"Just Here" Comments about the Police

"Just Here" reported on the recent robbery of the local Movie Rental place. While this author looked at it from the standpoint of economic development (or lack thereof); "Just Here" considered it from a safety point of view.

THREE HOURS. I bet she doesn't feel like the fifth safest. Or maybe she does? Maybe she feels fifth in line after Dion's, Arby's, the speeder on the road, the High School... that's where the cops are, they have said that and they have been seen in those places

http://bfgovernment.blogspot.com/2007/02/police-are-eating-out.html

Well said "Just Here".

And it does make some one question again, the policy about eating out, going to out of town places, and so on. A situation like this should not happen. The people who live here and work here and own businesses here should not be fifth safest as "Just Here" has pointed out.

A Good Idea

Bruce Estock, a professional engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, then gave a presentation to the board concerning flood control projects in the district that the corps is working on.

Estock said that in 2004, the corps conducted a comprehensive study of the Albuquerque levee system. "The system was almost 50 years old and approaching the end of its design life," he said. "They ended up on a list of levees of concern for that reason."

...
"We are going through the process of determining the order for reconstruction and cost estimation," he said. "We should be done in about a month."

http://www.news-bulletin.com/news/69298-02-24-07.html

Maybe someone needs to get the MRGCD and the Corp of Engineers to evaluate the levees and ditches of Bosque Farms. Maybe this is not a Corp of Engineers' job or in their pervue but it seems, considering the sheer number of ditches in Bosque Farms that it might be a worthwhile endeavor.

And maybe if there are enough ditches and water retention facilities Bosque Farms could use that information to ask to be removed from the Flood Insurance Program.

A quote for thought.

A man without ethics

is a wild beast

loosed upon this world.

~Albert Camus

A Police- Community meeting. Please Attend.

BF Crime Prevention Series
The next community education series meeting will address Improving Police-Community Relations on Tuesday, 27 Feb, from 6 to 7 PM at the new Police Dept.

http://bosquefarms.us/

MRGCD- From their Recent Meeting.

It appears that if there is heavy rains again the MRGCD can and will do nothing to help Belen save itself from heavy flooding. Yes as this blog has repeatedly pointed out, if you visit the MRGCD website it will say that helping to provide protection from flooding is part of why they were formed and is still part of their main goals.

http://www.news-bulletin.com/news/69298-02-24-07.html

Chairman and Valencia County representative Jose Otero asked Estock what could be done in Belen for flood control, in light of the flooding during last summer's storms. "The water came down off the mesa and into the Highline ditch," Otero said. "It then went up and over the canal and into Belen. Is there some way we could hold that water and then release it in a controlled manner, rather than letting it slam into our system?"
Estock said that solutions had been looked at in the past, but had proved to be cost prohibitive.

Something to Think About

"Politics is not a bad profession.

If you succeed there are many rewards; if you disgrace yourself

you can always write a book.

-- Ronald Reagan

Fences- Did you know?

You may be helping burglars if your front fence is high enough to hide behind so make sure that your front door and windows are still visible from outside your garden. Many experts in crime prevention say your front wall or fence shouldn't be any higher than 1m/3ft unless you put up, say, a railing fence that is easy to see through. Burglars will think twice about breaking into your home if they are going to be in full view of your neighbours.

One police chief from Waltham, MA had this to say:

Solid fences or walls are not recommended because they are easier to climb, provide hiding places for intruders, and are subject to graffiti.
http://www.city.waltham.ma.us/wpdweb/walthamPDWeb/Home%20Security/homesec1.html

Some More Thoughts About Fences

The Council should have done more research, more reading, more looking at other ordinances around the state, more asking police and others for an opinion BEFORE passing a fence ordinance. The fence ordinance should have been better thought out before it was passed into law.

Here is some additional information about fences.

