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May 09, 2008 Below Horse Fly posts excerpts from a potpourri of public announcements. One of the marks of the post-modern is fragmentation. In Tiny Taos there is so much going on it's difficult to get a handle on who enjoys what and will attend what event. The crowds are frequently small due to competing events—especially during a crowded campaign season. By Bill Whaley May 08, 2008 Breaking News: Here are the candidates for the board of the chamber, which is a bit of a mystery organization: Linda Kneif, Sharon Bumpas Mitchell, Marc Coan, Wylie Elson, Ronald (Ronnie Lee) Urban, Loretta Gonzales, Kate O’Neill, Luis Reyes. Given Reyes controversial relationship with "accountability" at both the moribund Hispano Chamber and a lack of financial reporting, which he promised b... By Bill Whaley May 07, 2008 On the back wall of my office, hang two large photographs by Paul O’Connor: In the lower one Saki Karavas, seated and dressed in a morning jacket, stares straight at you, the smoke from his cigar curling up. Above him, staring off into the middle distance, the onetime glamour girl and Café Society sparkler, Tally Richards, middle-aged in the photo, holds a cigarette. She stares off into the mi... By Bill Whaley IBEW Endorses Mylet & Martinez May 06, 2008 The IBEW (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) has endorsed Luisa Mylet and Toby Martinez for the KCE Coop board. See below. By Bill Whaley Budgets, Blast Center, Judicial Complex May 03, 2008 For local government junkies, it’s a great week. The council is in retreat for budget matters for three days. Sure is a change from the days of Slick Gus, when Mr. Iron Fist slipped the budget by in one day, fifteen minutes per department. We predict rolling eyeballs from our councilors by the time the Curmudgeon of finance gets done with department heads. By Bill Whaley May 02, 2008 In the strange and wonderful tales of Taos, nothing is more difficult to decipher than the six-year journey of KCE CEO Luis "The Rabbit" Reyes' promotion of the Coop's new hidey hole. The low-interest loan from the Dept. of Agriculture, some 2.8 million to the Coop, thanks to St. Pete, will furnish the bulk of the money for building the new force-hardened terrorist-resistant alleged 911 Center. I ... By Staff Reports May 01, 2008 Yesterday at the joint meeting of the town council and county commissioners in Taos, our elected leaders, unanimously adopted “a joint resolution of the Town of Taos and Taos County objecting to proposed nuclear weapons complex “transformation” activities at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, including expanded Plutonium Pit Production.” According to the resolution, “plutonium pits are ... By Bill Whaley |
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