Rio Rancho Opinion
Rio Rancho Punts In Redistricting Game
Bad call, Rio Rancho. Checking in with its citizens doesn’t seem to be in Ri …
Council District Redraw Examined
(Recently) I asked the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government and our local American Civil Libert …
Silence Marks 9/11 Anniversary
We don’t know about you, but we found the 10th anniversary commemorations of the 9/11 tragedy …
Fall a busy time in New Mexico
How does an arbitrary, man-made holiday such as Labor Day always seem to occur at the same time as M …
Keep Rio Rancho a Great Place
The city of Rio Rancho is unique. We will never be Bernalillo because we don’t have a history …
Sad Time for America’s Working Class
On Monday, Labor Day will be celebrated exactly 129 years after the first one was celebrated by the …
Redistricting Should Help City
It’s that time again. Once every 10 years we are faced with the redistricting process for our …
Of Representative, Rain and Recovery
Some random thoughts … Rep. Ben Ray Luján, Rio Rancho’s and northern New Mexico’s …
Parents Can Help Children Learn
Our children are heading back to school; parents are buying school supplies and getting prepared for …
Illegal Immigration Impacts Us All in Different Ways
We just returned from a trip to Tucson, Ariz., and noticed there is no such thing as six degrees of …
Protecting Us From Ourselves
When we were younger, we were certain that it was ridiculous – and a waste of time and money …
Don’t Let Officials Bilk Us Taxpayers
If you didn’t follow the tax laws and were caught, who would pay any interest and penalties: you. So why is it when the mayor of Rio Rancho and three… Read more


