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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

Democratic Party of Torrance County Newsletter 

July 8, 2024

Good Morning Fellow Democrats: 

The founding fathers had good reason to decry religious intrusion into government. 

By the time our forefathers were contemplating the tenets by which our country would be formed and governed, Europe, including England, Ireland and Scotland, had endured hundreds of years of strife related to the Inquisition and Reformation. Calvinists and Protestants were hung, burned at the stake, and drawn, quartered and beheaded by the thousands for the audacity of questioning the Papal authority imposed upon their rulers. 

It is impossible to convey the magnitude of the determination of the founding fathers to instill and maintain separation of church and state in America. "The purpose of the separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe in blood for centuries." - Thomas Jefferson.

Or, if you like, Ronald Reagan, "We establish no religion in this country. We command no worship. We mandate no belief, nor will we ever. Church and state are, and must remain, separate."

I bring this up solely to inform you why the convicted felon candidate of the Republican Party is trying to distance himself from Project 2025 authored by the Heritage Foundation. I have encouraged you to educate yourselves on it in the past. It is real. Here are a few bullet points from it:

• Dismantling of government agencies by reclassifying thousands of federal employees as political appointees to enable mass dismissals. The Department of Education would be eliminated, paving the way for draconian state legislation such as adopted in Louisiana and Alabama inserting religion into the schools. 

• The FTC, FCC, and the DOJ would be placed under the president's control and be "overhauled" top to bottom, with diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives jettisoned. (sound like the evangelical voice coming through?)

• Restrictions on mail-order abortion pills with penalties for providers. (wonder where that comes from??)

• Medicare and Social Security would be scaled back and privatized. 

• Climate change policies would be reversed with more focus on fossil fuels. 

Like much of the Republican agenda, these changes and others are being advanced by extreme right wing, largely evangelicals. They threaten the very foundation of our democratic republic. At the core of much of it, lies the intrusion of religion into governmental operations. History has proven how that scenario plays out. 

Read Project 2025 for yourselves. Google the principals. You'll see why it's frightening. Ask your friends and family to do the same. 

Thanks and FIGHT ON!

STAND UP! PUSH BACK! VOTE!

Dennis

DPTC News

Upcoming Summer events we will be participating in. We need your help!

July 28 - Estancia Old Timers Day - Parade - 10AM and Booth - 10AM-4PM

August 17 - 4H County Fair Dennis and Bill

August 24 - Mountainair Sunflower Festival - Booth

September 28 - Moriarty Pinto Bean Fiesta - Booth

October - Punkin Chunkin

email Millie if you can help

Yard Signs Now Available at the DPTC Office!

We now have these yard signs available at the office in Moriarty.

The Biden/Harris Yard signs are $5 each. We had to buy them from a third party vendor. (If you go to the Biden website they are $20 each)

The Stansbury and Ponzlov signs are free.

FREE SUMMER LUNCH PROGRAMS

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.

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

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.

Job Opportunities

• Torrance County is currently accepting applications for a EMT/Firefighter, Grants Assistant, and an Admin Assistant for the County Fair .

Click Here for more information.

• Estancia is accepting applications for the position of Certified Police Officer, a Maintenance Worker, and an EMT Firefighter.

Click Here for more information.

• Mountainair is accepting applications for a Certified Police Officer.

Click Here for more information.

Moriarty

City Council

2nd & 4th Wednesday

Moriarty Civic Center

201 Broadway Street

7:30 PM

Estancia

Board of Trustees

1st & 3rd Monday

Estancia Town Hall

513 Williams Avenue

6:15 PM

Mountainair

City Council

1st & 3rd Tuesday  

Council Meeting Room

107 1/2 N. Roosevelt

5:30 PM

Claunch/Pinto Soil & Water Conservation District

1st Friday, 8 AM

1206 NM 55, Mountainair

ZOOM Meeting ONLY

Click here for more information

East Torrance

Soil & Water Conservation District

3rd Wednesday, 6 PM

715 S 5th St, Estancia

Edgewood

Soil & Water Conservation District

1st Thursday, 10 AM

2506 US 66, Moriarty

Estancia Municipal Schoolboard

2nd Monday, 6 PM

300 N 9th St, Estancia

Van Stone Room 02/03

Moriarty-Edgewood Schoolboard

3rd Tuesday, 6 PM

MESD Board Room

2422 E. NM-333 Moriarty

Mountainair Public Schoolboard

4th Tuesday, 6 PM

Central Office

512 North Ross

Vaughn Municipal Schoolboard

3rd Wednesday, 6 PM

District Office

101 East 4th Street

Your Democratic Party of Torrance County Executive Committee

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

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)