This letter is provided as opinion/commentary from the author. You can submit your own: editor@citydesk.org Prior to 2013, Albuquerque had an election system that allowed a minority of voters to elect a candidate even if a strong majority of voters wanted someone else. In most elections, like for state legislature or governor or county commission, there […]
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Letter to the Editor: R-45 Undermines Public Safety and Erodes Community Trust
This letter is provided as opinion/commentary from the author. You can submit your own: editor@citydesk.org As soon as Monday, the Albuquerque City Council will consider amending our city’s long-established immigration protection policies under the auspices of public safety. But this misguided amendment will have the exact opposite effect, weakening police work while opening the door […]
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Farm Bill Advocates to Congress: Get a Move On
The U.S. House Committee on Agriculture recently delivered a draft farm bill. It was eight months after the old farm bill, about to expire, had to be extended. This $1.5 trillion, 942-page tome has a lot to like, but it’s missing some key provisions important to New Mexico. And it’s hung up in partisan scrapping. […]
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Do Your Research Before You Vote
“We need bold solutions, drastic overhauls and serious reforms,” writes a candidate for the Legislature in an op-ed article. Bold, huh? Boy, that’s new and exciting. Oh, wait. It isn’t. It’s a standard cliché for everybody who runs for office. This particular candidate wrote an entire op-ed filled with platitudes and generalizations. Not a single […]
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Primary Season Isn’t Over, But General Election Issues Are Taking Shape
A natural outcome of certain states moving their presidential primaries earlier in the year is that for those states with later primaries, primary election turnout is often dismal. That will likely be the case in New Mexico in 2024 where both presidential frontrunners have locked in their delegate count and there are few contested primary […]
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Letter to the Editor: Setting the Record Straight About Cindy Nava
Submitted by Dr. Patricia Jiménez-Latham Let’s set the record straight. I was incredibly disheartened to read a campaign flyer making disparaging comments about NM Senate District 9 candidate Cindy Nava. I have known Cindy for 20 years as she began her work in the political arena and worked with her professionally at Transform Education New […]
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Letter to the Editor: Rebuttal Response to Op-Ed on Produced Water
Submitted by Steve Conrad, Ph.D. groundwater hydrology The recent op-ed by Sherry Robinson entitled “Step into the future with Produced Water” exhorts us to “trust technology and step into the future.” The problem with her premise is that the oil and gas wastewater treatment technology she suggests that we trust is unproven to be even […]
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Letter to the Editor: Rebuttal Response to Op-Ed on Produced Water
Submitted by Steve Conrad, Ph.D. groundwater hydrology The recent op-ed by Sherry Robinson entitled “Step into the future with Produced Water” exhorts us to “trust technology and step into the future.” The problem with her premise is that the oil and gas wastewater treatment technology she suggests that we trust is unproven to be even […]
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Uncategorized
Letter to the Editor: Rebuttal Response to Op-Ed on Produced Water
Submitted by Steve Conrad, Ph.D. groundwater hydrology The recent op-ed by Sherry Robinson entitled “Step into the future with Produced Water” exhorts us to “trust technology and step into the future.” The problem with her premise is that the oil and gas wastewater treatment technology she suggests that we trust is unproven to be even […]
Posted inCommentary, Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Rebuttal Response to Op-Ed on Produced Water
Submitted by Steve Conrad, Ph.D. groundwater hydrology The recent op-ed by Sherry Robinson entitled “Step into the future with Produced Water” exhorts us to “trust technology and step into the future.” The problem with her premise is that the oil and gas wastewater treatment technology she suggests that we trust is unproven to be even […]