Keep voters involved

Vote no on Constitutional Amendment 1, which would allow for the appointment of Public Regulation Commission members. Do we really want one more appointment to choose people to decide critical issues regarding energy, land, water and air in our state? We are artists committed to our community of more than 30 years, to our country and to the only Earth we know as home.

The people Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has appointed to oversee industry have failed to regulate these industries in ways that demonstrate weight or commitment by her office. Having her or any governor gain more power through appointing those who oversee resource-extraction industries will take away our rights to vote them in, to choose. We are in a time of ecological crisis. A vote, our votes, can help mitigate some of the environmental challenges we already face. We as voters owe no allegiance to lobbyists or to political operatives. We want our children to have choices other than exiting their places of birth because of insufficient capacities in our cities and towns to sustain their lives or to offer any hope to the lives of their unborn children. Let’s get communities more involved. Let’s have those who have real stakes in the game, their own lives, gain agency to envision something that brings inspiration in our hearts as to what is possible. We need our votes here more than ever. No on Constitutional Amendment 1.

Charles and Alicia Rencountre-Da Silva Santa Fe