And even though this site is from the UK there is information about how dangerous fences can be to motorcycle riders (and drivers) in the event of an accident.

http://www.bmf.co.uk/briefing/motorcycles-and-safety-fence.html

Here is a happy ending story (Thank goodness) about a police officer trying to get into a property that had fences all around it with no gates.
But it goes to show there is more to think about than the total height of a fence in the front of a yard.

http://www.news-bulletin.com/lavida/33666-06-14-03.html

And what does one young girl remember about her childhood in Tome'? (Hint: No Fences!)

http://www.news-bulletin.com/lavida/23953-03-30-02.html

"Coulrophobic" Shares some Info and a Response

In the comment section of this post there is some information from "Coulrophobic".

http://bfgovernment.blogspot.com/2007/02/council-meeting.html

He says (edited by this author for brevity, visit the above link for complete quote)
Apparently one of the Albuquerque television news crews showed up to the meeting. They were told that the Council would be voting on the property maintenance ordinance. When they were informed that it wasn’t on the agenda, they left before the meeting even got started.

Generally these news crews don’t come to Bosque Farms to a Council meeting unless someone calls them and tells them that something controversial is taking place.

And then she or he ended with a whole list of questions including:
... Why are they trying to put Bosque Farms in the news media? Do they want to see controversy in the public media?

It seems to be "Coulrophobics" opinion that someone would have called the news media if there was controversy and this was controversial. Maybe this reporter that came, if one did, came because he or she would like show the people who live here the work the current Council is doing.

This blog has stated repeatedly, that it is time this ordinance was written and passed.

There have been others on this blog that have pointed out the problems with this ordinance as it is written. At least one of those people have attended meetings and provided comments at the workshops. And if this ordinance looks like others are saying, this author would agree.

The ordinance needs to be clearly written with measurable problems and measurable solutions. It is not enough to simply say a house is a problem or a shed is in a blighted condition. It needs to say what this means exactly: More than one rat is seen on the property at the same time. The building is falling down to the degree it can't be used.

It almost doesn't matter what the measurement is, because when a home or a shed or a barn is in such bad repair that it needs to be taken care of by someone, then there are many measurements that can be used to make a decision about it's condition.

In Memory - President George Washington

Born February 22, 1732
Died December 19, 1799

When he retired from being a President he stated: In his Farewell Address, he urged his countrymen to forswear excessive party spirit and geographical distinctions. In foreign affairs, he warned against long-term alliances.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/gw1.html

Happy New Chinese Year

The year 4705 for the Chinese started on Feb. 18, 2007.
This is the year of the pig.

If you were born in 1923, 1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983 or 1995 - you were born under the sign of the pig. And you are highly regarded for your chilvary and pureness of heart, and you often make friends for life.

In some areas of China it's a popular custom to give oranges because in Chinese, the word "orange" sounds like "Ji", which means "good luck". People present oranges to their friends and relatives to express their respects and good wishes for the coming year

http://www.chiff.com/home_life/holiday/chinese-new-year.htm

And for those who have issued the accusation that the authors just love to cook home made meals for little children in their care, yes and here is what these little children ate the other night:

Spring Rolls:
http://www.chiff.com/recipe/pages/10123.htm

Another interesting Site:

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/chinesenewyear1.html

What Other Websites Do You LOVE to Visit

Shucks. (To borrow a word "Cowboy" might use!) This was going to be posted yesterday in honor of Valentines Day but must have been missed.

This is your chance to share other websites that you might visit. It can be a blog, like this, that you read every day, it might be the newspaper website, or it might be something just interesting to you. But if you have something you want to share, please do so.

A Letter To the Editor

The complete post below the line is quoted from a newspaper letter to the editor from May 08, 2002. For ease in reading it is not in the traditional blue used for quotes on this blog.

This letter to the editor was asking people to get involved in the Los Chavez Neighborhood Community. However, his letter is still valid today (leaving out the time of the meeting etc).
Particularly in light of some of the newer ordinances (laws) that at least one Councilor is presenting for consideration.

