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| Joe Bill Nunn |
Hoping to gain a better understanding of the proposed SunZia Southwest Transmission Line, New Mexico State Land Commissioner Aubrey Dunn met with Luna County residents Tuesday evening to get public input. "A lot of people have been dealing with this since '06, we have been in office since January first," Dunn said. "We have only been able to asses the project for about 70 days. When we put a stop to it, we were only in office 24 days." Dunn delayed the project moving forward by issuing a 60-day right-of-entry suspension to SunZia shortly after the transmission line project gained approval from the Secretary of the Interior, Sally Jewell, and the Bureau of Land Management. Dunn said he wanted to have the meetings in Deming on Tuesday and in Socorro tonight to get public opinions and comments on the proposed transmission line. Residents from Luna, Grant and Hidalgo counties, and from as far as Arizona, attended the standing-room-only meeting Tuesday at the Luna County Courthouse Third Floor Commissioners Chambers. Residents were given the opportunity to voice their opinions in a question-and-answer forum. Luna County resident Joe Bill Nunn addressed Dunn directly, saying the transmission line was nothing but an investment scheme using Luna County and southwestern New Mexico. Nunn urged the land commissioner to use his "conscious and head" to make the right decision for residents. Residents like Mike Wear, a transplant from Arizona, who said he lives adjacent to the Nutt Grasslands, voiced his concerns on the affect about the impact on the environment but also applauded Dunn for "showing up" and attempting to show a "transparent government"...more
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