Both entities want to build new, badly needed facilities. In this week s issue of Horse Fly, a number of local women tell the story of how the schools are shortchanging their children by resisting federal and state guarantees regarding the right to be educated. Families are being forced to turn to the federal government s Office of Civil Rights or leave town or hire advocates and lawyers. Even the agenda posted by the school board doesn t comply with the spirit of the Open Meetings Act. It is neither as specific nor as public as it should be.
Meeting dates change frequently.
Several lawsuits have been filed against Taos County because of incompetent staff decisions and commission irregularities. Violations of civil rights at County headquarters have led to lawsuits in federal and state courts. Taos Pueblo, Taos Municipal Schools, and Taos County generally ignore the First and Fourteenth Amendments, which protect the rights of free speech, due process, and equal treatment under the law. Whether a newcomer or a native, you re just as likely to be treated badly by one of these three entities. The Town of Taos, except for the landfill issue, a few planning and zoning issues, and the Raskovics case, has generally applied the law courteously and equally in recent years.