_____________________________

Don't sit there, get involved!
Editor:
In colonial times, people would regularly convene in the town hall to exchange ideas and decide their future. Today, citizens are again involving themselves in their government regarding the future of their communities through neighborhood association meetings. Similar to the earlier town hall meetings, a neighborhood association is a forum to meet new neighbors, exchange information, decide on projects and priorities, propose solutions and make plans that affect their communities.

In more and more communities, what the local residents want or don't want is no longer going unchecked because the people who have to live with it have either had too much of something, not enough of something, or have hints of something unwanted to come. They're organizing, pooling their strength and resources and making their opinions heard. When neighbors come together, a sense of community is created, common goals are established and achieved, and it shows the community is united and ready to take control of its own challenges. And they're winning big victories.

Who are "they," these people who have won victories for their communities? Are they unique or specially trained? It might appear they'd have to be to take on the powerful, the well-funded developers or the entrenched politicians. But they are not, generally speaking. They are fairly ordinary people; people with regular jobs, homemakers or in retirement. In other words, they are our neighbors.

When a plan is devised that will change a way of life in the community, an attempt should be made to get involved. Acting on the assumption that the government is going to automatically work on our behalf will not necessarily yield desired results.

However, through participation and involvement, a community can achieve its objectives, as compared to sitting back and letting some process work its way through without their involvement.

... (Deleted by this author for a briefer reading)
David GabaldonPresidentLos ChavezCommunity AssociationLos Chavez

http://www.news-bulletin.com/opinion/25991-05-08-02.html

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY

IF I COULD BE THE postman,

for just one single day,

I’d choose to carry valentines,

so lovely and so fine,

I would not mind a heavy load,

or mind my tired feet

if I could scatter happiness,

all up and down the street.

By Kayla N. Damon

http://www.poetryamerica.com/read_poems.asp?id=276675

The ICIP (From 5/9/06) for "El Tigre"

The ICIP stands for the Infrastructure and Capital Improvement Plan.
In this form the city, in this case, the Council and Mayor decides what is important. They decide what they are going to ask the state to help fund in the great chase for funding.

You and every smart person will look at this list and realize that your taxes will fund whatever money the state chooses to pay because of course, our taxes pay for everything the government chooses to do, be it state or local.

The following is what is on the most current ICIP that this author is aware of at this time. This is what was sent to the state representatives as what is the most important. The above two short paragraphs are a brief explanation of an ICIP just for "El Tigre"

Arsenic. That is number one. The Village wants money to bring us into compliance with arsenic levels. Oh finally! They are doing something about the future. Will it be enough and will the state fund this when Bosque Farms has known about it for years and done nothing?

Two is a clarifier and this author will elaborate on this in another post. Watch for it.

Third is a meter reading system. So they will clean up their water and then be more effecient at reading the charges. The Village will take care of itself first won't it? They'll read your water meter better before they make sure you stay alive to pay the bill, maybe the heirs can pay the bills?

Emergency Medical Service. Great! This is important. A first response program that will come and keep you alive until the ambulance can make it is greatly needed. It seems that many residents would rather have this FIRST rather than near the middle of the list. FIRST over arsenic. Arsenic hasn't killed anyone yet, but not having a quick medical service might.

And Roads? Roads were placed behind a library addition? Which bright Councilor decided that? Here is what the newspaper says:

The Librarian says "We are unable to serve the people with our available space. We need a place to hold events that will help keep kids and teens interested in the library. And a place non-profit groups, such as Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and adult literacy, can hold their meetings."

Really? Is that true? There is no available space for the Girl Scouts to meet? How about the COMMUNITY CENTER? Sounds good to this author. There are several large meeting rooms in the Village, run by the Village.

- The Community Center has one large space than can even be split in half again.
- The Council Chambers. Two rooms there. This author has sat in one meeting on one side while another meeting was run on the other side. No problem there. One contributor has sat there for a children's program. Worked fine in there and had no impact on those who also were using the library at the same time.
- The future fire station has a meeting room and training room too.

And notice, she not once mentioned having a preschool type program similar to the one that is run in Los Lunas. Not once did she say she was going to use it for anything that she might have to organize.

