Editorial Meet Your Neighbors Over Lobo Ranch Road Dispute
Taos editorial urges balanced open roads while preserving history and community values. It calls newcomers to learn local history, engage neighbors, attend meetings, and respect traditions amid growth and private access tensions. The piece notes planning efforts, local institutions, and civic groups as paths to harmony.
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Lobo Ranch
Taos
Lobe Ranch Road
County Planning Department
UNM
Vicente Martinez
Benefit for victim of motorcycle accident questioned by reader
A reader challenges The Taos News reporting on a motorcycle crash benefiting the victim, asserting Eddy L. Romero had a .00 BAC and negative drug test. The note cites pending toxicology, arrest for DWI despite zero BAC, and a judge’s bindover for felony charges, while defending community member Ed Healy against land development claims.
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Taos News
Eddy L. Romero
Romero
Holden
Eddy Romero
Kim Romero
District Attorney
Tomas Benavidez
Erminio Martinez
Benavidez
Open Road, Open Land Prompts Taos Community Debate
Felice Knox defends Ed Healy and Arroyo Hondo access to the longused road into Carson National Forest. She counters Doris and Steve Briggs, condemning claims it is not a public route and urging preservation of land for Taos ancestors and future generations.
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Lobo Ranch
Taos News
Taos County
Carson National Forest
Ed Healy
Doris
Steve Briggs
Taos
Briggs Lobo Ranch Road
Arroyo Hondo
Felice Knox Arroyo
Honor the history of Taos road and new arrivals duty
Taos area newcomers should learn the local history and the neighborhoods they join. Taos County is a distinct community, not a generic place. Residents who claim the Hondo San Cristobal Road as theirs should honor its history and make amends accordingly.
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Taos
Taos County
USA
Hondo
San Cristobal
Lawmakers Addresses and Contact Numbers Listed
Lawmakers addresses and phone numbers are provided for U S Senator Pete Domenici Santa Fe and Washington offices, Senator Jeff Bingaman Santa Fe and Washington offices, U S Representative Bill Redmond offices, and state legislators Carlos Cisneros and Roberto Gonzales with boxes, phones, and emails for official contact.
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Pete Domenici
S. Federal Place
Santa Fe
Hart Senate
Washington, D.C
Senator
Hart Building
Carlos Cisneros
Questa
Laplaza
Roberto Gonzales
Taos
Gonzales
Mel Weimer remembered for contrasts of life and leadership
The remembrance portrays Mel Weimer as a man of contradictions, blending gray smoke filled moments with bright, handsome charm. He carried a reserved, twangy voice and a deliberate pace, thriving at sophisticated parties and gallery openings while reluctantly guiding the Weimer family’s vast land holdings.
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Mel Weimer
Mel
Weimer
Mel Weimer the land baron and arts patron remembered
Merilee Danneman recalls Mel Weimer a Colorado Springs land baron who gave land away and searched for productive ideas like jojoba he loved art and patronage hosted at his home and in his Taos years their friendship grew through politics and shared losses including her husband's death
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Colorado Springs
Colo
The
Taos News
Merilee Danneman
Mel Weimer
Fate
Mel
Ken Kamerman
Taos
Ken
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