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 Albuquerque Journal’s Colleen Heild and Jeff Jones have put together a fine story profiling the main figures, so far, swept up into the federal investigation that cost Gov. Bill Richardson the U.S. commerce secretary post. Unfortunately for the governor, many are confidants.
Meanwhile, Kate Nash of the Santa Fe New Mexican reports that the scandal is fueling speculation about how it will impact on the 2010 gubernatorial race.
And a Wall Street Journal story adds a few nuggets to the growing pile of facts. Buried at the bottom is this:
William C. Sisneros, chief executive of the New Mexico Finance Authority, said in an interview that he had received calls from a senior member of the governor’s staff, asking him to talk to firms including CDR; a woman who worked for a longtime adviser to the governor also called repeatedly to set up a meeting with CDR.
Neither effort prompted him to hire the firm, which was already doing business with the authority, Mr. Sisneros said. CDR made $1.48 million for its work, he said, which netted the authority $8.2 million.
