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It is the most wonderful time of the year it's the holidays! Thanksgiving then off to Christmas. AFSA 1257 is hosting the Alamogordo Holiday Parade for 2024!
When: 14 December 2024, starting at 6pm
Where: 10th St from Oregon to Deleware
Theme: THIS IS WHERE YOU COME IN, ALAMOGORDO!
Want a chance to win $100? This is how:
Submit your theme idea in the comments via the link and then the AFSA will VOTE on the best theme for the parade. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/15VCzjSTHJ/?mibextid=WC7FNe
Theme submissions are being taken now through 24 November and voting will be 25 to 29 November! The winning theme idea at the end of voting becomes our OFFICIAL theme and winner of a $100 gift from KHII Radio Alamogordo!
Here's the rules: This is a light based parade. The basic theme is "Celebration of Lights".
You do not have to conform with the winning selection of a theme if you do not wish to, we just want you to have fun and maybe win a little cash for your great idea!
Want to register your float? It's free!
Go to Alamogordo.com or https://forms.gle/oXyTVasU9LdSYVWJ6
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Absolutely. I would say those are conservative numbers at 1 in 40. The quickest way to become wealthy in America is to enter politics. I would say Miss McDonald is 1 in a 109. The family fun center fiasco is a true memorial to what nepotism and back room dealing will get you.
Sunny, with a high of 81 and low of 46 degrees. Sunny during the morning, clear for the afternoon and evening,
PBS was relevant.
NPR and PBS were definitely relevant - which is precisely why the trump regime has scuttled them...we have truly entered the era of alternative "truth".
Everything in Alamogordo feels fake to me, as if it is some kind of staging ground or network, not an organic community. Since the Manhattan Project, the military has used the town that way, but then there was a hard separation between the base and the town, and maybe that’s where things went sideways.
It looks like my comment was edited.The part about low income housing being crime infested was removed.
this is a situation which is replicated in countless small communities across our nation; where a single business/mine/factory/industry, or in this case, military base, is the economic engine that powers the entire community. this creates a nervous sort of dependency, and subservient approach within the local gover
The corruption which causes reputational damage is too widespread already and is going to overflow into the public eye soon enough. There is nothing anyone, or any group can do to stop it all from coming out. It is not limited to Chamber of Commerce or MainGate, IMO. Its tentacles are choking this city.
this is not an unusual situation involving chambers of commerce - merging government with business interests is nearly as problematic as merging government with churches. either situation places minority stakeholders in positions to manipulate the public's interests.