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.
Want to know why it’s so difficult to pass any ethics-reform measure in Santa Fe? A news release sent out by the governor’s office Monday evening provides a clue about one of the big reasons.
The release was about Gov. Bill Richardson’s meeting this afternoon with more than 100 New Mexicans to discuss legislation during meetings that each lasted three to five minutes. People traveled from as far away as Mesquite — in southern Doña Ana County — for the meetings, according to the release.
Not surprisingly, the most popular issue brought up was the bill the Legislature has approved that would repeal the death penalty, the release states.
But what else was brought up? According to the release, a number of other issues, “including a state acquisition of the College of Santa Fe, PERA retirement contributions and animal cruelty legislation.”
Ethics reform? Not mentioned in the release.
So I e-mailed Richardson spokeswoman Caitlin Kelleher. “Not ethics reform, eh?” I asked.
“There were some — I just highlighted the most popular,” she replied.
