Serving Sandoval County, Rio Rancho, Bernalillo, Placitas, & Corrales
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...
Read MoreIt’s always disheartening to find out you are the subject of rumor or hear that a person or group has taken your actions out of context. This was most certainly the case at the second Sandoval County Commission meeting...
Read MoreEvery time there is a mass shooting, a few friends left of center tell the activists to make sure we defeat the Republicans the next election cycle. Then my Republican and Libertarian friends decry the folly of thinking that...
Read MoreEditor: 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...
Read MoreEditor: 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...
Read MoreWhen we suggested recycling less, we were advocating for creating less waste in the first place, not sending more to the landfill. In light of a letter we printed in last Sunday’s Observer, we wanted to make that clear....
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Ever since I was a kid, a sense of wonderment would overtake me if someone said they had been at...
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In the last two years, the City of Rio Rancho has raised roughly $4.1 million in municipal bonds...
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Human connection and building strong relationships are certainly important and rewarding aspects...
Read MoreEditor: 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...
Read MoreEditor: 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...
Read MoreEditor: 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...
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Because of his considerable success in restoring Spanish hegemony in New Mexico following the...
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With the beginning of the school year underway, it’s a good time to remind ourselves of the...
Read MoreA new term that has caught on with the American public seems to have reared its ugly head in our own backyard. The term is “fake news,” or accusing a news organization of not reporting an issue accurately. In many...
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If it seems like you have driven past a lot of orange barrels this summer, you would be correct....
Read MoreEditor: 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...
Read MoreEditor: 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...
Read MoreThe Observer applauds the Sandoval County Commission for doing what seems to be one the best ways to govern an area: by reaching out to the sections that make it up. Earlier this month, the commission unanimously accepted newly...
Read MoreEditor: 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...
Read MoreAnyone driving through Rio Rancho can see a city on the rise, with plenty of places to shop, big bright advertisements and two-story buildings. Yet after doing over a year’s worth of research, it seems much of that growth...
Read MoreIt was a great couple of days last week for the Schuman branch of the Boys & Girls Club here in Rio Rancho. First, on Tuesday afternoon the kids were excited to see they had a new Toyota passenger van to get them around,...
Read MoreEditor: 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...
Read MoreMy 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...
Read MoreEditor: 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...
Read MoreAfter releasing the article on the city’s decision to raise recycling rates 18 cents per month and only offer the service every other week, the Observer has heard its share of negativity on the subject. Many of our poll...
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Believe it or not, it’s not easy to form an opinion. Or at least, not an informed opinion....
Read MoreEditor: 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...
Read MoreEditor: 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...
Read MoreFrom time to time, the Observer likes to get the feel of the city’s pulse when possible controversial issues come up. Such was the case on our recent unscientific Facebook poll question: “Should Rio Rancho Public...
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