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Heath Haussamen
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Navigating the crumbles with my spouse and our kids. Still finding joy. haussamen.com
Hey folks! Here’s my new ad. I support banning future hyperscale data centers, and I’m working to hold accountable the data centers that are already being built. I need your help to keep fighting! Donate or contact me to volunteer at newmexicansforsarah.com. Thank you!
Hey folks! If you want to learn more about the work I’m doing and why I need your vote, give this interview a read or listen. Thanks to KRWG for covering my campaign!
Sarah Silva speaks on her reelection bid for state representative
KRWG Public Media is covering contested races around the region ahead of the November 3rd election. KRWG’s Noah Raess spoke with Sarah Silva, a Democratic candidate for State Representative in Distric...
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More than 3.5 inches of rain at our house over 36 hours, and then fog this morning. Lovely.
Like you, I’m tired of data centers disrespecting our communities. Here’s what I’m doing about the Meta data center being built across the street from folks in Chaparral.
Fawns on our land, again! They make this my favorite time of year in the Black Range. We’re so grateful to be able to nurture a wild space where cattle can’t graze. The grass grows tall and provides cover for mamas and their babies.
I’m standing in front of the site where Project Jupiter is being built to invite the developers to abandon their plans, pack their things, and leave Doña Ana County for good.
I am writing to invite the developers of Project Jupiter to abandon their plans, pack their things, and leave Doña Ana County for good. I’m serious. As an early supporter of this project because of the jobs and infrastructure it promised, I’m fed up with the dishonesty, broken promises and threats.
Opinion: New Mexico lawmaker who backed Project Jupiter now says developers should leave
New Mexico state Rep. Sarah Silva, who has been a Project Jupiter supporter, says broken promises and the possibility of connecting the data centers to the El Paso Electric grid have convinced her the...
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As promised, here’s my final column on Project Jupiter. /1
Project Jupiter is not ‘a data center done right’
Here’s what I’ve learned from a year of reporting on this mess.
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After a full, hot morning working on drainage issues in a ravine on the land we own and repairing a fence, I napped under a tree. Then I saw a rafter of turkeys… look at the babies! Also, isn’t the red clay gorgeous? 😍 Now on to my final column. Lots happened last week. This one will be a doozy.
Some personal news. Thanks for all your support.
Haussamen.com is shutting down
I’m writing one last column on Project Jupiter. Then I’m moving on.
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Now we learn Project Jupiter hasn’t filed job reports it was required to submit earlier this year. These reports are critical to holding the developers accountable. Here’s my new column. /1
Project Jupiter betrays us again by skipping reports
Perhaps the developers fear what the facts would reveal.
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Now we learn Project Jupiter hasn’t filed job reports it was required to submit earlier this year. These reports are critical to holding the developers accountable. Here’s my new column. /1
Project Jupiter betrays us again by skipping reports
Perhaps the developers fear what the facts would reveal.
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Shining light on critical issues like Project Jupiter is my livelihood. If you want me to keep doing it, I need your help. Make a donation today or sign up to make monthly contributions by clicking here: haussamen.com/support-loca...
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With the county giving us Wednesday’s corporate job fair and open house instead of a promised town hall, I’m making a plea this week for commissioners to do the right thing. /2
On Project Jupiter, Doña Ana County residents deserve better
A corporate open house is no substitute for the difficult, messy work of democracy.
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Doña Ana County commissioners still owe us the difficult, messy work of democracy when it comes to their agreements with the developers of Project Jupiter. There’s a real chance that doing that work, even at this late hour, can improve the deal. /1
Doña Ana County commissioners still owe us the difficult, messy work of democracy when it comes to their agreements with the developers of Project Jupiter. There’s a real chance that doing that work, even at this late hour, can improve the deal. /1
Friends, I really need to increase the number of folks supporting my journalism with monthly donations. Or, if you can’t do that, I could really use a one-time gift. Donate by clicking here: haussamen.com/support-loca... Thank you! /3
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Fast-forward two decades. A new investigation finds that serious problems remain. I leaned on my past experience and knowledge to write this column. /2
Another damning county audit. Will we fix things this time?
The state auditor’s report gives me a profound sense of déjà vu — and frustration.
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More than 20 years ago, my reporting sparked a special audit of Doña Ana County. The findings were serious but the state auditor praised the county for making positive changes, and everyone moved on. /1
More than 20 years ago, my reporting sparked a special audit of Doña Ana County. The findings were serious but the state auditor praised the county for making positive changes, and everyone moved on. /1
We voted! If you haven’t yet, get it done! And if you live in House District 37, vote for Lori Martinez! Sarah (@sarahsilva.bsky.social) doesn’t have a primary opponent, but she’s still on the ballot if you live in HD53, so vote for her!
From the complaint: “No one at Camp East Montana is confined there pursuant to a criminal sentence, meaning that, under constitutional law, their conditions of confinement cannot lawfully amount to punishment…the conditions are unquestionably punitive, in some respects more punitive than prison.”
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4mo agoGreat news: the courts will have a chance to rein in the abuses at Camp East Montana, the infamous tent camp built on Fort Bliss in El Paso. I have known seasoned veterans of this field who visited the camp and came away saying it was one of the worst ICE detention centers they’d ever been to.