So what? Because the librarian doesn't want to walk across the alley to the Village Council rooms we'll build a new one? Becaue the Councilors like her they will take care of her over the roads in front of your home?

What did these Councilor promise you when they ran? A library addition? Or more services for the elderly? Why not use what we have more effeciently and serve all of us who live here? Why not provide better medical service?

Who is representing you?


http://www.news-bulletin.com/news/61498-05-06-06.html

The ICIP (moved from 12/27/06) for "El Tigre"

There are been discussion under various posts about the budget about the ICIP and the planning the Councilors do. There has also been a limited explanation about what the ICIP is: it's a document used to show the state you are planning and what you are asking money for in a 1, 2, 3, order of importance.

This has been posted about previously. Rather than cut and paste and repeat what has been said previously. It is worth a quick read however and may explain why some of the roads are not in repair. (Hint, the library was placed ahead of the roads in the ICIP). Do recognize though that this posting several months old.
This author will confirm after some research that it is correct, the roads generally have to just be on the ICIP to get funding so it may not matter where they are placed. It seems like it would make a difference though to those viewing the ICIP. But it is true, in order to get the funds for the roads to get fixed there must be road repairs on the ICIP somewhere.

http://bfgovernment.blogspot.com/2006/05/icip.html

In Memory- President Lincoln

In 1809 President Lincoln was born. Of course, he was not a president when he was born but merely a boy. Yet after his birth, his life, his service to our country and his death, we recognize February 12 as the day that President Lincoln was born.

The first Presidential assassination in American history was on April 14, 1865, by John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln was fatally wounded while attending a play entitled Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre. He died soon afterwards.

http://www.calendar-updates.com/info/holidays/us/lincoln.aspx

Meeting Tonight

Tonight at 6pm the Council will continue to hear and consider the ordinance about Property
Maintenance. . This author encourages everyone to attend.

This is the local law that Councilor Wallace with help from a committee spent a year developing.

• Remember, this group wouldn't define the word "Blight"!!!
• Remember, Councilor Wallace wants to make sure your pool is clean, and they are not even sure why.
• But if keeping a pool clean is about stopping mosquito breeding why won't this ordinance address old buckets, old tires, and other water collection items? These are ugly on top of being good breeding places for bugs.
• Remember, this is the group that won't address manure piled up despite the problems that creates to ground water, property values, breeding insects and so on.
• Remember, Councilor Wallace is more interested in playing 'good old gal' instead of providing clear, precise measurable definition and descriptions of what is ok and what is not.

The public needs to be there to speak out and make comments and point out the problems and help make this a workable law.

http://bfgovernment.blogspot.com/2007/01/new-ordinance-part-one.html

But in the last meeting at least one committee member stated and restated that you couldn't have a statue of an elephant in your yard if it wasn't reflective of the rural quality or history of Bosque Farms.Makes you wonder what happened in all their other meetings doesn't it?

http://bfgovernment.blogspot.com/2007/01/yard-art.html

Other Blog Posts about this Topic:

http://bfgovernment.blogspot.com/2007/01/good-idea-from-my-turn-about-yard-art.html

Some of the people on that committee include people who need their personal property cleaned up. Because of this, this proposed ordinance is a bit suspect. If those one the committee are into 'junk' they won't care what your property values are as long as they can keep their 'junk'.

http://bfgovernment.blogspot.com/2007/01/new-ordinance-hearing-dated-jan-16.html

"Been Around" Shares on Observation

Unbelievable. I drove past the north loop today and what do I see?

The old bank, the H&R building, was plowing in their drainage pond.

What is up with that? Are they going to be allowed to pump water out onto the hiway now?

And before I hear the argument that the elevated roadway causes their problems, that's not true. That building has always been below the roadway surface. Even when it was the bank. That is why it had the huge collection pond. So don't even try that one.

http://bfgovernment.blogspot.com/2007/02/some-water-laws-in-bosque-farms.html

"Just Here" Share some Information

This author doesn't know if the following is accurate or not. But "Just Here" has provided a little bit of information about Councilor Wallace. Based on previous actions by Councilor Wallace and ongoing concerns she has had, this would seem to be accurate. (And before anyone says something this author will clarify, the last sentence is an opinion based on facts!)

