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Quiet Title Suit Hearing and Trial Along with Another Animal Rescue Operating on the TMAS Site
I’m back with my citizen journalism. This post covers two separate but related things happening in Tres Orejas, the ongoing litigation over the 65 acre green land parcel and the current situation with a part of that land being used as an animal rescue. Yes, the litigation is still going on. A bench trial date…
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Our Dark Skies
Protect our Dark Skies: Cover windows at night, point all outside lights down, look up in wonder. Say WOW! 🌌 Taos County and the state of New Mexico have Dark Sky Ordinances. Please read the links below and follow the ordinance to protect our Dark Skies. Though written some years ago with individual property owners…
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The Sanctuary is Closed but the Quiet Title Suit Drags on
There was a hearing on the quiet title suit on October 30th. It looks like this could drag on for some time and is getting into legal hair splitting. The main outcome of this hearing was that all the intervenors except one were removed from the suit and the whole outcome is based on a…
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Dogs left at the Sanctuary and Correcting Misinformation.
There are ten dogs left at the Taos Mesa Animal Sanctuary site according to what I’ve been told. These dogs have been described as “feral or semi feral” and not good candidates for adoption. I thought the numbers was lower due to the decrease in noise from the site. That makes me wonder just how…
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Taos Mesa Animal Sanctuary Closed?
The founder of the Taos Mesa Animal Sanctuary left the state yesterday. The rumor that she was leaving the Taos area was circulating the past few days and, yesterday, a truck and a uhaul were observed at the site and she left with most of the dogs in the afternoon. Someone is staying in the…
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Tres Orejas, a Dumping Ground for Taos County’s Stray Animals.
Just a short update. First, there was a hearing in the quiet title suit. The suit is effectively dead for the present but the motion for a declaratory judgment that would prevent it from being refiled was denied. There is another motion to for it to be judged on the basis of the previous 2004…
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A Day in Court and Doing It Right
The hearing on the restraining order was July 3rd. The Taos Mesa Animal Sanctuary’s founder showed up alone and I was with my co-defendants and their attorney. The part involving the sanctuary was dismissed outright due to one board member not having the authority to act alone in filing the application–something that was pointed out…
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Robert N. Golubin and the Great Southwestern Land Company
On June 21st 1961, The Great Southwestern Land Company was incorporated in Santa Fe New Mexico by Robert, Edward and Doris Golubin. In its articles of incorporation, the stated purpose of this new corporation was to deal in real estate and, as stated in their corporate charter, “buy, sell, plat and dispose of subdivisions and…
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The “Green” Land Question and the Misdeeds Involved
One thing I should do is explain why some of us are opposing the Golden River quiet title suit. Contrary to what some people want to believe, it isn’t about the person involved, it’s about the land, the parcels of abandoned property currently assessed to the defunct Great Southwestern Land Company and referred to locally…
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Pleading the First, Update and Feedback
I have gotten quite a bit of feedback on this website both positive and negative. I’ll start with the most negative. I found out Saturday that I am a defendant in application for a restraining order along with five others filed by the founder of the Taos Mesa Animal Sanctuary. I got the application from…