends Senators Bingaman and Udall for leading the Rio Grande del Norte Establishing Act through the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. The proposal would protect a premier area for hiking fishing hunting and wildlife watching, including nesting birds and key wildlife like pronghorn and elk, and safeguard the watershed and local water supply while boosting Northern New Mexico tourism.
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Jeff Bingaman
Tom Udall
Rio Grande del Norte National Conservation Area
Ing
U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Public Lands and Forests
Rio Grande
Haven
New Mexico
Sens
Bingaman and
Udall
Dan Best Mora
Save the world one conversation at a time at Habitat Taos build
Michael Blyth recalls Petrides High School volunteers journeying 1900 miles to Taos in March 2011 for Habitat for Humanity. They fundraised seven months to send 21 volunteers, laying foundation on house No. 28 at Shirley Drive while assisting ReStore and Love Thy Neighbor distributions.
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Illinois State University
Charlie
Petrides Chapter
Habitat For Humanity
Habitat Taos
Petridians
Mobile
Ala
Habitat
Petrides High School
Staten Island
N.Y
New York City
Questa
Habitat Taos ReStore
Love Thy Neighbor
Susan Valencia
Shirley Drive
Mark Trujillo
Taos
Petrides
Michael J. Blyth
Debunking chemtrails with contrail science by Kelly Rudy
Kelly Rudy, a retired Air Force and American Airlines pilot, explains contrails as water vapor clouds formed by jet exhaust. He argues humidity, altitude, and wing dynamics explain visible trails and dismisses conspiracy theories about government spraying.
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U.S
Will Rogers
Edmund Burke
Martin Luther King Jr
Kelly Rudy
Air Force
American Airlines
CIA
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