Artesia - the City of the Future

Let's see now, Artesia has the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. Artesia has a beautiful redesigned downtown. Artesia is getting a $20 million hospital expansion. Oh yes, and ZZ Top is playing for the New Year's celebration in Artesia. Hmmmmm! Let me think, what is going on here? If Carlsbad keeps going the direction we have been, and Artesia keeps heading the direction they are, then Artesia will be the leading city in Eddy Co. by 2010. Probably not, but when things are headed in that direction maybe someone should pay attention. I know they have an open air CAT scan, that our hospital doesn't have. People in Artesia seem to be open to new ideas. What does it take to get Carlsbad headed in that direction?