Letters to the Editor
Thanks to the Wagners
Editor:
Saturday night (April 17) was the moment Charlie and Charlene Wagner had worked toward for so long.
And because of their persistence and sheer grit it came into being.
There is no question that their contribution to bring about change will have a lasting, constructive influence on the Socorro Electric Co-op and the people it serves.
They are truly fine citizens.
This victory brings to mind what the Anglo-Irish parliamentarian Edmund Burke said: “ The way for the forces of evil to triumph in this world is for enough good people to do nothing.”
Well good people did indeed, do something — led by Charlie and Charlene.
Steve Grossman
Socorro
Implement new resolutions
Editor:
This is an open letter directed to the present SEC Board of Trustees.
Please implement the member resolutions that were overwhelmingly approved at the Annual Meeting on April 17. It is clear that you are FINISHED.
Recently we did have elections for some new trustees but it seems there was something in the water that caused one of them to align himself with the old board and two of them did not speak up.
Only Charlie Wagner represents the membership and he has tolerated incredible abuse for years by this board. We need to re-elect Mr. Wagner because he does know how a co-op should work and he deserves to serve with a decent group of people that will go forward with badly needed changes.
We need redistricting by professionals and another election for five new trustees. I think we all expect this to happen and any more delaying tactics are not welcome. PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING (for a change) AND DO IT NOW!
Barbara Moore
Magdalena
Winds of change are blowing
Editor:
Saturday evening (April 17) at Socorro’s Finley Gym a quorum of several hundred Socorro Electric Cooperative member-owners voted for a series of bylaw changes that effectively ended the spending spree of seven board members, whose tenure on the board exceeded the newly enacted term limits. I proudly admit that I cast votes in favor of those needed changes.
While I am sure that those seven affected board members are not happy having their personal incomes curtailed so dramatically, they brought it upon themselves.
I hear that an SEC board meeting has been scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on Friday, April 23, at 310 Abeyta Ave., to discuss the new bylaws and the expected future effect.
I would hope that these seven board members have the honesty to tender written resignations effective 5:29 p.m. on that date (April 23). By so resigning, the remaining board members can forthwith terminate unnecessary expenses and proceed with the business of redistricting and management.
Last year, after the destruction by brush fire of a very expensive major east-west power line, I submitted a bid to oppose David Wade whose district that destruction occurred within. I subsequently withdrew that bid after I concluded that he (Wade) had too much local influence to be concerned with the position of a local retired volunteer firefighter.
Things have changed. With Wade’s forced termination perhaps the SEC can use a person to represent the San Antonio District whose education, training and experience is in harmony with SEC’s mission.
Alvin B. Hickox
San Antonio, N.M.
More on the Spanish horses
Editor:
I read your article on the impact of the Spanish horse. (El Defensor Chieftain, April 14 issue.)
In the 1940s during World War II, I was a shoe shine boy in and around the Plaza.
We used to go to the Armijo and Del Curto ranches and these mesteño horses were in abundance, but we knew them as “mafricos.” Mesteño was a word used for “shy,” not “wild.”
In my day, we were told these animals were trapped in corrals and sent to Europe for food during the war.
Emilio Vallez
Polvadera