One can only wonder why.

As you meander around the city on nice sunny days you probably don't think about how corrupt the operation of the city and county governments are. One might say 'morally corrupt' when authority of office is violated for private gain. Illinois doesn't have anything on Las Cruces and Dona Ana County. The moral corruption here extends from the very top to the very bottom.

Some citizens who keep up with the shenanigans probably wonder why federal District Court Judge Robert Brack and his minion, federal Magistrate Judge Lourdes Martinez, have not resigned from their appointed (not anointed) positions. Their joint activities in the two federal civil rights cases have case an ugly shadow on the courts - a morally corrupt shadow.

The former mayor Mattiace in all his prejudice thought Judge Brack's ruling against the First Amendment was a great Christmas present for the city. Well, Mattiace is gone, and a really great present for any season would be for the above judges to vacate their positions and let someone who believes in the law and citizens rights fumigate the courthouse.

10th Circuit Court Opinion

On 12 September 2008 the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, Denver, made an interesting ruling. The three-judge panel decided that sets of Latin crosses used by the City of Las Cruces as its symbol and the Las Cruces Public Schools similar symbol are non-religious. And that using the singular exclusive word 'religion' is OK instead of using the plural inclusive word 'religions' when discussing the teaching about religions in history and cultural geography classes. Since the litigation process is still on-going I will continue comments later.