March 6th, 2012 Village of Columbus
Trustee's Election Coverage Blog

Disclaimer: All comments and opinions seen here are solely those of:
Addison B. Bachman.
Bachman is the responsible party and operator of the www.columbusnewmexico.com website, a candidate for trustee running for a 4 year term, and the son of 2 year term candidate Martha Skinner. Be assured a certain bias is contained in the following comments. He'll leave it up to you to decide exactly what that bias is, but earnestly desires you'll see it's expressly for the betterment of our Village of Columbus.
 

We're off and running. Early voting is underway, and I encourage you all to get in and vote as often as you can! Be sure to drag your friends and family in to vote as well.

There has been some action by a few of the candidates. As you can see by the 2 names in blue on the candidates list to the right, that these are links to those candidates messages.

Also: The "BAM" party has sent out a mailing to registered voters. I know many who read here are not registered, or registered with their street address which can't be mailed to in the Village. So I'm posting here links to the English Version & Spanish Version for your voting enlightenment.

Posted 02/7/2012

Not much to report about the 2012 campaign season here in Columbus. I wonder what all the Candidates are thinking with just 30 days to go till election day?

You can tell what K-Lee of the Pajama Party is thinking  by reading her most recent blog entry called "The Election Process: Popularity Contest or Job Interview???" Click here to read it. You might want to pour a cup of coffee first, as this article is lengthy, but an interesting perspective on the Right to Vote and Voting Rightly.

I must confess, I do know what a few of the candidates are about to do to kick off their campaign, but alas, telling you now may lessen their efforts.

I will make good on one promise and post what I think should be Jeane Canfield's campaign slogan. I'll remind the readers that Jeane is the wife of Trustee Bud Canfield. He is one of the 3 sitting "Trustees" who sat idly by collecting $500.00 per month while Mayor Espinosa and Trustee Gutierrez operated a gun running and drug smuggling operation right under his nose. One is forced to conclude that either Mr. Canfield knew what was going on, and kept it under wraps, or he was completely lacking in his duties as a Trustee and financial judiciary for the Village, to the point of being led blindly along singin'-his-song-all-the-doo-dah-day-long. Now he wants his reward to be two $500.00 paychecks per month, by adding his wife to the gravy train.

Okay, okay, the slogan......You all remember the old Budweiser commercials featuring the 3 frogs on a log right? Each frog had a simple line to annunciate: "BUD" - "WISE" - "ER".  With that in mind here's the only slogan I think Jeane should be allowed to use:

Posted 01/26/2012

The 2012 Municipal election campaign has started with a whimper. Besides council meetings now being attended by candidates who rarely, if ever attended prior to their election bids, the only other visible sign of an election is incumbent Arnoldo Rubio's 2 "campaign" signs. On that note, it's not surprising Rubio's signs do not boast a campaign slogan, I mean what could he honestly say? Here's a few suggestions for him.

Re-elect Me because:

• I helped lead Columbus to financial ruin.
• I was Mayor Eddie Espinosa's lap dog, and voted exactly as he told me too.
• I cant understand a single word of the English discussion at Council Meetings, so I keep my head down pretending to read the English language Trustee notes. Then I vote the way the other Trustee's vote when it's my turn.
• The only item I put on the agenda in 4 years was to raise the Trustee's stipend from $200 per month to $500 per month. 
• I was illegally over paid $4,600 by my sister the ex-treasurer and (reportedly) one time mistress or girlfriend to the 3 heads of the arrested gun and drug smuggling ring aka: Mayor Eddie Espinosa, Trustee Blas "Woody" Gutierrez, and Police Chief Angelo Vega.
• I threatened to sue the Village if I was fined for not showing up to numerous council meetings. Then I voted to remove the Village ordinance that fined the Trustee's for not showing up to meetings.

The only things more insulting than Rubio running for re-election is, Roberto Gutierrez running for re-election, followed by Trustee Canfield's wife running for office. (I'll list my suggestions for their campaign signs next time.)

One has to wonder how these three "Trustee's" could even show their faces in public after the March 10th, 2011 raid that mucked up most of the Gutierrez family cartel (click here to read ColumBUST for that story), that not only left the Village hung out to dry, but exposed (at minimum), the remaining Gutierrez, Arnoldo Rubio and Bud Canfield as total fools and incompetents. Instead of resigning immediately, we now have these 3 men counting on the Village voters to be bigger fools than they are.

I hope like Hell they're sorely disappointed come election day.

That's all for now. But stay tuned for the next update.
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Village Votes Blog Archive

Posted January 6th, 2012

Not in recent history have the Trustee Elections been so vital for the future health of our beloved Village of Columbus. On March 6th, 2012 (Just 4 days shy of the first anniversary of the March 10th, 2011 raid and arrest of Columbus gunrunning and dope smuggling cartel members to include: Mayor Eddie Espinosa, Trustee Blas "Woody" Gutierrez, Eva Gutierrez, Gabby Gutierrez, Ricardo Gutierrez, Police Chief Angelo Vega and others.), the people of Columbus will once again have the choice to turn out the vote, or sit idly by sleeping at the wheel, while letting a few dozen votes decide what's best for them. Well, think about this:

With 3 Trustee seats up for grabs and,

• $500.00 per month stipend (That's $24,000 over 4 years!)
• ZERO accountability rules. (They never have to work a single minute, or attend a single council meeting!)
• NO recall options (There's no way to get rid of them!)

it's likely we'll see a cast of characters running for these offices, including the re-election efforts by 2 of the 3 incumbents (Roberto Gutierrez and Arnoldo Rubio), who at minimum, are responsible for overseeing the village tailspin of corruption and financial ruin!

Columbus needs a heart transplant, and that will require a Board of Trustee's who are not only good-at-heart, but also willing and eager to work for the betterment of Columbus and its citizens, instead of their own selfish and corrupt agendas. The great preacher, G. Campbell Morgan, said it best: "When a man's ambition is to seek great things for himself, what cares he how many suffer so that he succeeds. But when a man seeks great things, not for himself, but in the interest of the community, then his ambition is godly, sacred, pure, the inspiration of all that is noble." Will some noble people enter the race?

Can the Village come together and capitalize on this great opportunity to change the political landscape of Columbus for the greater good of ALL ITS CITIZENS? We'll soon see. In the meantime, stay tuned here for the blow-by-blow election coverage.    - Opinion by: Addison B. Bachman