Las Cruces, NM
Monday, April 12, 2021
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Las Cruces, NM
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Tuesday, April 6, while driving the long way to work, I found myself going through four different elementary school zones, flashing yellow lights, crossing guards, kids in backpacks, parent drop-offs, the whole deal.
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By Richard Coltharp
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4/8/21
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The government has no right to tell me what I can eat, drink, smoke, snort or inject.
It can prevent me from doing those things in public. And it can hold me responsible for any crimes I commit after having done those things, including while driving. But that’s all.
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By Walt Rubel
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4/8/21
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"Where were you born?" The reporter asked one of my Colorado cowboy friends.
"Iowa," he answered.
"Iowa!" she said. "Why did you move?"
"Because it's hard to be a cowboy in Iowa."
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By Baxter Black
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4/8/21
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My favorite song is “Come Monday,” by Jimmy Buffett. It’s a love song, but it’s also a personal mantra that a new day is always coming, and if you’re down today, the new day will likely be better: “Come Monday, it’ll be all right.”
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By Jess Williams
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4/1/21
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Rodeo may be the only college sport that isn’t knee-deep in hypocrisy.
That’s because rodeo is not part of the NCAA and has never held romanticized notions about the purity of amateur athletics. The sport has always been about prize money.
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By Walt Rubel
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4/1/21
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When it’s springtime in the Rockies
And my lips are turning blue
I’ll be slogging through the blizzard
like a brain-dead caribou.
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By Baxter Black
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4/1/21
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As you drive around Las Cruces today and see financial institutions on every corner, it’s difficult to imagine our city had only two banks in 1969.
A few visionaries wanted to change that, and in April 1970, Citizens Bank opened its doors.
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By Richard Coltharp
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4/1/21
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The League of Women Voters of Southern New Mexico believes every student should have access to a high-quality, equitable public education system regardless of ethnicity, ability, age, family income or location.
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By Kathy Brook and Eileen VanWie
For the Bulletin
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3/19/21
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Every bill passed by the New Mexico Legislature begins with a conspiracy to break the rules and then cover it up. And every member is in on it.
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By Walt Rubel
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3/19/21
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Imagine you were a livestock man in medieval England 1,000 years ago. It's early spring. Snow on the ground, mud in the cow lot. You walk the small pasture where the heavy heifers are kept.
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By Baxter Black
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3/19/21
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Last month I complained about state and federal legislators spending a lot of time on things not relevant to governing.
My conclusion? They’ve spent a lot of time working on solutions to problems that don’t exist, as we face the biggest health, economic and social crisis of our generation.
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By Richard Coltharp
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3/19/21
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Two years ago, 21 New Mexico physicians from seven counties signed an Op-Ed in the Albuquerque Journal. Our goal? To highlight how the state’s Health Security Plan could alleviate the state’s chronic shortage of medical providers.
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By Davena Norris
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3/10/21
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I did not like Green Eggs and Ham
I thought the book to be a scam.
I knew that it could not be right
for all the eggs I’d seen were white.
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By Walt Rubel
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3/10/21
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He’s the tumbleweed chef and rides with the wagon
Ahead of the thunderin’ herd.
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By Baxter Black
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3/10/21
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One year ago today, March 12, 2020, our world began changing.
For me, it was a slow-motion change. The edges of the world were melting, as if we were trapped in a Salvador Dali painting.
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By Richard Coltharp
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3/10/21
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During this last year, we have been able to listen to our favorite recordings as before.
The pandemic, however, has precluded the possibility of many in-person performances and gatherings in which music figures prominently.
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By Rabbi Karol
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3/4/21
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A fine lookin' horse you've got there (if yer into modern art)
I had a horse like that one time (but he wasn't very smart)
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By Baxter Black
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3/4/21
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Last week, waves of shock rippled through Las Cruces as the community got word of the sudden death of Las Cruces Public Schools Superintendent Karen Trujillo.
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By Richard Coltharp
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3/4/21
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As I begin my 13th year as a legislator, I have seen New Mexico achieve progress on many important issues. Regretfully, one area where we continue to resist reform and lag behind other states is the need for full transparency regarding the role of lobbyists and those who hire them in the legislative process.
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By Sen. Jeff Steinborn
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2/24/21
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Everybody loves deregulation, until their kid gets sick from drinking the water.
And for good reason. Deregulation is always good for business, at least in the short term.
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By Walt Rubel
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2/24/21
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