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District 5 County Commissioner Candidate Questionnaire: Part One: Tom Shelley
By Frost McGahey
[Editor's Note:The Grant County Beat asked Candidates questions so voters can determine who they want to vote for. Early voting starts Tuesday, October 8th and Election Day is Tuesday, November 5th. The replies are posted in the order received.]
District 5 district includes most of historic downtown Silver City, Chihuahua Hill, the area south of Western New Mexico University including Truck By-Pass Road, Tyrone, the Ridges and Silver Acres, and much of the Mountain View and Rosedale Road.
Current Commissioner Harry Browne is term limited. Shelley did run against Browne in 2020 (Covid) and lost by 34 votes.
Democrat Philip Schoenberg’s answers will be in Part Two.
Tom Shelley
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District 39 Representative Candidate Questionnaire: Terrazas and Begay – Part Two: Gabby Begay
By Frost McGahey
[Editor's Note:The Grant County Beat asked Candidates questions so voters can determine who they want to vote for. Early voting starts Tuesday, October 8th and Election Day is Tuesday, November 5th. The replies are posted in the order received.]
Luis Terrazas’s answers are in Part One.
Gabby Begay
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By Lynn Janes
The Silver City Consolidated Schools held a work session and regular meeting, on September 17, 2024. Members in attendance Ashley Montenegro, Michelle Diaz, Patrick Cohn, Mike McMillan and Kimberly Klement. Superintendent William Hawkins also attended.
Work session
Hawkins had a presentation for the board concerning the PSFA (public school facility authority) process. He said he would be doing this presentation many times over the next few years. He would be going over the whole process. He had submitted three letters of intent to the finance authority. The first one had been for Cliff schools in the amount of $45,855,464 for planning and design. The second letter had been for Harrison Schmidt Elementary HVAC system in the amount of $1,900,880. The third letter had been for fire and alarm systems in the amount of $680,462. This puts them on notice that the district will be presenting the plans, and it has to go through review with the finance authority. He listed several state organizations they would be working with, public school capital outlay oversight task force, public school capital outlay council and public school facilities authority.
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By Lynn Janes
The Village of Santa Clara held a regular meeting September 12, 2024. Mayor Arnold Lopez called the meeting to order. Mayor Pro Tem Albert Esparza, and Trustees Peter Erickson, Olga Amador and Ralph Trujillo attended.
Mayors report
Lopez said they had a sewer line break between Aspen Street and Aurora Street. The lines went down as deep as 8 feet. They had J and S Plumbing come and they will be obtaining the parts to have it repaired. The village maintenance crew could not have done the job. They have had Humphrey Enterprises come in twice a day to clean up until the line has been repaired. Some sidewalks still need to be installed downtown. Lopez said they have more projects he will talk about at the meeting in October. He and Sheila Hudman, village administrator, had met with Freeport McMoRan concerning FMI quarterly reports.
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District 39 Representative Candidate Questionnaire: Terrazas and Begay – Part One: Luis Terrazas
By Frost McGahey
Luis Terrazas
[Editor's Note:The Grant County Beat asked Candidates questions so voters can determine who they want to vote for. Early voting starts Tuesday, October 8th and Election Day is Tuesday, November 5th. The replies are posted in the order received. Part Two will come tomorrow.]
Luis Terrazas
1. If a local, how long has your family been here?
Terrazas: I was born and raised here in Grant County; it’s always been my home. My wonderful wife, Mandee, and I raise our kids in the place we love and grew up. The people of District 39 are not just my constituents, they’re my friends, family, and community.
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Photos and Article by Lynn Janes
A group of patriotic citizens came together on September 28, 2024 to fly the American Flag, Trump flags and show their pride for America. They met at Gough Park and went as a group down Bullard Street, through town and ended up at the Walmart parking lot.
The event had a great turnout. Some had flags flying from the bed of their trucks and some flew them out of the windows of their cars. Unfortunately, the parade became broken up due to traffic lights.
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