Botanical Gardens Made a Big Difference in Wetland Preserve | Letters to the editor
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The Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve is now managed and maintained by its owner, Las Golindrinas. The Santa Fe Botanical Garden has leased and managed the reserve for the past 28 years. During these 28 years, in collaboration with the Piñon School and Partners in Education, a program was launched that introduces primary school children and their teachers to the wonders of nature through hands-on experience.
Dipping a bucket into the pond and then seeing (and identifying) the little “squiggly things” with a microscope was an unforgettable experience in “science”. In the years that followed, this program developed into an exemplary Citizen Science program. The Botanical Garden has laid paths, planted native species, exterminated Russian olive trees, dredged the pond, set up a searchable plant database, conducted site visits and early morning bird watching expeditions. Our community is richer due to the years of cultivation of the protected area through the garden.
With sharp guns on a movie set in Santa Fe, with guns in so many homes in America, how easy it seems for accidents and deadly violence to escalate with a gun around.
Shots in parking lots, verbal arguments, loud parties, murders because of a haircut … the shooting of a small child, especially in a policeman’s house, is even more terrible. According to The new MexicanIn addition to the weapon assigned to the officer, “two AR-15 rifles, two Glock handguns, a holster, a magazine, numerous rounds of 9 mm ammunition” were found in the house.
The family received a lot of help from GoFundMe to help cover funeral fees … while guns and ammunition valued at over $ 3,000 are in their home. Does it make sense? Shouldn’t they sell their surplus guns to pay for the funeral expenses of their child killed by one of those guns? To rule out any chance of another tragedy waiting to happen?
A recent column (Milan Simonich, “Leadership Deficiency in Ending 175 Percent Interest Rate”, December 13) on additional interest rate restrictions on consumer credit deliberately fails to mention that such limits would block the access of many New Mexicans to transparent, regulated credit.
New Mexicans in need of credit to fill financial gaps sometimes turn to installment loans from licensed lenders like my company. Almost every aspect of these loans is regulated by the state, including the maximum amount, term, fees, and interest. Our customers compare the costs and consequences of their options, find installment loans as the best solution for their situation and are completely satisfied with our service.
Below 36 percent APR, New Mexico consumers would lose one of the last remaining generally available credit options as licensed lenders shut down and unable to cover basic operating expenses, including employee wages, like it did is the case in other states. The loan needs of the new Mexicans will not go away, but their options will be regulated.
The legislature has to face this once and for all, and in a timely manner. They tried 36 percent without consent. He said Arkansas has passed laws restricting it to something in their teens, which is a lot more realistic. A program should be started in which people sign that we will not vote for any legislature regardless of which party votes against, restricts, blocks, or otherwise prevents such legislation in New Mexico. This is a compelling change in our laws. Any company that does not meet the requirements will have to conduct its business elsewhere.
Let’s make this happen NOW.
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