Taos school board exit greets welcome vs turmoil
Editorial jeers at outgoing Taos School Board members Coca-Ruiz and Cordova for fostering a reportedly unwelcoming climate amid a $40 million construction push. The piece criticizes their handling of meetings, investigations, and tax implications while praising upcoming appointees Chavez Cordova and Silva for bringing local ties and momentum.
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Taos
Lorraine Coca-Ruiz
Arsenio Cérdova
Coca-Ruiz
Cérdova
Yale
Coca-Ruiz and
Córdova
Ideas Company
Cordova
Coca-Ruiz, Cordova
Stella Gallegos
Pefiasco School Board
Enrico Velasquez
Velasquez
Los Alamos National Laboratory
David Chavez
Zach Córdova
Jason Silva
Taos Municipal
Taos News My Turn Guidelines Highlight Submissions
Taos County writers are prioritized for My Turn submissions with a 250 word limit for letters and 750 words for turns. Include daytime phone and town to confirm authorship. Anonymous or pseudonyms not allowed. Up to five thanks entities. One item per 30 days. Deadline Monday. Photos welcome by email. Submissions may be edited.
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Taos News
Taos residents urged action amid litter and town image concerns
A letter writer criticizes ongoing garbage on Taos streets and calls for photographers to document the issue, for a public anti littering song by Mayor Cordova, and for property owners to clean perimeters. The piece also praises a Taos Motor Vehicles Division renewal experience and urges continued civic responsibility.
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Cordova
Taos
Motor Vehicles Division
Peaceful Skies Coalition urges action against Cannon AFB plan
Judah Botzer of Tres Piedras advocates a boycott of quick military expansion, urging support for an Environmental Impact Statement on Cannon AFB LATN proposal. He lists nations and calls for citizen involvement, warning of displacement and drone surveillance near New Mexico towns.
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Bobby Gonzales
Carlos Cisneros
Cannon Afb
NEPA
National Environmental Protection Agency
Pentagon
Judah Botzer
Tres Piedras
Tucson rhetoric and blame in the national tragedy
A reflective essay by Robert J. Silver argues that political language fuels violence and that denying culpability is comforting yet misleading. The piece recalls past attacks tied to ideological rhetoric, notes the need for accountability, and urges recognition of shared human responsibility beyond party lines.
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Unisia
Egypt
Yemen
Bahrain
Libya
Madison
Obama
Wall Street
New Mexico
Tucson
Tudsor
Knoxvilles
Tennessee Valley
Michael Savage
Sean Hannity
Bill O'Reilly
George Tiller
M.D
Tiller
Sichaeale
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington, D.C
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