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By Dick Ulmer, Chairman, ES-CA Land Use Protection Trust Board LPT.ES-CA@comcast.net The Lafarge holdings in NM—operations at the Placitas Mine, Albuquerque and Santa Fe—have been sold to Vulcan Materials (a company based in Birmingham, AL, that has prior history here in … Continue reading →

On Saturday, September 20, 2014, Eastern Sandoval Citizens Association, along with the Placitas Community Library, sponsored its first Candidate’s Forum at the Placitas Community Center. Participants represented offices for:                                                                              NM House of Representatives, District 22 – Representative Jim Smith and Candidate John Wallace;  Sandoval … Continue reading →

Join us for a Candidates Forum at 2 PM on September 20, at the Placitas Community Center, 41 Camino de las Huertas.  This event is sponsored by ES-CA and the Placitas Community Library. Presentations will be given by candidates for State … Continue reading →

The ES-CA board met on September 2, 2014. All seven Board members were present: Bob Gorrell (BG); Orin Safier (OS); Ed Majka (EM); Chris Daul (CD); and, Jerry Saxton (JS), Lynn Koch (LK); and Tony Hull (TH). Also in attendance … Continue reading →

The meeting was called to order at 6:33pm by President Bob Gorrell. Board members present were: Bob Gorrell (BG); Lynn Koch (VP) (LK); Orin Safier (Treasurer) (OS); Chris Daul (Secretary) (CD); Ed Majka (EM) and Jerry Saxton (JS). Representing Director … Continue reading →

ES-CA held its General Meeting on Saturday, August 2, 2014. The meeting was called to order at 2:05 pm by ES-CA President Bob Gorrell (BG). Directors present included: Lynn Koch, VP(LK); Orin Safier (OS)(Treasurer); Chris Daul (CD) (Secretary); Ed Majka … Continue reading →

On July 7, 2104, the Board of Director of ES-CA had its monthly meeting. In attendance were ES-CA Board members: Bob Gorrell (BG); Chris Daul (CD); Ed Majka (EM); Lynn Koch (LK); Jerry Saxton (JS); and, Tony Hull (TH). Also … Continue reading →

On June 16, ES-CA Board members met with the board of the San Antonio de Las Huertos Land Grant Board (Land Grant). As many Placitans know, the Land Grant was a large portion of land that was granted to nine … Continue reading →

On June 9th, State Senator John Sapien met with ES-CA board members and other members of ES-CA to listen to residents’ concerns. The main issue discussed was sand and gravel mining in the Placitas area. Both LaFarge and Fisher were … Continue reading →