0001|                           HOUSE MEMORIAL 8
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                          RAYMOND G. SANCHEZ
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0010|                              A MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE TO ESTABLISH A
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0012|     POST OFFICE IN THE VILLAGE OF LOS RANCHOS DE ALBUQUERQUE.
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0013|     
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0014|          WHEREAS, the village of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque has a
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0015|     population of about five thousand six hundred people; and
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0016|          WHEREAS, the nearest post offices are five miles to the
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0017|     north of the center of the village and eight miles to the
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0018|     south; and
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0019|          WHEREAS, historically and socially, the village post
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0020|     office has served as the heart of the community; and
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0021|        WHEREAS, the village has existed for forty years but has
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0022|     never had its own post office or zip code; and
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0023|        WHEREAS, the fact that business mail destined for the
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0024|     village is actually addressed to Albuquerque hampers the
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0025|     village's business growth; and
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0001|        WHEREAS, about twenty percent of the population is over
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0002|     fifty-five and the elderly need a closer post office for
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0003|     reasons of health and security;
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0004|        NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF
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0005|     REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the United
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0006|     States postal service be requested to establish a post office
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0007|     in the village of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque; and
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0008|        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0009|     transmitted to the United States postmaster general and to the
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0010|     New Mexico congressional delegation.
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