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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 

February 3, 2025

Good Morning, Democrats!

I hope you are all doing well. I want to thank Bill and Millie for pinch-hitting for me on the Blue Beacon while I was travelling. I saw a part of the world I never envisioned visiting but am so happy for the time with my daughter and to see such a historically important area. When I see you at the meetings, I will tell you about my adventure.

Well, we have had two weeks of Donald in Wonderland and it’s hard not to go down every rabbit hole in this horrid fairy tale. I wish it was a fairy tale. Executive orders in so many areas it’s unimaginable. From birthright citizenship, health care directives, gender identification, climate change, tariffs on our important trade partners … it goes on and on. I’ve lost count of the executive orders and it’s disheartening to see the Republican soldiers fall into goose-step with him.

And, while it is mandatory that the orders that are clearly illegal and unconstitutional be challenged, I am resigned not to follow him down every rabbit hole or go into a frenzy with every irrational move he makes. I believe that irrationality is part of the strategy. If you do enough crazy things, if you keep your opponent’s heads spinning, they will lose focus and fail to challenge those acts that are subject to challenge. Because not all are. But some definitely are and instead of reacting with hair-pulling, we have to choose our battles. Fight the ones that are winnable.



The same thing goes for his cabinet picks. He has managed to throw enough crazies into the blender so that some of them will be approved almost by default. After all the thinking goes, we, as Senators, can’t reject all of them. So, he dangles the Gaetz and Kennedys as bait for our ire, hoping that the Gabbard, Hegseth, Patel ilk will somehow avoid the ramifications of their own past statements and acts. It’s a strategy and if we go into a frenzy at every distraction, at every bauble that he dangles in front of us, we will lose focus. It’s how he negotiates, folks. Start with some ludicrous proposition, and then everything else seems somehow acceptable.

Of course, the media will be all aflutter with every crazy thing he does. Not because it’s newsworthy – those days are gone – but because it’s marketable. The media is complicit in this guy getting to the position he is in by covering every crazy statement he makes ad nauseum. Don’t follow their lead. Stay focused. Fight the winnable fights. Counter those that are illegal. AND regroup and pick up the battle to reclaim the House and Senate in two years and the White House in four. 

Let’s keep our eye on the ball!

STAND UP! FIGHT BACK! VOTE!

Dennis  

DPTC News

Community News

PLEASE NOTE: THIS WAS ON FACEBOOK AND BLUESKY BUT I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO VERIFY THIS.

Police or ICE are at my home!

How to reduce risk to yourself

Stay calm and keep the door closed. Opening the door does not give them permission to come inside, but it is safer to speak to ICE through the door.

Your rights

· You have the right to remain silent, even if officer has a warrant.

· You do not have to let police or immigration agents into your home unless they have certain kinds of warrants.

If police have an arrest warrant, they are legally allowed to enter the home of the person on the warrant if they believe that person is inside. But a warrant of removal/deportation (Form I-205) does not allow officers to enter a home without consent.

What to do when the police or ICE arrive

·   Ask if they are immigration agents and what they are there for.

·   Ask the agent or officer to show you a badge or identification through the window or peephole.

·   Ask if they have a warrant signed by a judge. If they say they do, ask them to slide it under the door or hold it up to a window so you can inspect it.

·   Don’t lie or produce any false documents. Don’t sign anything without speaking with a lawyer first.

·   Do not open your door unless ICE shows you a judicial search or arrest warrant naming a person in your residence and/or areas to be searched at your address. If they don’t produce a warrant, keep the door closed. State: “I do not consent to your entry.”

·   If agents force their way in, do not resist. If you wish to exercise your rights, state: “I do not consent to your entry or to your search of these premises. I am exercising my right to remain silent. I wish to speak with a lawyer as soon as possible.”

·   If you are on probation with a search condition, law enforcement is allowed to enter your home.

Resources in New Mexico to help your friends and neighbors

Somos Un Pueblo Unido 505-424-7832

Santa Fe Dreamers 505-490-2789

Catholic Charities Albuquerque 505-539-0274

Although non-citizens do not have a right to an attorney, they may hire one or seek one for free to advise them at the following: 

NMILC NM Immigration Law Center 505-247-1023

UNM School of Law Clinic 505-277-5265   

Job Opportunities

• Torrance County is currently accepting applications for a Compliance Officer, a Facilities Maintenance, a Tax Specialist, a Grants Admin, a Sheriff's Deputy, a CSA, a 911 Operator, an Equipment Operator, and an EMT/Fire Fighter.

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• Estancia is accepting applications for an EMT Firefighter.

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• Moriarty is accepting applications for a Facilities Service Coordinator.

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• Mountainair is accepting applications for a Certified Police Officer.

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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

Central Tri-County

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) - Jonathan Pedersen - jpgencon@hotmail.com

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)