Letters

With all due respect, I am rapidly losing faith in our judicial system, from judges to prosecuting and defense attorneys, and those who manipulate the system.

A man kills a dog for attacking a child, and he gets prison time? Another man kills a police officer in Tijeras and now waits for his attorney to find a legal “loophole” to get him released, or other such remedies.

Maybe the saying, “The more money you have, the more justice you get,” is true. Even if you prosecute drunken drivers.

God bless the wise honorable judges of the state Supreme Court. Thank you Judges, Mr. Bosson, Mrs. Petra Jimenez Maes and Mr. Patricio M. Serna! You make our day!

I have followed the work of the Supreme Court and the state land office for over 50 years and I have always felt like both of them were like sacred land where you could go in times of need and get a fair shake!

Lent is right around the corner, and I have been asked by my non-Catholic friends why Catholics put ashes on their foreheads, the first Wednesday of Lent.

The way I always understood, this tradition goes back to the early Christians, and the Catholic church has continued the tradition throughout the years.

For more than 50 years our city leaders pursued a policy of legal action to acquire water from the Gallinas River that had no foundation in New Mexico law. Hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of tax dollars, were expended litigating the “Pueblo Water Rights Doctrine” starting in the 1950s. When the New Mexico Supreme Court ruled against the doctrine, a return to “the rule of law” in water rights should have been established. Instead, the court found the city had a “reliance interest claim” due to the prolonged court battle.