Legislature having balked, Sierra Vista Hospital leaders will now ask community to vote on special hospital district
…Commissionvice chairman, said SB 76 got through the Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee with a “do pass,” and then headed to the Senate Judiciary Committee, “where it died,” without…
T or C police news roundup
…the last city commission meeting. During the May 26 session commissioners also approved a new taser policy, were briefed on the selection process for the new police chief and discussed…
New Mexico Copper Corporation, Turner Ranch Properties and Hillsboro citizen group await imminent Appellate Court decision
…said at the oral arguments depended on one, an enormous amount of factual information (almost 10,000 pages of information) and two, pretty subtle and complex legal reasoning coming out of…
County Commission says it will consider joining program to cover residents’ out-of-pocket air medical transport expenses
…Sierra County Manager Serena Bartoo told the Sun that the Sierra County commission will not take the proposal into consideration because Sierra Vista already has established medical air evacuation contracts. “It’s a…
Deputy Chief Erica Baker no longer with T or C Police Department
…said he could not comment on any aspect of her departure. Erica Baker, who left the city’s employ as of July 19 Source: Facebook Reached by phone today, Baker also…
Funding
…Gelder William (Bill) West Raquel Wiltbank-Mateo Douglas Winquest Kendall Wochnick Fiscal Agent The Sierra County Public-Interest Journalism Project serves as the Sierra County Sun’s fiscal agent. SCP-IJP was incorporated as…
Analysis: T or C’s voting system for city commissioners preserves status quo leadership
…since there are no term limits placed on city commission service. Wikipedia calls this “cloning” candidates. Here’s how commission elections currently play out. Imagine the first open position has one…
News analysis: Has T or C flouted state election laws—again?
…those requirements—both proposing legislation concerning smart meters—T or C’s city commission has twice refused to hold special elections. Each time the commission claimed the people do not have the right…
Unmoved!
…concentrated customer service area. Several T or C residents, including Dougherty, Fenn and Rick Dumiak, have asked the commission during public comment at regular commission meetings how the city can…
Date of Aragon’s hiring in Texas corrected
Editor’s Note: Last Friday, the Sun posted a story headlined “Hired for a Texas police post in early July, Commissioner Randall Aragon announces resignation this week.” It erroneously reported that,…