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As many of you know, the Wells Fargo Bank in
Roy is closing its doors on April 28, 2006 at 1:00 p.m.
I was informed of this issue Monday night
about 6:00 p.m. and immediately started making phone calls to see
what we could do to stop the closure. I spent several hours on the
phone with people informing them of this issue. As we all know, we
can not do without a bank in Harding County. This would be a HUGE
inconvenience to the citizens, the villages, the county, the
schools, and local businesses. It would also become a huge burden on
the elderly to do their banking elsewhere. There would be a loss of
four jobs in Harding County.
After talking with several people today,
there may be something we can do to still have a bank in Harding
County. You can call the Financial Instruction Division of the State
of New Mexico and speak to the director - William Verant. Here
are several phone numbers you can call about the closing of the bank
in Roy. You can call Adrian Martinez @ (505) 476 - 4569, or you can
call the national banking licensing agency in Washington at (202)
874-5060. You may have a hard time getting anyone in Washington but
you can leave a message. Please express your views on the
inconvenience it would be to everyone and that the nearest bank is
50 miles away. We also need to speak to our legislators about this
issue. Please call or e-mail
Senator Harden @ (505) 986-4369,
charden@theosogroup.com,
Representative Brian Moore @ (505) 986-4467,
brian@ranchmkt.com
and call the Governors office or go to his web site @
http://www.governor.state.nm.us/index2.php and e-mail him .
I can't stress how important this is to
stop the closing of our local bank.
Thanks for supporting Harding County.
Lee Fluhman
Mayor, Village of Roy
President, Harding County Economic & Community Development
Corporation
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