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.
Mayor Marty Chavez is the non-candidate candidate, Joe Monahan tells us this morning.
While Chavez filed a notice of intent with the city clerk yesterday and got his receipt books for collecting $5 donations from the public, he has yet to make a formal announcement that he’s running for mayor. According to Monahan, this is because he doesn’t want to be seen as a candidate:
“His associates tell me he is delaying a formal announcement as long as possible because it doesn’t make any sense to position the mayor as a candidate. They believe the longer he is seen as acting as mayor and not a candidate, the better. …”
Roaming through the blogosphere, I inevitably end up at ‘Burque Babble. Just take your pick, Scot is always on fire. On Monday, he informed us about the “job scare” in which he was offered a position in Leipzig, Germany. My immediate thought was, “NO! Don’t leave us!” Thankfully, he’s not leaving. Then, he informed us that yesterday was the Official Start to Bicycle Commuting Season.
Today, Scot — who is a teacher — comments on the comments of the new U.S. secretary of education about tying federal funding to classroom performance: “Public school teachers by nature are a distrustful lot. We’re the bunny rabbits in the workplace forest, convinced everything is a plot against us. So when most teachers read the comments of new (and newly financially empowered) U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, little bunny tails start twitching and eyes start darting frantically.”
Finally, I enjoyed reading Coco’s interpretation of the article I did about the NW Loop Road, particularly the idea some may have that planning isn’t important. “Anti-planning prophesy is, quite obviously, self-fulfilling,” she says. “The subsequent insult is to place blame for the resulting mess on the planners. For not planning.”
