Thoughts on Our Las Cruces

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

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 info...

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 O...

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

CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS First and foremost, the best contribution we can each can make to this campaign is word of mouth. What we share w...

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 ...

The election is November 5 (and according to new state law, those of us winning our elections will be sworn in on January 1). I'm a natu...

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

There is something of an equation that has to be built around the things we want. We say we want to see more of our young people able to...

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

Earl Nightingale We hear some things over and over: do what you love, be yourself, always do what you believe is right. Essentially, the...

When I was teaching and more recently being on the city council, I have seen an important part of my role being in the example I have set...

I sent a 199 word letter to the editor of the Bulletin last year before the election. I may have missed if and when it was shared in pri...

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

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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 n...

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 appr...

I am taking a weeklong break from Facebook. I'd love to say the idea was my own, but it comes from the NAACP, and I agree with doing it ...