Editor: I am a second-year student at University of New Mexico, and my faculty’s well-being is important to me. I have seen professors who had to leave UNM due to their pay or lack thereof, and it is frustrating that I am...

Editor: Donald Trump came to New Mexico to stir up racism within our immigrant and Latino communities in an attempt to make political gains. It’s particularly disturbing for him to be visiting New Mexico and talk to...

Editor: Wow! I feel like I’ve been dissected and put under a microscope! I am a retiree. Sounds like you just love me for my money! Now I know how tourists feel when they read that, “This event will bring $40 million...

Editor: Our family is new to Rio Rancho, and we were very disappointed to learn this summer that U.S. Coast Guard-approved life vests are not allowed to be used at any of the city pools. The City of Rio Rancho’s policy not...

Editor: I am stunned by Mr. Candelaria’s view (in the Sept. 8 Observer) that trees are an unnecessary and extravagant luxury along Rio Rancho’s second-busiest road. Since trees exchange carbon monoxide and carbon...

Editor: Rio Rancho will have an excellent opportunity this week to demonstrate that we are a community in the finest American tradition, when President Trump comes here for a campaign rally. Some Rio Ranchoans support President...

Editor: I agree wholeheartedly with Tom Dixon’s idea in the Sept. 1 Observer issue regarding high school students starting class too early. It is an idea I am sure is familiar to the Rio Rancho school district as well as...

Editor: Jay Inventor’s response to my comments about the work on Southern Boulevard minimizes a number of the issues I raised. At no point did I claim to be a “road-construction expert.” But having seen...

Editor: I read with dismay the letter written by Mr. Stevens (in the Sept. 1 Observer). It troubled me that we seem to have reached a point where many of us no longer seem to be able to speak the same language. It would seem...

Editor: I have a theory and I defy any reader to disprove it. The Democratic Party, at both the national and local level, is controlled by Marxist-Leninist ideology. Jerry Apodaca, when he endorsed Steve Pearce in the last...

Editor: It just about kills me to see how far the extraction industries will go to maintain the status quo. On Aug. 25, a guest column by Larry Behrens, the western states director for Power the Future, put forth a scenario that...

Editor: Now that the new school year has started, I want to comment on the very early time that high schools in Rio Rancho start classes. At Cleveland High School, instruction starts at 7:20 a.m. I would like to explain why this...

Editor: Responsible people recycle. If you do a lot of recycling (i.e., filling your cart weekly) you are being very responsible. People with good- to large-size families are going to be able to fill half to all of their...

Editor: In her letter of Aug. 18 regarding Southern Boulevard road work, Trina King misrepresents herself as a road-construction expert. She makes a lot of assertions and projects conclusions about a road that is not yet...

Editor: Your article on the road work being done on Southern Boulevard, headlined “On the roads again…” is not completely accurate. Despite what Mayor Gregg Hull says, if this part of Southern is finished by...

Editor: Thank you for your editorial in the paper of Sunday, July 14. It is refreshing when an editor responds to his/her readers and explains the nature of his/her cartoon choices. (I believe this was done in response to...

My heart goes out to the relatives of the victims of the recent mass shootings in El Paso (Texas) and Dayton (Ohio). These are becoming all too common occurrences. They also serve as a sad reminder that in February our Sandoval...

Editor: I am loving the beautiful landscaping on the north side of Southern Boulevard. It helps us imagine how wonderful it will be when everything is finished while we are still fighting the south side construction. However, in...

Editor: New Mexico politicians flock to the leftist, socialist climate change bandwagon in order to make energy a political weapon. In his May 12, 2019, Albuquerque Journal article, “We can, and must, curtail climate...

Editor: The PERA (Public Employees Retirement Association of New Mexico) Board is out of control and neglecting its fiduciary duties. News outlets documented the inability of trustees to get down to business and address the...

Editor: I am responding to the article “Insights: Save the Pocketbook or the Planet?” by Cheryl Everett (Observer, July 7). Are we kidding? Are we really talking about a raise of 68 cents per month per Rio Rancho...

Editor: I am writing to comment on your selection of cartoons published on the Viewpoints page of the Observer on June 23 and June 30, 2019. Both cartoons were from the same source, H. Payne of the Detroit News. The first...

Editor: I am a counselor (female) practicing in Albuquerque, commuting from Rio Rancho, where I reside. Very recently on a Saturday morning at 4 a.m., a male intruder put his fist through the glass in my front door. The breaking...

Editor: I may seem an unlikely fellow to write this letter to the editor. You see, I own several firearms. All purchased through a licensed dealer for which a background check was required. Simple and hassle free. So why all the...

Editor: Did you know? In your backyard is probably the most endangered wildlife corridor in the state of New Mexico, the Crest of Montezuma located on the northern rim of the Sandia Mountains. Decorated with pale horizontal...