I'll tell you that Dolly has talked to the state people several times running about how to get money for the rodeo arena. They have told her several times over she needs to get it part of the VIllage and do the proper paperwork. That is what she spends her time doing at the dinners with the state reps, begging for money for another organization that is not the Village.

http://bfgovernment.blogspot.com/2007/01/good-idea-from-my-turn-about-yard-art.html

Why The Birds of Bosque Farms are Important

This author has been writing various posts about some of the birds in Bosque Farms.
This is important for several reasons:

• Birds are part of the natural world. And because of that they are worthy of protection.
• It is these birds that you can't see in Albuquerque or even Los Lunas anymore that help give Bosque Farms the rural feel and character it has currently.
• It is the rural character that encouraged many of us to come live in Bosque Farms.
• We need to be aware of what is done in Bosque Farms in order to keep the birds coming to Bosque Farms. It could be a selling point in the future and actually bring 'birders' to our small community to spend money. (Ok, that's a reach considering we are so close to Bosque Del Apache)

An Open Government

Did you know that if you request almost any information from the Village office about the way the Government is run, they have to provide it?

About the only things this does not apply to are items that are under a lawsuit now, personnel matters, and a few other items. But it does apply to paperwork as well. If the Village spends public money and you want to find out about it, you can.

Do you want to know how much they paid for putting in the sewer? You can.
Do you want to learn what has happened to the cars they have sold in the past? You can.

Of course there is a form you fill out and then the Village has a reasonable amount of time to provide information to you.

If you don't get it then you have a valid complaint. You can call the Attorney General's office and tell them that you are not getting paperwork from the Village and the AG's office will investigate.

http://www.ago.state.nm.us/divs/civil/civil_ipra.htm

More About Birds of Bosque Farms

Did you know that there is at least one species of hummingbirds that migrates right through this area?

It's quite amazing, but hummingbirds do migrate by themselves, under their own power, and as solitary migrants, not in flocks.

Migration routes and timing vary from species to species and even population to population. Most of the more than 300 hummingbird species living in the tropics do not migrate because of the constant warm temperatures and abundant food supplies

http://www.birdwatching-bliss.com/hummingbird-migration.html

http://www.hummingbirds.net/migration.html

VOTE TODAY

Did you forget? Today is the day to vote for the School Mil Levy.

There is a 3 Mil Levy that would result in No Tax Increase with a five year term of $8 Million.
There is a very limited explanation in the form of a technology plan and goals at the following website:

http://www.llschools.net/3mil.htm

There is also a 2 Mil Levy for project improvements. And according to their information there will be No New Taxes. There is a more detailed explanation of what the funds will be spent for with these funds at the following website:

http://www.llschools.net/2mil.htm

And while this author realizes that Los Lunas is not APS this author was listening to the radio the other day and heard someone from APS Explaning that they needed their mil levy to pass so that they could improve the buildings by roofing them etc. It would be the stance of this author that the schools should be saving money and preparing for these types of ongoing expenditures.

This author would have liked more information about the technology expenditures. What exactly are they trying to buy and why?

Additionally, this author would like to see more savings from the district and to hear the district say 'We've saved, we've got this much but it's not enough.. will you help us?' The one positive note is that they do expect the state to match their funds raised in this 2 mil levy.

It is not how much you spend on teaching a child that makes a difference and this yearly chase for money trying to 'renew' levies as they are finished does not always make the most sense in this author's opinion.

Challenges (original post date Dec. 12)

Many challenges have been issued by the readers of this blog to one another. When a challenge has been issued to this author, there has been every attempt to provide more information, answer the questions, and give documentation in answer to the challenge.

It has occured to this author however that not every one has lived up to or answered the challenges issued. So lest they slip away and never get answered, here are some of the ongoing, waiting for answers challenges.

