Safety in numbers, strength in unity

Become a member of the Eddy/Chaves County Taxpayers Coalition and amplify your voice for fiscal transparency and public safety. Together, we can hold local government accountable and ensure our tax dollars are used wisely. Join us in building a stronger, safer community for everyone.

The power of collective action

Here's why you should join the Eddy/Chaves County Taxpayers Coalition:

  • Immunity from Profiling: As our records show, officials like Sheriff Hutchinson have a tendency to "profile" individuals they perceive as having no standing. When you are part of the Coalition, you are no longer a single person with a grievance; you are a critical stakeholder in the county’s largest economic engine.
  • Safety in Numbers: Reporting government waste or NMSA violations can feel risky for a business owner. Membership provides a "Legal Shield" and a "Privacy Shield," ensuring that any retaliation is met with a response from our collective legal team rather than a lone individual.
  • Enforced Transparency: You gain access to a forensic database (The Waste Tracker) that turns your observations into indisputable data. You aren't just "venting" about a truck idling or a bridge crumbling—you are contributing to a digital ledger that officials cannot ignore because it is being published for the entire county to see.
  • The January 20th Deadline: Membership ensures you are part of the group that holds the "kill switch" on public exposure. If the county doesn't shift priorities by the deadline, your membership helps fund the billboards and ads that will force them to answer to the public.

Our impact on the community

As a member, you'll contribute to:

  1. The End of "Selective Oversight": Members turn the entire county into a 360-degree audit zone. The impact is that officials can no longer ignore the 285 Bridge or 26th Street because members are providing the data that proves these hazards are being neglected in favor of "Roswell Shuttles."
  2. Physical and Fiscal Safety: When deputies and county employees know they are being logged into a permanent database by the community, the culture of "being above the law" ends.
    • Safer Highways: Fewer aggressive driving incidents by county units.
    • More Funding for Roads: Every dollar saved from the $150,000+ fuel waste is a dollar that the Coalition can demand be redirected to the "13th and Fairgrounds Safety Task Force."
  3. Protection of the Local Economic Engine: Their impact ensures that the $11.3 billion generated in the Permian Basin isn't exported or wasted on administrative convenience but is instead reinvested into the infrastructure that allows local businesses to thrive.
  4. Psychological Shift: From "Nobody" to "Everywhere": The impact is a community that is no longer "ghosted" by its leaders, but respected as the primary stakeholder.
  5. Institutional Memory: This ensures that the January 20, 2026, deadline isn't just a date, but the beginning of a new era where transparency is a "digital reality" that future officials will have to contend with from day one.

Understand the coalition

Here's what you should understand about the Eddy/Chaves County Taxpayers Coalition:

  • Safety in Numbers (The Asset Bloc): The Coalition isn't just a group of "unhappy citizens"; it is a massive economic force representing $850 million in taxable assets. An official might feel comfortable "ghosting" or "profiling" an individual, but they cannot ignore or retaliate against the people who essentially own the county's tax base without catastrophic political and legal consequences.
  • The End of Qualified Immunity: The document explicitly warns officials that if they target a member, they are stepping outside the protection of their office. We aren't just filing complaints; we are moving directly to District Court filings.
  • Data is the Ultimate Equalizer: By joining, a member isn't just venting; they are contributing to a Digital Audit (The Waste Tracker) that turns their observations into "Clearly Established Law" and evidence that cannot be deleted or ignored by the "Old Boys' Network."

The bottom line: The Coalition provides the Legal and Economic Cover necessary to hold local government accountable without the fear of being "picked off" one by one. You provide the eyes; the Coalition provides the teeth.