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THE BATTLE FOR MAYOR

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1. KC overcomes14-point deficitto beat PV2. Hot debate: Cleanir vs. jobs

3. Aztec NationalMonument lookso the future with

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5. Science fair allowstudents to see sciencet work

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Farmington tries to get Google By St

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FARMINGTON The city of Farmington, seeking improved Inter-net services for residents and busi-nesses, will ask Google to installhigh-speed broadband Internetthroughout San Juan County.

Mayor Bill Standley said citystaffers are taking steps to apply forInternet services offered by GooglesThink big with a gig. Google plansto test ultra-high speed broadband

networks in a small number of triallocations nationwide, the companyannounced earlier this month.

Farmington is very interested inthat, Standley said at a City Councilmeeting Tuesday. If we can get thatbenefit of Google providing thatbroadband to our households and ourbusinesses within our community, thatwould be an economic boon.

Last yeawr, Comcast completed a

multimillion-dollar upgrade to region-al cable infrastructure, resulting inresidential and business Internetspeeds between six and 16 megabitsper second in Farmington, accordingto the company.

In comparison, Google is offeringspeeds of one gigabit per second,more than 100 times faster than whatmost Americans have access to,according to Google.

A megabit is approximately oneone-thousandth of a gigabit.

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City applies for Think big with a gig in pursuit of new options

See Google A6.

WANT GOOGLE BROADBANDINTERNET?

For more information, go togoogle.com/appserve/fiberrfi

People who would like to nominate SanJuan County for Google broadband Internetservices can click get involved and then

nominate your community.

TOP: Two fishermen casttheir lines in the QualityWaters below Navajo Damon Wednesday.

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LEFT: Fly fisherman JaminJackson, of Utah, pulls his

line while wading in the SanJuan River on Saturdaybelow Navajo Dam. Thearea where he is fishing,Texas Hole, is withinQuality Waters four-milestretch.

MIDDLE: Doug Scovel, ofUtah, pulls in a fishSaturday while fishing inthe San Juan River belowNavajo Dam. The areawhere he caught the fish,Texas Hole, was one of themore popular fishing spotswithin Quality Waters onSaturday.

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NAVAJO DAM Fishermen may agree the QualityWaters trout fishery of the San Juan River needsimprovement, but their debate of proposed legislationdrafted to raise new money for the river stalled anyprogress in Santa Fe.

The Legislature closed its regular session Thursday withno action taken on the matter.

The proposal by Farmington Rep. Tom Taylor would haverequired fishermen to purchase a special stamp to fish the SanJuans four-mile stretch of Quality Waters. Charging a yearlyfee between $5 and $10 in addition to a state fishing license,

FISH FUSSLegislature doesnt bite for San Juan fishing fees

See Fish Fuss A6.

Roberts: New businesses,improved downtown key

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FARMINGTON Oil and gasattorney Tommy Roberts is runningfor mayor to revitalizethe downtown area,attract more businessesand encourage volun-teering among residents.

Roberts faces Coun-cilwoman Mary Fischerand Farmington residentPeter Hayden in theMarch 2 election.

Roberts never hasparticipated in partypolitics, he told The Daily Times edi-torial board earlier this week. He firstserved on the Farmington schoolboard in the 1980s and was a Farm-ington city councilman from 1998 to2006.

The past four years, Roberts saidhe has stayed active, serving as chair-man of the citys Metropolitan Rede-

velopment Agency Commission anas a board member of the San JuanEconomic Development Service.

Roberts wants to revitalize down-town and the surrounding neighbor-hoods and believes the area south odowntown has the most promise. Hewants to encourage industry to relo-cate to an industrial park to allowmore residential and commercialdevelopment.

The mayor needs to be champiofor those kinds of activities, he said.

Fischer voted against the down-town redevelopment plan. She hascalled it anti-business and is con-cerned it will drive away industry.

Roberts skillfully brought togethegroups of people to agree on how thecity should help revitalize downtownsaid Councilman George Sharpe,who once served on City Councilwith Roberts.

Roberts advocated moving the

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Fischer: Residents shouldhave a hand in decisions

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FARMINGTON Council-woman Mary Fischer said she wouldseek help from localexperts to aid city deci-sion-making if electedmayor instead of relyingon businesses outsidethe area.

Fischer believes cityofficials often think thesame way and Farming-ton should seek helpfrom others throughoutthe city, Fischer told TheDaily Times editorial board lastweek. She would survey residents,asking whether they would like tohelp and requesting their rsums.

We have people that are extraor-dinarily creative, people who haveexcellent ideas on how to solve a lotof our problems, Fischer said. Yetthey feel that their expertise is

untapped and I feel that, too.A Farmington resident since 1952,

Fischer is serving her sixth term onCity Council. This is the third timeshe has run for mayor after twounsuccessful prior bids.

Emily Lindsley, who lives in Fis-chers council district, said the coun-cilwoman has helped keep apart-ments attached to homes out of Lindsleys single-family neighbor-hood, passed an ordinance restrictingfireworks and installed a four-waystop at an intersection.

Fischer answers phone calls andtruly has the best interests of Farm-ington at heart, Lindsley said.

She wants to do what the citizenswant and she wants this to be a goodhome for everyone, she said. Shehas done right by us in the CityCouncil, and I believe she will doright by this city as the mayor.

Fischer

See Fischer A6. See Roberts A6.