August will mark 23 years since I started my journey into politics and government. These past two decades, I have worked in various levels of government agencies and spent time on political campaigns with local and federal candidates.

As I write this, there is almost two more weeks of the 60-day legislative session. For a District Attorney a legislative session involves several things.

New Mexico’s way of life and cultural preservation depends on the small local public bodies like Acequias, Ditches, Land Grants, Mutual Domestic Water Consumer associations, and Soil and Water Conservation districts that manage vital local resources.

We’ve lived through one full year of war in Ukraine. For me, this is an interesting milestone.

Dear Nancy, Three years ago, I was in a devastating car accident that changed my life. The severity of the wreck badly burned my entire body with most of the damage done to my face.

Decorated Native American writer and college professor N (Navarre) Scott Momaday once wrote an essay about his one and only meeting with his great grandmother, an aged, loving woman named Keahdinekeah. The essay appeared in Momaday’s 1976 book called `The Names,’ a memoir of his life.

Bad Legislation Dear editor, Every NM State Legislative Session I hold my breath waiting to see what happens with the terrible bills that are brought forth. New Mexico is the most liberal state in the southwest.

When the COVID-19 pandemic surged in the spring of 2020, and we all accepted the reality of how lethal this virus was, non-essential workers were mandated to leave job sites and work from home if possible. Businesses shuttered and many never recovered.

Dear editor, Sad to hear about the recent passing of another former policeman Mr. Bill Johnson who was a former Chief of Police of Grants, and Acoma. Bill started his own investigator company in Albuquerque for many years and was a good man. As many of you know we have shot down some more balloons one of which may have been a Hobby Club’s Missing Balloon Feared Shot Down By USAF | Aviation Week Network. This Saturday on 02-18-23 several long-time local ham volunteer operators will be helping on the Mount Taylor Quad. A small group of older folks that often do not get credit for making this event and others successful throughout the year and bring some notoriety and income from visitors to our community. Yes, it’s hard to get young people interested in radios and electronics nowadays ever since cell phones came along, they seem to be stuck looking at their phones. One item I put on my bucket list is to learn CW or old morse code in case of a bad solar flare, or nuclear emp attack. It would be the only thing still working. Even Taiwan is training young kids how to do old morse code in case of attach from China. Our President has not been looking so good on these balloon incidents, so it appears after the first Chinese one, its shoot first and ask questions later! So, it’s possible we shot a million- dollar missile to take out a $12-dollar high school ham radio experiment. Keep in mind we missed one and had to shoot a second missile. When I was stationed at Davis Monthan AFB in Tucson, AZ back in 1977 after high school, I saw them catch missiles coming back to the base before they hit the ground and broke into pieces so they could reuse them. Sadly, some went off course and flew into Mexico and never came back, and sometimes the helicopters missed catching the ones coming back to base with the little parachutes. I was told they could be controlled from the ground like a drone and driving them was like playing a video game. Sleep well tonight your government is on the job! Signed, Mr. Harry L. Hall USAF Veteran Retired Police/Sheriff Lt.

My mother has a pet squirrel named Stubby. He is not, technically, her pet, as he lives outdoors as a wild squirrel.