Tardy audits expose town in hot water over pool project
Editorial notes nine audit findings from 2003 to 2005 detailing procurement code violations linked to an anonymous $2.2 million donation for the Taos Aquatic Center. The town manager urged council deviation from the code after legal opinion claimed donor funds were not public money. Public funds and donor intent raise scrutiny as the state reviews the matter and weighs potential consequences.
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Taos Aquatic Center
Tomas Benavidez
Susan Langan
CPA
Pattillo, Brown & Hill, LLP
Langan
Benavidez
State Department of Finance and Administration
Taos Pueblo breaks ground for new community center
On June 9 1986 Taos Pueblo officials with gold shovels turned dirt for a 9200 square foot community center between the Pueblo Day School and health clinic The project funded 491000 with HUD aid and aims for a December 6 completion The center will host a gym locker rooms meeting rooms for youth groups seniors and others Gov Santana Romero praised two years of work and urged Pueblo youth to honor their pueblo through hard work
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Taos Pueblo
Pueblo Day School
Mapens Vases
Nanegany
Santana Romero
Pueblo
Butch Cillessen
Federal Housing and Urban Development Fund
Valle Vidal Backpacking Against Possible Drilling Threats
A writer recalls a five day Valle Vidal trek rich with wildlife despite drought. New roads near the National Forest raise concerns about El Paso Energy coalbed methane drilling and diagonal access, urging readers to monitor Forest Service policy changes and stay engaged.
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Valle Vidal
el Paso Energy
National Forest
Forest Service
Bus Service From Pefiasco To Taos Faces Cut
Taos County residents protest the end of the Pefiasco to Taos bus route at month end. A 11 seat vehicle shuttles workers and seniors daily, with riders citing health needs and funding as key factors. They thank volunteers who organized the Llano Quemado road cleanup on May 6 and remember Lorenzo Maestas.
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Taos
Pefiasco
Taos County
Llano Quemado Road
Lord Ann
Cathy Maestas
Lorenzo Maestas
Lorenzo
Bill Harrison
Victor Chavez
Preservation Gift Restores Pesias Negras Oratorio in Taos
Corina A. Santistevan and the Restoration Committee announce the completed stabilization and restoration of the Pesias Negras Oratorio in Taos. Francisco Cordova of Diamond Construction led the project, donating labor and materials and coordinating winter work to apply an adobe like final finish. Donations will remain at First State Bank, with Feloniz Trujillo as treasurer, benefitting Taos Valley and New Mexico communities.
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Francisco Cordova
Diamond Construction Company
Taos
Francisco
Los Cordovas
Cordillera
Ranchitos
Taos Valley
New Mexico
Pefias Negras
Corina A. Santistevan
Taos News letter submission guidelines
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New Faces Encouraged After Community Cleanup Event
Liowipes Martinez notes new participants and thanks Lila Chavez Sylvia Mondragón and May Fernandez for food after cleanup. Also thanks Uvaldo Olonia of Taos County solid waste for trash bags and dumpster. Appeals to residents of Llano Quemadao to keep the area clean and "Toss no mas."
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Lila Chavez
Sylvia Mondragón
May Fernandez
Uvaldo Olonia
Taos County
My TURN Judicial Campaigns Call for Professional Conduct
A Taos area reader laments last week’s district judge primary campaigning in Taos Colfax and Union Counties. The writer cites racist flyers and disparaging tactics against women lawyers, praises Judge Paternoster for staying above the fray, and urges funding a new Eighth Judicial District judge while urging all parties to demand professionalism from judicial candidates and the legal community.
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Eighth Judicial District
New Mexico Supreme Court
Taos
Colfax
Union Counties
Eece Oe
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