SPEAK UP!

I AM 72 years old with three known comorbidities, and am listed as an essential worker. Went to get vaccine per appointment, and after 10 minutes in the cold wind was told they had registered more people than they had dosages for. Was told to cancel my appointment and reregister for another time. Still waiting for an event code that will let me do that. Ben Ray got his, and now I see the teachers have a drive-thru clinic. The government seems to take care of its own. It looks like all lives matter, but some matter more than others . ... DS

KUDOS TO all of the staff at The Pit on the successful COVID clinic rollout. My question is why did it take a month of planning now? The state should have had a statewide plan in place by the end of the summer since we knew the vaccines were coming. Instead of the governor micromanaging N.M.’s economy with resulting permanent business closures and job losses, maybe the state should have concentrated on a future vaccine clinic plan . ... RKBC

TO THE person who sent out the winter squall advisory around midnight on Monday: I would have figured that out when I awoke to 2 inches or more of snow Tuesday morning. As it is, I’ve now gotten to watch the snow fall in person the last two hours because I can’t get back to sleep after that jarring screech from the phone woke me up. I sort of get being awakened when a kid is missing, but this was totally unnecessary. WM

JUST BEFORE Christmas, I saw two people swing dancing on the pedestrian bridge over I-40 just east of Louisiana. When driving, on I-40 since then, I often think about seeing them and it makes me happy that they took a moment to dance on a bridge. Thank you! MW

I WAS amused by Saturday’s headline, “Moratorium order shocks NM oil industry.”

Really? Why is this a shock? Remember who you voted for, New Mexico. There will be a lot more “shocks” coming. DLO

BIDEN’S MORATORIUM on new gas and oil leases will devastate NM’s revenue base. Of course Governor (Lujan) Grisham’s push for a carbon-free environment is also free of tax revenue so pray tell where will the money needed to run our state come from?... KJ

WHY THE surprise that the Biden administration ordered a moratorium on new oil and gas leasing and drilling permits? This was a campaign promise and is just the beginning. Our emissions will now go up because operators have to flare methane emissions and our state revenue will go down. JMH

IF YOU voted for Biden, please don’t whine about cuts to education that have already hit UNM and will soon affect schools across the state. Revenues from the oil and gas industry fund a large portion of public education in N.M., and Biden has promised to phase out this industry. What did you expect? Elections have consequences. EC

GET READY, folks. The new administration has now killed the N.M. golden goose, oil and gas industry, that lays the golden eggs, funding for schools, infrastructure, etc. Your taxes are about to skyrocket.

MFG

HOW SAD that it takes the senseless murder of beautiful human to expose the idiocy of being a “sanctuary city.” Good luck Mr. Vigil, we support you . ... DPS

OUR GOVERNOR has managed to show her disdain for teachers and incompetence in planning by canceling vaccinations for our educators less than 24 hours before they were to begin . ... MP

IF YOU’RE frustrated by the distribution of the COVID vaccine, just remember this is how the government runs health care. Be careful what you wish for. DP

IN SUNDAY’S front page article on relief grants, the AP obtained public records for those who received grants and highlighted those that went to lawmakers. How about organizations that contributed to government officials, such as the N.M. United? This information should be available to the public. DMX

THEY SHOULD have banned (Trump’s) Twitter account a year ago. He’d still be president. RB

IF THE Senate race had turned out different, would there be the same outrage if the loser went back to dealing at a casino? GLB

FOR THOSE that think the Space Command location decision was political, maybe they should ask themselves why an AFRL facility is still in N.M. and Cannon AFB is open. The simple answer is politics. There is no other logical answer. And Huntsville is really the home of space exploration — the technologies were developed there and tested in places like New Mexico. JEH

MY SYMPATHIES to the family of Jacqueline Vigil. I will follow the developments in (Sam) Vigil’s lawsuit against the city. If the city wants to reduce crime and attract tourists and industry such as the Space Command, they need to end their policy of being a sanctuary city and cooperate with federal authorities and ICE. We have enough home-grown criminals that we don’t need to attract them from other areas with our lax law enforcement. If our city leaders can’t see that we need help fighting crime, maybe this lawsuit will get their attention. TB

A BIG thank you to the Albuquerque Journal for the complete and thorough news story about the lawsuit filed by Sam Vigil against Mayor Keller and the city. It seems that Albuquerque’s broadcast media feels their only responsibility is to protect Democrat politicians from negative publicity and criticism, rather than reporting the news. KK

WHAT DOES our progressive governor plan on doing about the lack of oil tax revenue now that “moderate” President Biden has enacted a year-long ban on new oil and gas production on federal lands? With the revenue accounting for 30% of the N.M. budget and earmarked for education I bet she tries to raid the permanent fund for even more money or (pray) the feds will cover her losses. If she was smart she would join other states in trying to reverse this disastrous radical action. Don’t hold your breath. KJ