Sandoval County Redistricting 2022
Governor’s Actions on Legislation (2023 Legislative Session)
Extracted from Pete Dinelli’s Blog of April 10, 2023 The Governor signed a raft of bills by the deadline date of April 7th, 2023. The governor signed the enacted $9.6 billion budget plan for the fiscal year that begins on June1. The budget will boost state spending...
Election Fraud effort lacks credibility
The following letter was sent to the editor of the Rio Rancho Observer, and the paper has failed to print it. Therefore, the letter is being published here to let Sandoval County Democrats know that the allegations of election fraud are unfounded. Dear Editor, After...
Liberty and Justice
by Flora Lucero, Chair of the Democratic Party of Bernalillo County I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one Nation indivisible with Liberty and Justice for all. Francis Bellamy, The Youth’s Companion, September 8, 1892 In a ward...
Miss Information – REPUBLICAN STATE SENATOR CRAIG BRANDT WOULD DENY CHILDREN EASY ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
Re-printed from the Rio Rancho Observer with permission. [Note: After this letter was published, the New Mexico Senate and House passed the bill, titled “School-Based Health Centers] on a party-line vote with support from only two Republicans.] Democrats and...
Did You Know – Upcoming School Board Elections
There will be School Board elections within Sandoval County on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. The following school districts will have elections for school board members. All of the districts have 5 member boards. Bernalillo - 2 Seats up for election. Web Page: ...
Roundhouse Roundup – 2023 Legislative Session
The 2023 legislative session has ended with quite a number of bills having been passed and sent to the Governor. The Governor has until April 7 to sign or veto legislation and this article will be published before we know the outcome of every passed bill. A massive...
From the County Chair – Just the Facts
By Alex Piland, Chair, DPSC March 2023 was a hard month. It was full of meetings where we had to look at many spreadsheets. (Believe me, for this old English teacher, that is a hard task, indeed!) I am going to switch my left-brain on and give you some...
Volunteer of the Month – April 2023 – Judy Gordon
Maybe you’ve read all the Letters to the Editor in the Albuquerque Journal or the Rio Rancho Observer or surely you have read some of the Miss Information columns in past DPSC Newsletters. Well those poignant letters and columns come from our own Judy Gordon! Judy...
Volunteer of the Month – March 2023 – Steven Dapson.
Maybe you’ve noticed that the DPSC has a fine sound system that we use at all of our events. It was necessary for us to be able to broadcast our meetings, and really, for people to just be able to hear what speakers are saying. But have you noticed that there is one...
Sandoval County Update
While there are many issues facing Sandoval County, here are a few of the major ones. 1. Roads. The County maintains cover 1,100 miles of roadways stretching from the East Mountains to beyond Cuba. At a cost of approximately $1 million per mile to construct a road,...