Daily Archives: February 22, 2010

Somehow We Knew, But We Didn’t Pay Attention

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By Chuck Ring (GadaboutBlogalot ©2009 – 2010)

Quote Freely From The Article – Leave The Pseudonym Alone

Yes, somehow we knew.  We knew that the Rail Runner would rupture a gut and spill deficit dollars all over the place.  It did not disappoint and according to a post on New Mexico Watchdog by Jim Scarantino there is no truss or truss belt that will save the train.  He alludes to possible bankruptcy or some such in the close future.  We certainly would not argue with the suggestion and can add that practically every scheme  that has been financed on the bucks of the 1/8 cent gross receipts transportation tax is spilling dollars and providing less service than was touted.

You can read this post from us and see the writing on the wall, but not the bus on the road.  We in southern Santa Fe County send the money, have no representation on the board,  have had service to Edgewood cut and see no rubber on the road … except for shredded tire threads.

Jim really nails it (as he is wont to do every time) on this shame game.  See his article here and comment there if you have the inclination. Oh, don’t miss the great cartoon by Rex Barron posted with Jim’s article.

The Runner show its rear to the folks of New Mexico.

Rail Runner Jeer With Its Rear

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A Reminder For Roadrunner/Edgewood Food Pantry & Civitan Clothing Distribution

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THE FOLLOWING IS POSTED AS A COMMUNITY SERVICE BY GADABOUT-BLOGALOT

Hello Everyone-

After a crazy couple of months, Edgewood Mobile Food Pantry is back on schedule (we hope).  Roadrunner Food Bank is providing the food and we will distribute it on Thursday, February 25th from 5:00-7:00 pm to anyone needing help.  Here’s a link to the flier and previous post.  If you know of anyone that might benefit from this program, please let them know.  I’m also asking for help passing the flier out or distributing it to businesses or churches.  I won’t be able to hit every church or business and I know they will be a valuable resource in reaching families that can benefit from the pantry. This month, we will have enough food to feed 150 families.

A little bit about the program:
We are paying a shared maintenance fee of $.05 a pound for the food.
$125 will buy 2500 pounds of food, allowing 50 families to receive 50 pounds of food each.
There are no income restraints-anyone needing the food is welcome.
All donations will go back into buying food from Roadrunner Food Bank.

At the bottom of the e-mail, there is a link to a video Roadrunner made about the necessity of mobile food pantries.

Results from last month (December):

148 families were served.

There were 559 people in those 148 households.

Thank you to our sponsors- Valley View Church, Rita Loy Simmons and Wal Mart.

We also had 40+ volunteers-the pantry wouldn’t have been successful without their help.

Valley View Church has once again offered their space for the event and Allen Elliot brought cases of food for our distribution this month. The Stepp and the Griego Family have also donated. Thank you, sponsors!

In the eight months this pantry has been operational, 3456 people in 940 households have been recipients of food from Roadrunner. Thank you for all of your support, we couldn’t operate without help and donations from others.

New this month: Edgewood Mobile Food Pantry is happily joining with the Edgewood Civitan Club to provide a free clothing exchange.  Please see this LINK attachment for more details.  We welcome the opportunity to expand the services available to the community.  Thank you, Edgewood Civitans, for providing such a valuable service!
If anyone is interested in helping by either volunteering their time or sponsoring the event, please contact me.  My phone number is 281-5364.

Last, but not least, the following link is to a video from Roadrunner.  It’s a great video and some of our clients are featured.

http://www.rrfb.org/download_content/Open-Door.wmv

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