"Coulrophobic" was asked where they learned there were seven sex offenders living in Bosque Farms and "Eye Care" even asked "Say, Clown person, you said you found seven...So did it give you their names or addresses? "

http://bfgovernment.blogspot.com/2006/11/good-idea-aimes-law.html

"Resident Responder" has been asked to explain and defend her comments about Carl Allen the previous mayor.

http://bfgovernment.blogspot.com/2006/05/challenge-for-resident-responder.html

"Fuggetaboutit" Does get credit as well for every challenge this author could remember concerning "Fugettaboutit" he did his very best to answer the question and provide information.

Are there any others this author may have forgotten to mention?


And let this author point out that once some of these very readers are challenged they go away and never come back. That is too bad because it is through open communication and providing information and documentation that everyone can learn.

A website worth looking at

This author ran across some paperwork from this group called Common Cause. Because it was interesting and because this author respects the person who passed it on, this author visited this site. (It seems to have come from someone who attended the first public hearing on the new laws and has been passed around through several people eventually to land in this author's hands.)

There is a lot of information, many links, and a blog you can read. There are newspaper articles and more. This is well worth reading if you are interested in politics at a state level.

It appears there is a Common Cause for various states, for example: Common Cause for New Mexico and a general over riding Common Cause advocacy group. The main group seems to be tackling larger nationwide issues. You can visit the main site at this link:

http://www.commoncause.org/

Straight from their website:

Common Cause Works for New Mexicans
Common Cause New Mexico is a non-profit, non-partisan citizens' lobby organization. We believe that by banding together, citizens can make a difference. We throw a spotlight on issues that affect all New Mexicans. We work to strengthen public participation and to ensure that the political process serve the public interest, rather than the special interests. Our purpose is clear: make public officials and public institutions accountable and responsive to citizens.

A Recipe (Crow)

Every so often the authors like to post a recipe to share. This has become a custom in response to one person, many months, even a year ago, accusing the authors of cooking wholesome meals, as if it was a bad thing to care for family.

But this recipe has had a special place in the recipe file.
When you have made a serious error and need to acknowledge it humbly, a good way to do is to "eat crow". So, should anyone choose to make ammends and apologize here is a recipe and you too can eat crow!

Summer Crow Kabobs
submitted by Gordon Krause (The CrowMaster)

Ingredients
16 pieces of crow breast meat (no bones) (8 crows)
16 pieces of green pepper
16 cherry tomatoes
8 button mushrooms
8 ears of sweet corn
1 1/2 cups of Teriyaki sauce
1/2 cup melted butter8 kabob skewers

Cut each piece of crow in half and place in a covered bowl with the Teriyaki sauce over night. Clean and cut each ear of corn into 3 pieces. Cook in boiling salt water for 10 minutes. Alternately put corn (3 pieces), green peppers (3 pieces) and cherry tomatoes (3) along with 4 pieces of crow meat on each skewer. Use 1 mushroom to top each skewer. Brush with melted butter and place on preheated grill for about 4 minutes. Flip, butter again and place back on grill for another 4 minutes. Repeat one last time for a total of 12 minutes or until they appear done.

http://www.crowbusters.com/recipes.htm

http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/eatcrow.htm

A Good Idea from "My Turn" about yard art

"My Turn" had a good idea when discussing the junk or yard art of others:
No matter what word is used to describe one's junk, the issue will always be subjective. What you need is a committee, not just one person, to decide what is and what isn't appropriate regarding the issue. Pick a committee of eight to ten people to make final

Either the Village needs to realize that yard art does fall under the freedom of speech and quit trying to talk about getting rid of it, or they need to find a better way to decide what is yard art and what is junk.

Certainly it seems the Councilors and the Mayor should be able to have some definition and provide some examples of what is junk and what is not. Really, isn't it a matter of caring for an item and showing that it has value to you?

For example, a loose definition or law might read like this.

