Spaceport meeting to be broadcast tonight

Monday’s joint meeting of three county commissions, which was held to discuss the development of Spaceport America, will be televised tonight and this weekend on Comcast Channel 20 in the Las Cruces area.

The meeting of the Doña Ana, Otero and Sierra county commissions explored questions about the controversial project and the proposal to raise local gross receipts taxes in the three communities to help fund its development. In April, an election will likely be held in Doña Ana County on whether to raise the tax by 1/4 percent.

The meeting will air tonight at 7 p.m. and on Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m. It’s being broadcast courtesy of Comcast Cable and the City of Las Cruces’ Public Information Office, which operates the channel as a public access channel.