NM Spaceport Vote Ahead

Votes may equal ride to space for Sierra County residents, Las Cruces Sun-News

“Sierra County residents are being promised the stars if they support a spaceport tax, according to this morning’s Albuquerque Journal. As election promises go, it’s a little more grand than a chicken in every pot. In fact, it’s out of this world, the Journal noted of Tuesday’s get-out-the-vote meeting at the Hot Springs High School.”

Spaceport Opponents Complain Of Heavy-Handed Tactics

“Opponents of a proposed quarter-cent tax to fund New Mexico’s spaceport allege state Transportation Department workers took down their campaign signs. A woman who is organizing a Saturday protest against the tax, April Schmidlapp, said state workers ordered tax opponents to remove their signs along the town’s main street.”