Items in poor repair that are not being cared for and are left to rot, will not be considered yard art. For example: Car tires piled up in random places in the yard. Old refridgerators. Household items left outside for months.

Free Speech (Original Post Jan 28, 2007)

Here is a great article about Freedom of Speech in America.

http://usinfo.state.gov/dd/democracy_dialogues/freedom_speech/free_speech_essay.html

What this author already knew and this article reinforced is that this author does not have to provide space for anyone to express an opinion on this blog.

First, "freedom of speech," like almost all other rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution, is a limitation only on governmental conduct. Private individuals and institutions, when not acting in concert with government, are free to set and apply their own standards of speech ...

But this author was looking for information to back up the claim that a statue in your yard falls under freedom of speech. It is symbolic speech. And here is one example of symbolic speech.

In Spence v. Washington...Spence had hung his flag upside down and a taped peace symbol front and back. The Court thought this was a form of communication. The flag was privately owned, it was on private property, and the peace was not disturbed. The nature of the act was that it was intended to express an idea and it did so.

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment01/

More Information:

In order to convince a court that symbolic conduct should be punished and not protected as speech, the government must show it has an important reason. However, the reason cannot be that the government disapproves of the message conveyed by the symbolic conduct
http://www.landmarkcases.org/texas/symbolic.html

So contrary to what the intent of the ordinance was and contrary to how the ordinance might have sounded and contrary to the committee member speaking about the proposed law, if you want to put a big elephant statue in your yard with pink dots painted on it, you can; even if your neighbors hate it. (Of course, this author is not an attorney, but it seems pretty clear when you read all the available information these are the facts.)

One Opinion and Food For Thought: ;
http://www.americanthinker.com/2006/11/how_we_will_lose_our_freedom_o.html

Birds Around Bosque Farms

It is not uncommon to see some wonderful large birds with long legs that are good for wading in water and long sharp beaks flying over and stopping in fields in Bosque Farms. And aren't they wonderful birds?

Here is some more information about those birds.

http://www.savingcranes.org/

And if that isn't enough, here is some fascinating information about cranes!

http://science.howstuffworks.com/tower-crane.htm

(Yeah yeah, different kind of crane!)

Some Water Laws in Bosque Farms

10-1-5 J 4. b.
b. There shall be adequate storm-water retention as specified in 10-1-5.N.;

10-1-5 N.

Storm Water Drainage. It is the responsibility of any owner of real property located in the Village of Bosque Farms to acceptably handle direct rainfall and storm water runoff as it flows onto the property. Acceptable handling of direct rainfall and storm water does not include pumping the water onto any adjacent roadway or right-of-way. Site design shall ensure that storm water runoff will not adversely affect neighboring properties. Methods used to determine storm water flow rates and storage requirements shall be taken from reputable sources such as the Technical Release 55 (TR-55, 1986 Edition) of the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service. The design frequency storm shall be for a 10-year/6 hour frequency flood rate. All substantially improved or developed lots shall be graded to retain localized storm water on site.

1. Residents must have a storm water drainage plan implemented within one (1) year after the effective date of this Ordinance in order to conform to the regulations provided herein.

HAPPY GROUNDHOG DAY

February 2, 2007 - around 7:30 am ET - Punxsutawney, PA
Phil did not see his shadow and thus spring is just around the corner!

http://www.gojp.com/groundhog/

Chevron.

Here is a business in Bosque Farms that has a great website.

http://shop.chevroncars.com/store/

In fact, they have two:

http://www.chevron.com/products/

A Business Idea

And while this comes from the UK it might be a good business for someone to set up here in our County.

“We thought that our idea of delivering bite-size business support every week via email would be really helpful to small businesses”, said Prof Smith, “especially when coupled with a question and answer service giving access to free advice from professional experts including lawyers, accountants and others. But we were delighted to get an approval rating of 95% from business owners and to see an unexpectedly high business survival rate of 86%.”

(And of course, that is 86% survival rate of the original 147 businesses that were helped by this group.

http://www.businessboffins.com/press00.html