When the first stay-at-home orders were issued in late March, Monica Schultz understood. Schultz, 44, owned a New Mexican restaurant called Chile Pod in downtown Farmington and residents in the county were starting to test positive for the coronavirus. Schultz had grown up in a nearby town, Cuba, and had been part of the transition out of the energy sector the mayor was pushing for.
Her husband worked as a supervisor at the company that owned the coal plant, but sensed there was little future there. The couple started a small trucking business instead, and after their red chile — the preferred New Mexican spelling of the dish — won first place at the town cook-off, they opened the restaurant and put it on the menu. But before long, the realities of the lockdown were becoming apparent to Schultz: There was no hiding from this crisis, no matter what industry you were in.
When the governor extended the orders through April 30, Schultz called in 17 of her 21 workers to the restaurant. She gave each their last check and a letter to take to the unemployment office to collect benefits. Those who might have trouble supporting their families got 20 pounds of meat from the kitchen. When the schools closed, the mayor took to streaming story readings for children online with a puppet named Chester.
A hour curfew in nearby Navajo Nation was declared. Hendry, the oil worker, lost his job not long after his wife lost hers at a jewelry store. And as the shutdown wore on, he said his frustration was building with the governor. Businesses in Farmington have been closed since stay-at-home orders were issued in late March.
On April 18, three days after he issued his emergency declaration, Duckett recorded a radio show called Money Belt on which he and a co-host discussed pocketbook issues in rural America. Last week, Lujan Grisham announced some easing of the restrictions. After the announcement, Duckett sat at City Hall and reflected on his efforts to revive the city before the virus, which felt derailed now.
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