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City Attorney’s “order” and “findings of fact” offer up alternative reality

by Kathleen Sloan | March 1, 2021
8 min read

…a computer in order to create the bill. The elaborate billing procedure was added to Rubin’s Order before the city commission approved the document, making it appear the city commission…


Spaceport America updates

by Kathleen Sloan | March 5, 2021
5 min read

…interference stemming from the new flight control computer, which caused the rockets not to fire, SPACENEWS reported. The Motley Fool.com, a stock analysis website, reported on March 4 that Virgin…


Preview of Truth or Consequences City Commission May 27 meeting

by Kathleen Sloan | May 23, 2020
5 min read

…At the May 7 meeting the City Commission agreed to form an ad hoc committee under the guidance of City Commissioners Randall Aragon and Amanda Forrister to get public input…


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 of Truth or Consequences City Commission meeting June 24:  Public hearing on County—not City—handling local elections; Massive budget adjustment;    Hospital and utility board appointments

by Kathleen Sloan | June 22, 2020
6 min read

…its representative. Rolf Hechler, a City Commissioner until May 31 and also the City’s Joint-Powers-Commission representative, has applied to be on the Governing Board. The City Commission will also consider…


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…


City of T or C plans to build electric vehicle charging stations, apparently without market study or cost-benefit analysis

by Kathleen Sloan | April 1, 2021
8 min read

…public comment segment of March 24 city commission meeting, T or C resident Ariel Dougherty brought up the car charging stations, the first mention of the project in a public…


Preview of Truth or Consequences Planning and Zoning Commission June 24 meeting: Three public hearings

by Kathleen Sloan | June 23, 2020
4 min read

…meeting using the information listed below: June 24, 2020 Planning & Zoning Commission Meeting Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone. https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/996007693 You can also dial in…


Police recruitment is a problem everywhere; T or C offers take-home car

by Kathleen Sloan | August 3, 2021
5 min read

…officer is at home. Commissioner Frances Luna objected to the carve out during a lengthy discussion about the policy at the July 28 commission meeting. She claimed that police officers…


Who enforces the mask mandate in New Mexico?

by Debora Nicoll | September 28, 2021
8 min read

The Sun has learned that a formal complaint leveled against the Sierra County Commissioners for failing to comply with the state’s mask mandate at an indoor public meeting has been…


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