City council opts to support larger Organ Mountains NMon proposal
LAS CRUCES — Points and counterpoints were made Monday — and logic and emotions clashed with one another for almost four hours.
In packed Council Chambers at City Hall, a standing-room-only crowd gathered and more than 50 people spoke for or against a resolution supporting the proposed Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument. Supporters of the monument proposal made their pitch, and opponents presented equally compelling arguments that the size of the proposed monument is too big and should be scaled back.