Emotions ran high Wednesday night at a meeting held to set the record straight on details about the implications of possible disincorporation of Sunland Park.

Petitioners to disincorporate the 34-year-old city of more than 15,000 say they have the 1,133 signatures needed to force a vote in Sunland Park. on the issue and will file with the county clerk’s office in Las Cruces by Monday.

County manager Julia Brown and county attorney Nelson Goodin said while the county took no position on the m...

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There is a strong effort underway to disincorporate the City of Sunland Park, New Mexico.

While it is easy to understand the frustrations of Sunland Park citizens over what seems a long history of corruption and vast mistakes in judgement by city officials, the move to disincorporate could have drastic results for the city's residents.

Rather than put together a slate of candidates for public office who would clean house and fight corruption from within government while maintaining city service...
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