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 GRIPgate grand jury has subpoenaed communications between two of Richardson’s top advisers and a representative of JPMorgan Chase in its effort to find out if Richardson’s office influenced the New Mexico Finance Authority’s decision to hire CDR Financial Products, Bloomberg News is reporting. CDR gave over $100,000 in donations to Richardson’s political action committees and presidential campaign.
From Bloomberg:
The Sept. 22 subpoena, obtained from the governor’s office under the state’s open records law, shows the grand jury’s interest in the roles that former Richardson chief of staff David Contarino, political adviser Michael Stratton, and JPMorgan Chase & Co. banker Chris Romer may have played in the hiring of CDR Financial Products Inc. The probe’s existence was earlier reported by Bloomberg News.
…The subpoena sought correspondence between the governor’s office and those two committees regarding CDR, as well as similar communications with David Harris, who led the authority when CDR was hired. Authorities also requested correspondence with staff of the Democratic Governors Association, which Richardson chaired in 2005 and 2006.
