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Morning Word, Nov. 24: “Legislature Requires Vaccination for Guests”
Better safe than...
We are writing to express our deep gratitude to the Legislature for requiring proof of vaccination of any visitor to the Roundhouse. Requiring vaccination of all visitors to the Roundhouse is a commonsense COVID-19 preventive measure that protects our communities. Allowing for remote participation ensures that all interested parties—including those who choose to remain unvaccinated—can safely access appropriate official public business of the Legislature, which strengthens the fairness and responsiveness of our state government.
We are appalled by the unscientific backlash to the Legislature’s data-informed precautions. In the Roundhouse, nearly everyone is a “close contact” to everyone else. Without a vaccination requirement, many of the thousands of people visiting the capitol during the legislative session would carry the disease home and infect family, friends, and community members...We applaud the Legislature for implementing data-informed measures to save lives—including the lives of those in opposition to these measures—during this serious COVID-19 Delta variant-fueled surge.
Shelley Mann-Lev, President; Nai Walter, Co-President Elect; and Leah Sanchez, Executive Director, NM Public Health Association
Anna Rondon, Director of the New Mexico Social Justice & Equity Initiative
News, Oct. 20: “In the Dark”
South Meadows flop
This and other articles point out the dysfunction at City Hall.
The 2018 non-compliance of the City with the District Court-Ordered Settlement Annexation Agreement (SAA) of 2012, was discussed at the September 28th, 2021 BCC meeting. The various City departments refuse to provide services over the phone when someone in an annexed area calls; they simply say call the county. Customer service is bad. City police refuse to respond to calls because they don’t believe the property is annexed. The city’s cancellation of the new fire station and police substation on the N.M. 599 Frontage Road, will not help these issues. There are annexed areas land-locked from roads/utilities without title insurance. This affects over 40,000 people.
Forgotten promises by City officials and SAA provisions, are: the Open Space at Meadows/Rufina and improvement of West Alameda. There are dozens of these instances...A complete breakdown in city-county communications and the inability to produce results for citizens. Reinstatement of the SAA would force the city back to the table.
William Mee, Village of Agua Fría
