I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
The federal agency that Gov. Bill Richardson will take over as U.S. Commerce Secretary is a gargantuan “bureaucratic fiefdom” that includes agencies as diverse as the U.S. Census to the National Weather Service and the Patent and Trademark Office.
But the secretary’s main mission is to act as the chief cheerleader for U.S. business, both at home and abroad, as Politico.com notes in a story published earlier this week that examines some of the governor’s ties to corporate business.
The central question of the story — how Richardson’s corporate ties jibe with the president-elect’s agenda –- goes unanswered by the president-elect’s transition team.
For those who have followed Richardson closely, the story doesn’t hold too many surprises. But the story helps to remind the reader of all the ties Richardson has developed over time as well as shining a light once again on that period when Richardson found himself in the private sector. We’re talking about the roughly two years between leaving his post as energy secretary under President Clinton and taking over as New Mexico governor.
His ties to Henry Kissinger and Thomas “Mack” McLarty are in the story, as are the references to the numerous corporate companies he either sat on the boards of or worked for. It’s an interesting read.
