Commentary: The Republican Party of New Mexico stands with the Union Protectiva de Santa Fe organization in its lawsuit against Santa Fe Mayor Alan Webber over the destruction of a veterans memorial at the Santa Fe Plaza. The group is asking the Mayor  to restore the Plaza obelisk after protestors tore it down last Indigenous Peoples Day.
 
RPNM believes the suit is the proper course of action because the organization is protecting our Hispanic history, culture, heritage and faith. 

These monuments serve as a reminder of who we are as New Mexicans and as a people. 

Commentary: The kindness of strangers has been the mantra for many people in this country for generations. Certain acts of kindness have changed the course of history. One of the most notable acts of kindness occurred on June 19, 1865, two years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, when Union Soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger delivered an order, declaring, “the people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free”.

Commentary: U.S. Representative Yvette Herrell argues the Environmental Protection Agency’s unravelling of the Navigable Water Protection Rule is a “Washington-Knows-Best” move. The move is designed to restore federal pollution oversight to U.S. waterways, such as oversight of a massive proposed open-pit copper mine near Tucson.

EPA Administrator Michael Regan has committed the agency to holding public outreach sessions around the country this summer and fall. Does that sound like a “Washington-Knows-Best” approach or “Washington-Wants-to-Hear-From-And-Work-With-You" approach? Regan, the former head of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, has a reputation as a person who works well with all sides. The public outreach sessions will help create rules that are durable, so  the rules won’t be changed every four years when a new administration comes into office. That sounds like openness, dialogue and common sense, not “Washington-Knows-Best.” 

Commentary: From how to spend your money to how to manage your land, the Biden administration thinks they know best. Take for example this week’s move by the Environmental Protection Agency to begin unravelling the Navigable Water Protection Rule and bring back the Obama-era Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Rule. This “Washington-Knows-Best” decision is a direct attack on the private property rights of millions of farmers, ranchers, and homeowners.