Notes from BOCC Meeting on January 21,2025

from 912 NewsBytes

By Dexter Gill

January 21, 2025

A quick report on Montezuma County BOCC meet today is quite easy, as it was very short, and the County posted an excellent copy of actions on Face Book, which enabled me to copy and paste here for those of you that don't do Face Book.  

BOCC Update 1-21-25

Because County offices were closed on Monday, January 20, for the holiday, the Commissioners did not hold a workshop this week and the agenda for the BOCC meeting was short.

-The scheduled hearing on a proposed 3 Lot Minor Subdivision submitted by Three Rotors Ranches, Inc. was continued to February 4, 2025.

-Two resolutions were signed establishing office hours and holidays for County offices and the current rate for emergency telephone service.

-The Commissioners signed an Intergovernmental Agreement for Dispatch Services and a Letter of Support for Statewide Digital Trunked Radio System funding.

BOCC workshops and meetings are open to the public, but if you are unable to join us in person, you are welcome to watch the live stream or previously recorded meetings on our website (www.montezumacounty.org). Click on the YouTube icon. Agendas for posted meetings can be found on the County calendar on the website. Click on the event name.

Now as the world churns, yesterday, sent out a copy of Pres. Trumps plans and goals, well today Colorado and 22 other States are suing to stop Trumps action to end the current "Birthright citizenship" of border crossers.    Another action taking place here is, the State is now training a group of lawyers to Counter Trumps proposed removal of Illegal border crossers, by defending them , pro-bono in courts.

Interesting days ahead folks.

Food for thought,  what is the basic difference between  Socialism and Capitalism?  Where does the U. S. fit?

Here is an explanation of Birthright Citizenship and Trump's Executive Order:

Birthright citizenship

The 14th Amendment to the Constitution — which was ratified three years after the end of the

Civil War — states that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the

jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”

That’s birthright citizenship. At the time, the idea was to protect former slaves as equal citizens under the law. But the courts have since interpreted the 14th Amendment to mean that all U.S.-born children are citizens regardless of their parents’ status (unless they’re the children of foreign diplomats, who aren’t “subject” to U.S. law).

Trump and his allies disagree. They claim birthright citizenship incentivizes immigrants to enter the country illegally — and they argue that such immigrants shouldn’t be seen as “subject to [U.S.] jurisdiction.”

And so Trump issued an executive order Monday that attempts to deny birthright citizenship to any child whose father was “not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident” at the time of birth, and whose mother was either “unlawfully present in the United States” or present lawfully but temporarily — as in “visiting the United States under the auspices of the Visa Waiver Program or … on a student, work, or tourist visa.”

If Trump’s order stands, it wouldn’t retroactively affect current U.S. citizens — only children

born after Feb. 19, 2025.