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Newspaper
Taos News
Location
Taos, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 2003
Page
3
The piece argues New Mexico has long denied a DWI problem and urges a shift from emotion to policy. It calls for ignition locks, impounding offender cars, longer sentences, better treatment, and cross agency cooperation to change societal norms and make driving drunk unthinkable.
Taos Police Department and Officer Robert Salazar review DWI crash data from the DWI Resource Center. New Mexico faces over one billion dollars in costs from alcohol related crashes, with 77 percent of fatal crashes alcohol involved and 16 percent of drivers under 21.
New Mexico State Police seized 44 pounds of hashish from two men alleged to manufacture the drug by the pound at an El Prado rental house. Police valued the street worth at $200,000.
Community voices decry preemptive war on Iraq as drastic overreach and call for patient inspections. Letters criticize a national security alert as saber rattling and warn of homegrown violence risks, while locals debate Walmart Supercenter plans and the value of large retail stores for Taos jobs and wages.
Steven Parks writes from Taos about the town’s distinct character and the risk of a larger Wal Mart and other development eroding its natural environment and cultural ethos. He notes Taos famed mystique, local stand against rapid growth, and the price of living in a unique but challenging place. Parks and his wife Joni Tickel run Parks Gallery in Taos and Santa Fe.
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