Thoughts on Our Las Cruces

Several times a year, we get enough rain for Frenger Park to get flooded. That is by design: Frenger Park is a holding pond when we get a major rain event. ...

Visión Las Cruces is an inclusive home to a diverse population: over 100,000 people with a range of experiences, backgrounds, views of the world, and expecta...

President Kennedy made that statement, essentially a challenge, on September 12, 1962, nearly sixty years ago. Less than seven years later, on July 20, 1969,...

Vision - Crime Reduction We see crime statistics or hear about a recent increase in shootings, and it can seem like our community is suddenly less safe than ...

We often refer to politics as a "game," and many aspects of politics are like games. There are rules. There are competitors. There are winners and losers....

As more people come to this website, there will be a greater need to be sure certain information is available. So, here's a list of information and links th...

Election day for our municipal election is going to be November 5. Under new state law, the election will be run by our County Clerk's Office. On their bal...

Several people have asked me what the platform is for this campaign for mayor. First and most importantly, it is about Las Cruces, who we are, where we are ...

We didn't ask for the situation. We aren't getting any federal funds to help with it. We are, however, stepping up. We can do this. We are doing this. Our ...

¡Viva Las Cruces! translates to Live Las Cruces! It is an essential expression of seeking our success and being a place that is alive and real. It is also ...

There is so much about vision that is transforming ideas, intangible and etherial ideas, into something real, solid, actual. It is what we do when we design...

One hundred years ago today, the Eighteenth Amendment was ratified, and just over a year later, on January 17, 1920, it went into effect. Almost fourteen ye...

People keep asking how they can help get me elected. I recently commented here on why I am running for mayor and mentioned that there is also a how I plan t...

Earlier this year, I introduced two ideas to the council and got little to no support for either of them. That can happen in democratic processes. However,...

Sleep eluded me some nights ago; so, as Allison slept calmly beside me, I lay there wide awake trying to figure out what would get me to fall peacefully asle...

If you look carefully at this photo, you can see some human-made intrusions into the shot. However, what takes our breath away is what nature does all by it...

This has been an uncertain path for me. I have no background in film and no sense of what works, what doesn't in this field. So, I appreciate the hard work...

It is natural to have some discomfort around those who look or act differently from that to which we are accustomed. I say it is "natural" because the basic...

The idea is to mostly leave it natural, but to also add some amenities like a community center and possibly a small urban hub area on the south side of Madri...

On Friday, September 7, we saw the ribbon cutting for the opening of the Prado exhibit on the Plaza de Las Cruces. It was an exciting beginning to a showin...