Vote Yes for Taos County ½-Cent Education Tax Initiative
Editorial urges approving a 1/2-cent gross receipts tax to fund school improvements in Taos County. The plan would run ten years from July 1, 2002, raise about $16 million, and distribute funds by district population with Taos schools receiving about $48 million. Voters are reminded of past measures and the need to upgrade facilities while avoiding property tax increases.
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County Eyes Unified Human Services Umbrella Plan
County officials in October 1981 debated a cost cutting plan to place all human services under a single county administrative umbrella. The proposal aimed to eliminate duplicate director and staff salaries though not all agencies backed the idea led by county manager Juan Duran.
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Juan Duran
Taos Voices On War Peace And Fiscal Responsibility
A Taos reader urges unity and courage after the World Trade Center attacks, calling for a balanced national stance and local resolve. The letter also critiques sewer tax debates, stressing fiscal responsibility and shared community duties amid rising costs.
Taos County voter backlash over million dollar infrastructure plan
Readers confront Taos County officials over a failed infrastructure vote. Morrison withheld cost figures, despite available funds for plans and bids, prompting public anger and a push for transparent budgeting and public input on future projects. A pesticide spray controversy prompts a public meeting on October 17 to discuss safer weed control.
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Robert
Dale Morrison
Morrison
Questions on rubble, remaking cities, and mass death
George Marcy asks if removing a million tons of rubble from Lower Manhattan to create a similar amount elsewhere or exhuming atomized remains from the Twin Towers only to disperse an equal number in other regions achieves any real gain. He questions the moral and practical symmetry of such actions.
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Taos residents urge alternatives to highway weed spraying
Margaret Chapman outlines non herbicide options for noxious weeds, cites beetle control for leafy spurge, and invites public input at a Taos County highway meeting on October 17 at the Juan Gonzales Agricultural Center. She notes past agency changes and ongoing community protests.
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Chamisa Rd
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