7 Days, Sept. 18: “Trump Came to Rio Rancho”
Smash that Patriarchy
Right on, SFR! By featuring the billboard erected by the Maggie Toulouse Oliver for Senate campaign, I hope you helped many people see, and begin to understand, what a fearless and innovative woman can bring to the table in this patriarchal time of the orange catastrophe and Moscow Mitch.
I hope that you continue to feature, highlight, and then endorse Maggie Tolouse Oliver for the US Senate. Maggie is the real deal.
Joseph McKenna
Santa Fe
Editor's note: The image of the billboard we ran last week was paid for by the ACLU, but the Toulouse Oliver campaign also erected a different billboard in Rio Rancho.
News, Sept. 18: “Supply and Demand”
Enforce Housing Policy
I entirely support the concept of affordable housing. I live in a development in a very desirable downtown location, which when built was required to have, and did have 14 affordable units. Of the 14 units, only seven of the owners live there full time. Two of the units have changed their "characterization" through mortgage payoff or sale to a buyer who would not be characterized as in need. All of the other owners rent their homes out, I assume at the Santa Fe going rate.
From what I have heard, the city does not care, or cannot do anything about it. This truly flies in the face of the concept. If the city is going to require affordable units, and I think they should, there needs to be a means by which the concept is monitored so as to fulfill the objective.
Suzanne Timble
Santa Fe
Online, Sept. 20: “Photos from the Climate Strike”
Thank You, Youth
Only in Santa Fe could we have such wonderful student lead awareness of climate change! Hooray for their enthusiasm and sincere caring of our fragile planet. We adults have continued to deny the changes. So happy to hear and see the future addressing this crisis head on. Keep up the fight!
Tom Wither
via Facebook
