A bond is different from a fine, which is a form of punishment imposed following a conviction. A bond is meant to ensure compliance with court orders and attendance at all hearings. It is then returned following the trial.
In 2016, New Mexico voters passed a constitutional amendment to end the unfair practice of cash bonds after an arrest.
A bond is different from a fine, which is a form of punishment imposed following a conviction. A bond is meant to ensure compliance with court orders and attendance at all hearings. It is then returned following the trial. “Throw my brain in a hurricane
And the blind can have my eyes And the deaf can have both of my ears If they don’t mind the size.” - John Prine I wasn’t blind yet when I had cornea transplant surgery in my left eye a couple of weeks ago, but I’m told that would have likely been my eventual fate. I was diagnosed with Fuch’s Dystrophy, which impacts a thin layer of cells that pump fluid to the cornea. The loss of those cells causes fluid to build up on the cornea, leading to cloudy vision and, over time, blisters that can break and become infected. While she has not yet announced her agenda for the 30-day session of the state Legislature that starts Jan. 16, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has made it clear that gun safety will be a priority. Success will depend on her making it the priority.
Lujan Grisham overstepped her bounds when she issued an emergency order in September banning guns in all public places in Bernalillo County. While gun violence is an emergency, it is one that must be addressed by the Legislature. No governor should have the unilateral powers that Lujan Grisham granted to herself. They said it couldn’t be done … and by “they” I mean me and just about everyone else who has followed the New Mexico State University football team over the years.
In 2020, when the state was facing a $2 billion budget deficit and all but two games on the NMSU scheduled were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I wrote my second column calling for the Aggies to drop down to the FCS division in football. The risk of talking to people who are much more knowledgeable on a particular topic is that it may require a re-evaluation of long-held beliefs.
Dr. James Conca accurately describes himself as one of the 10 experts in the world on nuclear waste disposal. He was director of the Environmental Monitoring and Research Center for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad from 2004 to 2010. WIPP is the nation’s only deep geologic site for nuclear waste storage. As a resident of District 2, I was disappointed that my representative on the City Council, Tessa Abeyta, did not win re-election last week. She came into the job four years ago with no political or government experience, and worked hard to learn about the many needs of the district.
But, the competing yard signs told me it would be a close race, and I wasn’t surprised when Abeyta lost to Bill Mattiace, a former mayor. My simplistic, child-like worldview was changed forever a few days after the horrific murders of 11 Israeli athletes by the Palestinian group Black September during the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany.
Two of my great loves as a kid were sports and stories. And so, I especially loved stories about sports. One of my favorites was the one about warring kings in Ancient Greece who laid down their arms and called for a temporary truce during the Olympics. That truce assured safe passage for athletes traveling to and from the Games. In 2021, two employees of the state’s Children Youth and Families Department revealed that it was using a secure text messaging app that automatically deleted all of their messages, in clear violation of the state’s public records law.
Then-CYFD Secretary Brian Blaylock responded by firing the employees, Clifford and Debra Gilmore, while defending the app as being necessary to protect the privacy of children in the CYFD system. Early voting started Tuesday in a municipal election that will result in Las Cruces electing a new mayor for the first time since 2007 and Mesilla electing a new mayor for the first time since 2009.
Voters in Las Cruces will have several candidates to choose from in the race to replace Ken Miyagishima. Unfortunately, that’s not the case in Mesilla, where Russell Hernandez will run uncontested to replace Nora Barraza. Opponents of our support for Ukraine have started lumping in the defense of their homeland with our past wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and referring to them all as “forever wars.” Let’s break that down.
The war in Afghanistan started on Oct. 7, 2001 with an invasion ordered by President George W. Bush, and ended on Aug. 26, 2021 with a withdrawal ordered by President Joe Biden. It lasted for 19 years, 10 months and 19 days, and resulted in the deaths of 2,402 American servicemen and women, including 13 during the withdrawal. |
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