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.
What happens when you gather one Trip Jennings of NMI, Steven Robert Allen of Common Cause New Mexico, Gabe Sanchez of UNM’s political science department, and yours truly, around KNME’s table?
That’s easy… a wide-ranging discussion of the investigation that has turned New Mexico politics upside down — and denied Gov. Richardson a return back to Washington. We cover the current status of the federal investigations into pay-to-play allegations involving CDR Financial Products Inc. and the governor’s office, in addition the scandal’s many political implications. Also, as the investigation plays out might the cause of ethics reform benefit — ironically enough — in the legislative session set to begin on Jan. 20? We cover that too.
The above video comes courtesy of KNME. It is the entire show, the first 33 minutes of which is the segment with Jennings, Allen, Sanchez and me. It is followed by another segment of analysis from Albuquerque Journal columnist Jim Scarantino, Republican strategist Whitney Cheshire, blogger Jon Knudsen, all moderated by my KNME New Mexico In Focus co-host Gene Grant.
