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Submission Deadline 11:59 PM Sunday Night
email secretary@dptc-nm.org with your submission
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“For all its imperfections, America is still the beacon to the world,
an ideal to be realized, a promise to be kept.” President Joseph Biden
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Democratic Party of Torrance County Newsletter
June 10, 2024
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Good Morning Democrats,
For those who were unable to join us for our DPTC Post-Primary Convention on Saturday, you missed a good event. The highlight of the meeting was an informal chat with New Mexico Senator Liz Stefanics, who updated us on plans for the upcoming Special Session and got our input on our views on the issues at hand. It was a timely reminder that some of our legislators, like Senator Stefanics, go to the Roundhouse to represent us and our views, while others simply go there to serve their own personal interests with no real desire to find out what their constituents think.
The November election seems to be such a long way off ... a little less than five months away ... but time will go by quickly and Election Day will be here before we know it. Locally, Torrance County Democrats will have no voice for any of the positions in county government, since we were unable to field any candidates to run in the primary for County Commission District 3 Commissioner or any of the county-wide positions.
Going down the ballot from the top, our nominee for President will be Joe Biden, Martin Heinrich for US Senator and Melanie Stansbury for US Representative. New Mexico leans decidedly blue, but that doesn’t mean that any of those three races are a cake walk for our candidates. They need our votes and visible support. In the races for the NM legislature, Senator Stefanics and Anita Gonzales are unopposed in the General Election, but Bill Scott and Fred Ponzlov have uphill battles for Senate District 19 and House District 22, respectively.
The DPTC will do what it can to help our candidates by having our office in Moriarty open again, starting tomorrow. We’ll be open each Tuesday from noon to 4 PM and will resume Saturday hours beginning June 29th. We’ll have yard signs and literature for candidates as the material gets provided by the campaigns. We need to get Democrats across the county visibly involved. It’s time to ...
STAND UP!
PUSH BACK!
VOTE!
Bill Peifer
Vice Chair
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LGBTQ Pride Month traces its roots back to the 1969 Stonewall riots, which started on June 28, 1969. The first Pride marches started the following year, on June 28, 1970, to commemorate the multiday riots, and these one-day celebrations eventually evolved into a full month of LGBTQ pride. | |
Our very own Augustine Montoya, Chair of Ward A and former DPTC Chair, is the current DPNM LGBTQIA+ Caucus Chair. The Caucus had a float in the ABQ Pride Parade this past Saturday. Sam Schropp, current County Commissioner from District 3 pulled the float. Thank you for a great representation from the Democratic Party of Torrance County. nmlgbtqiacaucus.com | |
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Upcoming Summer events we will be participating in. We need your help!
July - Estancia Old Timers Day - Parade and Booth
August 17 - 4H County Fair
August 24 - Mountainair Sunflower Festival - Booth
September 28 - Moriarty Pinto Bean Fiesta - Booth
October - Punkin Chunkin
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FREE SUMMER LUNCH PROGRAMS | | |
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Moriarty Edgewood School District
June 3 thru July 26, 2024
Free Nutritious meals will be provided to all children 1- 18 years old who are present at the meal service locations. The meals will be the same for all children regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service.
Meals will provided first-come, first-served and eaten on site.
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Estancia Municipal Schools
June 4 thru July 18, 2024
Free Nutritious meals will be provided to all children 1- 18 years old who are present at the meal service locations. The meals will be the same for all children regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service.
BREAKFAST AND LUNCH
Tuesday thru Thursday
Estancia Schools Cafeteria 12 - 12:30PM
McIntosh Rancho Grande Estates in McIntosh 12:30 - 1PM
Willard E. Garcia Memorial Park in Willard 11:30AM - 12PM
Roy's Grocery in Tajique 11:45AM - 12:15PM
Catholic Church in Torreon 12:30 - 1PM
Meals will be served Tuesday - Thursday and will include Friday and Monday Meals
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Mountainair Public Schools
June 3 thru August 2, 2024
Free Nutritious meals will be provided to all children 1- 18 years old who are present at the meal service locations. The meals will be the same for all children regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service.
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Torrance County is currently accepting applications for a Misdemeanor Compliance Officer, EMT/Firefighter, Equipment Operator, 911 Dispatcher, Sheriff Deputy, and a Clerical Float.
Click Here for more information.
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Estancia is accepting applications for the position of Certified Police Officer, a Maintenance Worker, an EMT Firefighter, Pool Lifeguard, and a Pool Manager.
Click Here for more information.
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Mountainair is accepting applications for a Certified Police Officer.
Click Here for more information.
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Commission, Council and Board Meetings | |
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Torrance County Commission
Meeting June 12, 2024, 9 AM
205 S. Ninth Street, Estancia, NM
meeting is available via Zoom
Click Here for Zoom
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Moriarty
City Council
2nd & 4th Wednesday
Moriarty Civic Center
201 Broadway Street
7:30 PM
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Estancia
Board of Trustees
1st & 3rd Monday
Estancia Town Hall
513 Williams Avenue
6:15 PM
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Mountainair
City Council
1st & 3rd Tuesday
Council Meeting Room
107 1/2 N. Roosevelt
5:30 PM
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Claunch/Pinto Soil & Water Conservation District
1st Friday, 8 AM
1206 NM 55, Mountainair
ZOOM Meeting ONLY
Click here for more information
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East Torrance
Soil & Water Conservation District
3rd Wednesday, 6 PM
715 S 5th St, Estancia
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Edgewood
Soil & Water Conservation District
1st Thursday, 10 AM
2506 US 66, Moriarty
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Estancia Municipal Schoolboard
2nd Monday, 6 PM
300 N 9th St, Estancia
Van Stone Room 02/03
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Moriarty-Edgewood Schoolboard
3rd Tuesday, 6 PM
MESD Board Room
2422 E. NM-333 Moriarty
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Mountainair Public Schoolboard
4th Tuesday, 6 PM
Central Office
512 North Ross
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Vaughn Municipal Schoolboard
3rd Wednesday, 6 PM
District Office
101 East 4th Street
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Your Democratic Party of Torrance County Executive Committee | |
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DPTC Chair - Dennis Wallin - wallin@spencelawyers.com
DPTC Vice Chair - Bill Peifer - wpeifer@peifercomputing.net
DPTC Secretary - Millie Peifer - secretary@dptc-nm.org
DPTC Treasurer - Bill Peifer - wpeifer@peifercomputing.net
Ward Chairs
DPTC Ward A (Pcts 1,2,7,14 & 16) - Augustine Montoya - anm4nm@gmail.com
DPTC Ward B (Pcts 5,13,17, 20 & 21) - Vacant
DPTC Ward C (Pcts 3,4,8,9,10,11 & 12) - Jason Quintana - jasoncq2415@gmail.com
DPTC Ward D (Pcts 6,15,18,19 & 22) - Bill Peifer - wpeifer@peifercomputing.net
Don't know your precinct? Click here.
Democratic Party of Torrance County Website: DPTC-NM.org
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Please DONATE to the
Democratic Party of Torrance County!
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OR
You can mail a check to:
Democratic Party of Torrance County
PO Box 2206, Moriarty NM 87035
(make check payable to Democratic Party of Torrance County)
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