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Foundation for Open Government determines T or C’s fees to deliver requested electronic documents not allowed under state law

by Kathleen Sloan | June 11, 2021
2 min read

…of government. NMFOG Determination LetterDownload Swingle had informed the city commissioners at their May 12 meeting that the city would start charging for IPRA documents “because it takes up staff…


Szigeti offers alternative to transferring $1.5 M a year from city’s electric utility: triple property taxes instead

by Kathleen Sloan | October 16, 2020
7 min read

Truth or Consequences City Commissioners are looking into tripling the property tax rate after hearing a presentation from George Szigeti, past city commissioner and past public utility advisory board member….


Welcome back: Sierra County Farmer’s Market returns to Ralph Edwards Park

by Diana Tittle with photography by Luis Rios and Nathan Maplesden | June 15, 2021
6 min read

…soil-building products NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS 4th Street Community Garden An organic community garden supported by volunteers and provided with water and land courtesy of the City of Truth or Consequences. Selling…


Remembering Philip Lee Goldston, 1937-2019

by Kathleen Sloan | November 12, 2019
2 min read

…brother, John Goldston and family; cousins, nieces and nephews. Cremation has taken place and a Remembrance Celebration will be planned. Go in peace…until we meet again! Philip Lee (Goldston’s) website: www.philipleeartist.com


“I wish one day there wouldn’t be no drugs here”

by Don J. Usner, with photography by Usner, Searchlight New Mexico | December 1, 2021
14 min read

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article has been made available to the Sun by our content-sharing partner, Searchlight New Mexico, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization dedicated to investigative reporting in New Mexico….


Preview of Truth or Consequences City Commission meeting, Wednesday, June 10: Water loan/grant, planning grants, extending health emergency resolution

by Kathleen Sloan | June 6, 2020
3 min read

Commission will consider whether to accept the award via resolution.  The $50,000 award is 100-percent grant money.  The City has 18 months to complete the plan.  Economic feasibility study for


Preview: Truth or Consequences City Commission meeting July 22: Final budget workshop, $2.24 million loan, opting in to county running elections

by Kathleen Sloan | July 20, 2020
5 min read

…City Commission voted blind on the preliminary budget at the May 27 meeting. The final budget is not an action item, so perhaps the City Commission will hold a special…


Sierra County plays hard-to-get with resolution proclaiming it will not enforce gun-control “Red Flag” law

by Kathleen Sloan | March 17, 2020
2 min read

…law but not in the spirit of the law,” said New Mexico Foundation for Open Government Executive Director Melanie Majors.  Look for the Sun’s complete report on the resolution tomorrow. …


Lack of fiscal transparency still the rule for City of Truth or Consequences

by Kathleen Sloan | February 9, 2021
12 min read

…2019, and 2020.” “Never was it presented that the reports would compare where we are now in comparison with the current year’s budget,” Kirkpatrick said. Asked by the Sun for


New Mexico House District 38 candidates’ questionnaires

by Kathleen Sloan | October 16, 2020
14 min read

…answered that advisory committees and task force groups should be subject to the open meetings act, which guarantees that public bodies conduct public business in the open. The 2003 Public…


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