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We, the family of Richard A. (Richie) Granados, would like to take the time to thank everyne for the food, the flowers, the kind words and prayers during the loss of our beloved. Words cannot describe how thankful we are for everyone that bought taco plates and all donations that you, our friends and family, helped us with to grant Richie’s last wish of being cremated and laid to rest next to our dad. We were truly blessed to have had so much help during this time. Thank you very much for all the love and support.

July 1, 2024 To: Artesia Daily Press I am writing this Letter to the Editor of the Artesia Daily Press to honor and compliment Brienne Green. Brienne has been one of the most dedicated and professional workers that I have known.

By JOSE GARCIA For over a year, polling has indicated that most voters don’t want Trump or Biden in the White House next year. But just as human-produced CO2 pollutes the atmosphere, the political biosphere —contaminated by bipartisan gerrymandering; campaign finance laws that invite corruption; wacko leaders in Congress; media platforms that profit hugely from the political spectacles they encourage and then cover, and then lament; a Supreme Court that discredits itself more each day as it loses all connection to fair play — has rigged things to make it likely both Trump and Biden will be imposed on a frustrated electorate that desperately wants new blood. In other words, public opinion be damned. The attack on democracy did not begin with Trump or the Supreme Court or the Clintons— they just moved it along. It began with the termites of gerrymandering, campaign finance, and media deregulation half a century ago. Then it moved on to create rigged nominating rules that whisper loudly: public opinion be damned.