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Letters
Halloween Is Every Day in Santa Fe Dracula, Santa Fe Style   (Wednesday, November 04, 2009)

Whose Sovereignty Is It, Anyway?
In late September, Joe Shirley Jr., president of the Navajo Nation sent out a provocative press release charging that “environmental activists and organizations are among the greatest threat to tribal sovereignty.” Shirley made his attack while joining northern Arizona's Hopi tribal council in “unwelcoming” conservation groups from those tribes' lands, which sprawl across portions of three Southwestern states.   (Wednesday, November 04, 2009)

It's Time To Get Rid of Patriot Act
As Congress begins to grapple with renewing the three provisions of the Patriot Act set to expire at the end of this year, Americans will be watching to see how their elected officials vote to ensure that innocent Americans' most private information will remain just that — private.   (Wednesday, November 04, 2009)

No Right Choice Here
Here's a conundrum: The law requires pedestrians walking along a road to face oncoming traffic. But on a narrow, one-lane road, traffic can come from either direction. Which side of the road should a pedestrian choose?   (Wednesday, November 04, 2009)

Letters To the Editor
Contact Senators On Preserve Access   (Sunday, November 01, 2009)

Disposable Society Trashes the Planet
Each year we give away a couple of thousand plastic shopping bags at the Farmers' Market. Still? Some we recycle from our own purchases, but most are new out of the box. Most of these, as ever, will end up in a landfill. All this despite the fact that a lot of our customers now arrive with their own shopping baskets and reusable cloth shopping bags.   (Sunday, November 01, 2009)

A Modest Education Reform Proposal
It's past time to face the fact that our current education model is not working for the majority of students. Therefore, I am proposing that we scrap the current system of trying to force equality in the classroom and face the face all students are not equal, and never will be.   (Sunday, November 01, 2009)

Reappraisals Likely Mean Higher Tax Bills
Santa Fe homeowners will receive their property tax bills this month, and they should beware.   (Sunday, November 01, 2009)

Letters
Enola Gay Story Rekindled Memories   (Wednesday, October 28, 2009)

Even Ristras Aren't Safe
Everybody knows Santa Fe's residential burglary rate is out of control. But now there's evidence the rip-off racket here may be so sophisticated that there's room for specialty criminals.   (Wednesday, October 28, 2009)

Council Does Right by New Rules  (Wednesday, October 28, 2009)

ECRB's Role in City Is Misunderstood  (Sunday, October 25, 2009)

Decolonizing Pueblo is the First Step  (Sunday, October 25, 2009)

Letters To the Editor  (Sunday, October 25, 2009)

Poor Planning Did Party In  (Sunday, October 25, 2009)

Letters  (Wednesday, October 21, 2009)

The War Between Cyclists and Motorists  (Wednesday, October 21, 2009)

Increase Number of College Graduates by 2020? Yes We Can  (Wednesday, October 21, 2009)

Getting Drunks Off the Road  (Wednesday, October 21, 2009)

BLM Too Heavy-Handed With Artifacts  (Sunday, October 18, 2009)

Education Cuts Don't Heal  (Sunday, October 18, 2009)

N.M. Had 1st Memorial  (Sunday, October 18, 2009)

Cuts to the Budget Need Careful Consideration  (Sunday, October 18, 2009)

Letters To the Editor  (Sunday, October 18, 2009)

City Races Need Reform  (Wednesday, October 14, 2009)

It's More Dam Business as Usual  (Wednesday, October 14, 2009)

Letters  (Wednesday, October 14, 2009)

Railyard Plan Lacks Details  (Sunday, October 11, 2009)

County Should Not Buy Santa Fe Canyon Ranch  (Sunday, October 11, 2009)

Letters To the Editor  (Sunday, October 11, 2009)

Support Clean Government  (Sunday, October 11, 2009)