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AlamogordoTownNews.com can be critical of elected officials and a lack of citizen engagement at the local level but when we see and hear of leaders actually showing leadership, rolling up their sleeves and digging in to make the community a better place we will certainly highlight those endeavors.
Alamogordo City Commissioner for District 5 is one such leader who gets her hands dirty and digs in to clean up her district. We have been critical of those in leadership who see blight and trash within their district and ignore it. Mrs. McDonald is one who put forth a plan, took action and in partnership with the community within her district she is showing results.
How did she do it? Commissioner Sharon McDonald hosted the District 5 Neighborhood Clean-Up Initiative July 23 and 24 on the corner of Fifth Street and South Florida Avenue. The event goal was to bring the community together and renew a sense of coming together in diverse unity with services that would help with cleaning and revitalizing the district. The event offered lawn mowing, cutting weeds, removing trash from properties, shredding from Total Destruction and large dumpsters were available for people dump trash.t
The services were offered for free to elderly, disabled, retired or those too ill to do these tasks. Around 15 people showed up as community volunteers each day of the two day event.
The dumpsters were provided by the City of Alamogordo.
Alamogordo District 5 is the City's largest district in acreage or land mass, running from Alamogordo's southern border with Boles Acres to North White Sands Boulevard including a section of Canal Street. The district also includes the area between First Street and 10th Street between Cuba Avenue and the Charlie Lee Memorial Relief Route.
This effort showed a courage in leadership by Ms. McDonald in organizing the cleanup and was an example that the other commissioners and those in county leadership can and should learn from. Good job Mrs. McDonald, kudos for leadership by actions!
a perfect example of the incompetence of the trump regime - bathwater out - baby out...details - we don't need no stinkin details. the only paint brush they possess must be half a mile wide...government by fools and charlatans.
This was not a notice of action, but a request for compliance.
Sunny, with a high of 94 and low of 64 degrees. Partly Cloudy in the morning, sunny for the afternoon, clear overnight.
Dolly has started a great program and I commend her efforts.
I know it's been a while since I've bought a children's book, but I don't think $33 per book would be considered a bargain even at today's prices.
Teaching in a low-performing school serving economically disadvantaged populations.
That pretty much covers every teacher in the state.
This executive order does nothing that the governor couldn't have done on her own without an EO.
While the Office of the Governor's website calls this a drought emergency, no where in the actual EO is it called an emergency, nor or emergency powers invoked.
The proposed rules would likely force all outdoor construction to happen only between the hours of dusk - dawn from April - October.
I wonder how many of the idiots proposing and supporting this rule need a new roof on their house, or on their neighbors house.
it's interesting to read that the proposed "wording is dangerous to small business owners"....please consider the potential for danger to the folks who are working in the heat. one danger is an inconvenience/expense - the other is potential death.
I would take it that you have not read the actual proposed rule. The link is in the article.
I believe that even as a former construction worker who would seem to want better rules in place, you'll end up agreeing that the proposed rules go to far.
So after months of investigation, only 3 items were substantiated.
First, a failure to use the increased funding on capital improvements (fixing the ac). This is a matter that should receive priority, as physical activity should play a major role in any youth center.
If they would've labeled it as beef, carrots, potatoes, and other natural ingredients, there would be no need for a recall.
not to worry - under the trump regime there won't be nearly as many safeguards for situations like this. we'll be able to determine your personal level of safety purely on your ability to pay for that protection.
You love to rant against president Trump, but like most people who rant against him, your rants have no substance, and no merit.