Besides attending the Commissioners' Canvass of Votes meeting on Monday, I attended the work session and Grazing Advisory Board meetings.

Robyn Holmes, Otero County Clerk heard my two suggestions/requests. One, that mailing labels sold by the county to candidates include a second line "Or Current Resident" to avoid a waste of money and time on the part of candidates and P.O.

Two, that Otero County website on the Clerk's department include the numbers for those voting straight party ticket. This is done in other counties and Ms. Holmes said she thought that information was being posted. She/Ray Backstrom, county manager, agreed to correct this deficiency.

At the work session on Wednesday, the County agreed unanimously to lease 25 acreas adjacent to the prison facility to a solar power generating concern. There will be a public hearing on the creation of an Otero County Environmental Department at the regular meeting on the 30th.

The Grazing Advisory Board was most interesting. Until you witness the interaction between the feds, state, county government and constituents, you just haven't experienced politics. Never let it be said that good politics is not local.