Comments on: Commissioners Get First-hand Look at Lomas del Poleo http://www.grass-roots-press.com/2008/03/24/lomas-del-poleo-sparks-cross-border-protests/ A progressive, alternative source of news and commentary in southern New Mexico Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:37:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Karl Evans http://www.grass-roots-press.com/2008/03/24/lomas-del-poleo-sparks-cross-border-protests/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Karl Evans Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:48:01 +0000 http://www.grass-roots-press.com/2008/03/24/lomas-del-poleo-sparks-cross-border-protests/#comment-73 Somehow I am not surprised. Land developers in both nations have skirted the law and human decency for centuries. Putting land developers and the two nations together simply creates four times the opportunity for evil. Land along both sides of the Rio Grande has not been a fair and consistent package since the establishment of the porciones over the objections of the natives nearly six centuries ago. I do retain some hope, but very little, that the issue will be resolved properly without forcing the residents to take up arms against the Zaragosa group. Somehow I am not surprised. Land developers in both nations have skirted the law and human decency for centuries. Putting land developers and the two nations together simply creates four times the opportunity for evil.

Land along both sides of the Rio Grande has not been a fair and consistent package since the establishment of the porciones over the objections of the natives nearly six centuries ago. I do retain some hope, but very little, that the issue will be resolved properly without forcing the residents to take up arms against the Zaragosa group.

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