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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 

January 13, 2025

Good morning, Democrats!

Like the floating head projected on the curtain in the Wizard of Oz, telling Dorothy to pay no attention to the man behind the curtain, Trump and his surrogates are busy trying to make a case for forcing Canada to become our 51st state and taking control of Greenland and the Panama Canal, by military force if necessary. Would Trump actually be stupid enough to try to annex foreign territories against their will? Quite possibly he’s stupid enough, but it’s far more likely that this is just misdirection, like the carnival con man or illusionist who gets his audience to pay attention to one hand while the other hand is actually doing the trick.

Trump’s inflammatory bombast diverts attention to things that are really happening, like the meetings to push forward the nomination of completely unqualified, and in many cases dangerous, appointees to head up key federal agencies like the Departments of Defense, Education and Health, Education and welfare. Hopefully, our elected officials in Congress will do a better job of watching the hand behind Trump’s back than the press has been doing.

On a local level, we will have our first Monthly Meeting of 2025 just six days from now, on Sunday, January 19th. It will be a1 PM Zoom-only meeting (a rarity for us) as Dennis is out of the country and I don’t know if I’ll be up to traveling to any sort of venue beyond my own desk. I don’t expect it to be a long meeting, but there are some fairly important things to discuss. Look for a Special Edition of the Blue Beacon on Saturday for the Agenda, a link for the Zoom meeting itself and possibly for links to some related documents for the meeting.

Bill

DPTC Monthly Meeting

January 19th, 2025 at 1PM

Will be a Zoom Meeting.

Details to follow.

Community News

Torrance County Planning and Zoning Board

The Torrance County Commission is accepting letters of interest from residents of Commission Districts 1 and 2 to fill an at-large vacancy on the Planning and Zoning Board. Please click here for additional information related to this vacancy and position.

Job Opportunities

• Torrance County is currently accepting applications for a DWI Coordinator, a Finance Manager, 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, and an EMT/Firefighter.

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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

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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)