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Tough MWC test for Lobos
Board weighs in on bridge
Court ruling sweeps aside regulations ensuring equal access to the Internet. PAge A-5
New Mexico plays host to talented UNLV squad tonight in The Pit. SPORTS, B-5
H-board wants to replace Defouri Street span with narrower design. PAge B-1
12-year-old boy held in Roswell school shooting Plastic bag
Ysidro Barela bags groceries Tuesday for Pat Turney at La Montañita Co-op. The co-op uses only paper bags. A plastic bag ban that is set to go into effect in February could be amended or delayed by city councilors. LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN
ban faces changes, delays
2 students wounded, one critically; suspect at Albuquerque psychiatric hospital
City attorney deems 10-cent charge for paper bag an impermissible tax By Uriel J. Garcia
The New Mexican
Six weeks before a law banning plastic grocery bags is scheduled to take effect in Santa Fe, city councilors are considering changing or delaying the measure so the law can survive a possible legal challenge. And proposals to change a disputed provision that would impose a 10-cent charge for each paper bag issued to shoppers is creating confusion for both city leaders and the business community. The ordinance passed 7 to 1 in August, but the planned 10-cent charge is in dispute because the city attorney has determined it is an impermissible tax on customers, city spokeswoman Jodi McGinnis Porter said Tuesday. “The issue of whether a mandatory charge constitutes an impermissible tax has been raised in lawsuits in both California and Colorado,” Porter said in email. “In fact, other jurisdictions have chosen not to mandate this kind of charge and new information continues to become available since the adoption of the Ordinance.” City Councilor Rebecca Wurzburger introduced a bill last week to amend the measure and delete the 10-cent charge. But Councilor Patti Bushee plans to introduce a bill that would delay the entire ordinance
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InSIde u Find out where to get free reusable shopping bags from the city of Santa Fe. PAge A-4
Monte del Sol founder to lead new IB school Santa Fe Public Schools has appointed Tony Gerlicz — founder of Monte del Sol Charter School in Santa Fe — as principal of the district’s planned International Baccalaureate school. Gerlicz was founder and head learner of Monte del Sol from 1999 to 2008. He then became director of the American School of Warsaw — his parents had emigrated from Poland years before — for four years before returning to New Mexico. He currently works for the Public Education Department as director of its Options for Parents division, which includes charter schools, virtual schools and nonpublic schools. Santa Fe Superintendent Joel Boyd, who made the announcement during Tuesday evening’s
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By Russell Contreras The Associated Press
ROSWELL — A 12-year-old boy drew a shotgun from a band-instrument case and shot and wounded two classmates at his Roswell middle school Tuesday morning before a teacher talked him into dropping the weapon and he was taken into custody, officials and witnesses said. A boy was critically injured and a girl was in satisfactory condition following the shoot-
ing at Berrendo Middle School in Roswell. Gov. Susana Martinez said the students were in the gym, where they typically hang out before classes start during cold and inclement weather. The 12-year-old opened fire with the shotgun there about 8 a.m. However, he was “quickly stopped by one staff member who walked right up to him and asked him to set down the firearm, which he did,” Martinez said at a news conference. Superintendent Tom Burris said the
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Bryan Stevenson of the Equal Justice Initiative in conversation with Liliana Segura, editor at The Nation magazine, 7 p.m., Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., $6; seniors and students $3, ticketssantafe.org, 988-1234.
WASHINGTON — Congress’ spending plan for the federal government touches almost every facet of American life, as it tackles big priorities such as health care, education and combating terrorism as well as smaller concerns such as the future of light bulbs. The 1,582-page, $1.1 trillion bill goes line by line, listing how federal dollars will be spent between now and Sept. 30. It’s one of the few times in recent years that Congress has produced such a lengthy roster of priorities. The House of Representatives could vote on the bill as soon as Wednesday, and the Senate is likely to vote later in the week. The White House said Tuesday it supports the bill, which was released late Monday night by the House and Senate appropriations committees. The bill details discretionary funding,
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school’s faculty had participated in “active shooter” training, and they responded appropriately Tuesday. “In the 10 seconds that transpired from the time of this thing starting until the teacher had control of the weapon, there was no cowardice,” Burris said. “There was protection for our kids. Everyone acted and did their duties today at Berrendo Middle School.” Officials at University Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas, said an 11-year-old boy was
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Budget bill covers everything from Head Start to light bulbs
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By Robert Nott
The New Mexican
Tony Gerlicz, who founded Monte del Sol Charter School, will helm the International Baccalaureate school planned at De Vargas Middle School.
A student is comforted Tuesday after being reunited with her family following a shooting at Berrendo Middle School in Roswell. Police said the school was placed on lockdown, and the suspected shooter was arrested. MARK WILSON/ROSWELL DAILY RECORD
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which Congress and the White House can control year by year. Much of the approximately $3.8 trillion federal budget includes entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare, which are on spending autopilot and do not need annual approval. Painstaking compromises were needed to craft the bill. Most Democrats liked how it spends more than the $967 billion that was allowed by a 2011 budget deal. Head Start, the early childhood education program, would get a big funding boost. Federal employees and military personnel would get a 1 percent pay raise. Republicans lost their bid to dilute and defund the Affordable Care Act, the
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InSIde u Spending bill would effectively ban horse slaughter. PAge B-3
Three sections, 24 pages 165th year, No. 15 Publication No. 596-440