{"id":1512,"date":"2007-04-03T11:17:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-03T17:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/04\/rocket-moved-after-being-too-close-to-polling-place\/"},"modified":"2007-04-03T11:17:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-03T17:17:00","slug":"rocket-moved-after-being-too-close-to-polling-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/04\/rocket-moved-after-being-too-close-to-polling-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocket moved after being too close to polling place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/RhKMaQDZmTI\/AAAAAAAAB3Y\/wzkJUR826uY\/s1600-h\/0403.Starchaser.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/RhKMaQDZmTI\/AAAAAAAAB3Y\/wzkJUR826uY\/s1600\/0403.Starchaser.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5049252514849462578\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">A 37-foot tall rocket had to be moved across the street from <st1:place st=\"on\"><st1:placename st=\"on\">Picacho<\/st1:placename> <st1:placetype st=\"on\">Middle School<\/st1:placetype><\/st1:place> this morning because it was too close to that polling place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Not that moving the massive object 300 feet changes the fact that it\u2019s what everyone is looking at as they approach the school. It\u2019s probably the first time in the state\u2019s history that a rocket had to be moved because it was too close to a polling place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.starchaser.co.uk\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Starchaser Industries<\/a> brought its Nova-Starchaser 4 from <st1:country-region st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Britain<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> last week. The rocket is making appearances at schools in <st1:placename st=\"on\">Do\u00f1a<\/st1:placename> <st1:placename st=\"on\">Ana<\/st1:placename> <st1:placename st=\"on\">County<\/st1:placename> today and was at the middle school in the <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Las   Cruces<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> district this morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Dave Wilson, spokesman for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peopleforaerospace.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">People for Aerospace<\/a>, the group pushing for approval of the spaceport tax, said the rocket wasn\u2019t on the grounds of the middle school at the urging of his group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cWe haven\u2019t scheduled their rocket to be at polling places,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019re here because they want to promote their rocket at a time when the whole world is watching this place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Even if they didn\u2019t coordinate the appearances with People for Aerospace, I\u2019m sure Starchaser is also here today because the rocket\u2019s presence might help promote the tax. Starchaser plans to launch from the spaceport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Wilson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> said Starchaser arranged its own schedule for the rocket\u2019s appearances and coordinated with the schools \u201ca long time ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">But when Starchaser showed up with its rocket at the school today, the principal questioned whether, because of the election, it should be there. The county attorney\u2019s office said the rocket needed to be moved at least 100 feet from the school \u2013 the closest campaigners can get to a polling site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Starchaser CEO Steve Bennett could not be reached for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 37-foot tall rocket had to be moved across the street from Picacho Middle School this morning because it was too close to that polling place. Not that moving the massive object 300 feet changes the fact that it\u2019s what everyone is looking at as they approach the school. It\u2019s probably the first time in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1512\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}