YEAR OLD BRENDA GUERRA. IT’S ALREADY ILLEGAL IN SANTA FE AND ALBUQUERQUE- AND NOW ESPANOLA IS FOLLOWING SUIT... BANNING CELL PHONES WHILE DRIVING- BUT SOME RESIDENTS SAY- WHILE THEY SUPPORT THE BAN ... THEY DON'T AGREE WITH HOW FAST IT WAS PASSED. GADI SCHWARTZ IS LIVE WITH MORE. GADI. CITY OFFICIALS SAY ITS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR MONTHS- BUT AT THE LAST ESPANOLA CITY COUNCIL MEETING- THE CELL PHONE BAN MANAGED TO PASS WITH A UNANIMOUS VOTE — BUT WITH NO INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC. JUST LIKE ANY TOWN WITH CARS- AND CELL PHONE SERVICE... YOUR BOUND TO SEE THIS... 39:21 'people are going to do what they are going to do not just in Espanola anywhere you go you see people on the phone you know people are going to use em.' BUT THE CITY OF ESPANOLA SAYS- COME JULY 1ST- IF YOUR CAUGHT- IT WILL COST YOU 100 BUCKS. 42:55 Thats pretty expensive. SOME DRIVERS SAY ITS A GOOD THING THAT COPS WILL BE OUT LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TEXTING OR CHATTING WHILE DRIVING- 42:16 I think this new law its better not having a cell phone in your car cause theres a lot of vehicle wrecks in town people on their phones cause they don't pay attention.''Stay off the phone quit texting drive your vehicle, pull over if you have to if you don't have a hands free device.''Its a good thing to ban it but at least its nice to know that your going to do these things before you go and ban it all together.' THE CITY SAYS -- IT DID ADVERTISE- THE MEETING AND THE ORDINANCE- JUST AS REQUIRED BY LAW. 'Like most other ordinances that are adopted in the City of espanola there was no public input but thats not unusual- its not unusual that we don't get the high attendance at our meeting.' MANY RESIDENTS TODAY TOLD US THEY NEVER SAW THE PUBLIC COMMENT NOTICES IN THE NEWSPAPERS BEFORE THE CELL PHONE BAN PASSED. ESPANOLA'S CITY MANAGER SAYS THEY DID FILE A NOTICE WITH THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL- BUT NOT WITH THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN OR THE RIO GRANDE SUN NEWS.