Anson Stevens-Bollen
Cover, April 12: “Powerlift”
A charter to chew on
As your recent “Power Lift” cover story reported, the city has done little to encourage community input to its Charter Review Commission’s process of proposing changes to the city’s charter that, in essence, is its constitution. At the Governing Body’s January hearings in the Old Pecos Trail rezoning case, the mayor said the city needed to do a better job explaining its quasi-judicial process. Enough with mayor-splaining. Walk the talk and give our charter some teeth by adding this: “Recognizing the importance to the Santa Fe community of procedural due process of law and fairness in proceedings addressing land use and other matters that require city decision-makers to act in a quasi-judicial manner, the city shall adopt procedural rules that ensure that all quasi-judicial proceedings conducted by the Governing Body and city commissions and boards adhere to established principles of procedural due process of law and fundamental fairness and apply these principles in an impartial manner to applicants and members of the community who participate in those proceedings.”
Bruce C. Throne, Santa Fe
Online, April 20: “Charges Against Baldwin to be Dropped”
Sick of the shoot-em-ups
Here’s a novel idea: Have Hollywood producers cease making films filled with insane amounts of simulated gun violence. Perhaps this would help avoid all the tragedies on and off the set.
Scott Shuker, Santa Fe
Limbo
This whole ordeal has really set the bar for competence in NM.
Christopher Albert, via Twitter @maykr
