Budget juggling on Taos County funds prompts citizen watch
Taos County, the Town of Taos, and the Taos Municipal School District confront a combined $13 million budget for the coming fiscal year. With federal funds shrinking, local officials must balance basic services with requests from many groups, while residents are urged to attend budget sessions to understand the process and stakes.
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Taos County
Valley of Taos
Harwood Library
Taos
Taos Artist Lashes of Whacko Craziness and Local Tales
Ray Lopez profiles The One Paper Kid, a Taos painter famed for wild energy and offbeat humor. He jokes about government jobs and notes many “crazies” in local life, from designers to school staff, while avoiding sensational detail.
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Evercome
Taos
One Paper Kid
Dale
Taos Rose
Taos News publication details and rates 1979
Publication record for El Crepusculo and Taos News notes weekly Thursday issues with staff roles including publisher Aevin McKinney and editor Joan Garcia. Includes mailing offices in Albuquerque and Santa Fe and subscription rates of 10.40 in Taos Moreno Valley, 13 to 16.60 elsewhere, valid until June 30, 1979.
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Antonio Jose Martinez
Aevin McKinney
Keith Green
Billie Blair
Joan Garcia
Ee W.M
Albuquerque
N.M
Santa Fe
Taos County
Moreno Valley
Tres Piedras wall tale stirs reader letters in forum
In northern New Mexico readers debate a claimed Great Wall of Tres Piedras. G G Gonzales questions authenticity and humor, while S C Cordoba laments Memorial Day tomb-robbers and prays for judgment on thieves who steal flowers from graves in Taos.
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Collier
Tres Piedras
U.S. Forest Service
New Mexico
Mexico
John L. Gonzales
Heaven
S.C
Cordoba
Taos
Litter Problem in Taos County Urges Community Action
Taos resident Glen Nickell calls for cleaner roads parks and public spaces after observing litter along Gorge Bridge area and county roads. He notes outsiders visit but locals must share cleanup efforts and asks neighbors to unite for a solution.
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Taos County
Gorge Bridge
Glen Nickell Taos
Contamination concerns spark local action in Questa and Taos
Community members demand immediate measures against Molycorp pollution in Queata and nearby areas. They call for waste cessation, water protection, tailings covering, and dehydration for disposal, while highlighting health risks and economic ties to mining. Letters from Manuel R. Ortega and Wade Elston urge safer energy paths, decoupling from nuclear power, and a humane future.
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Molycorp
Queata
Manuel R. Ortega
Committee On Local Development
Questa
Time to pay for growth game
Phaedra Greenwood argues against a wasteful growth economy in a critique of consumerism and environmental harm. She warns that industrial waste, radioactive threats, and a rush to nuclear power threaten future stability and calls for voluntary simplicity and redefining growth and development.
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Paul Bernal
Eposal
New Scientist
Wipp
Tware Io
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