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 conservation group WildEarth Guardians thinks more of the greater Gila region in southwestern New Mexico should be protected as wilderness, The Associated Press reports. Referring to the area as the Yellowstone of the West, the group has released a report that recommends that roadless areas radiating from the Gila river be designated as national wilderness areas, and that a voluntary grazing permit retirement program be created to phase out grazing in the area.
Speaking of the Gila region, managing editor of the Silver City Sun-News Walt Rubel had a scorcher of an opinion piece yesterday about a column written by Senate Majority Leader Michael Sanchez regarding ethics reform:
In his guest column today, (Sanchez) speaks glowingly of his upbringing and the value system instilled in him as a child. He seems to suggest that if all state officials came from similar backgrounds, there would be no need for ethics laws.
Even if that’s true, that’s asking a lot of voters. What incidents in Manny Aragon’s background should have tipped us off to the criminal scam that was to come? And, if upbringing and family background are the keys, what should that tell voters about Richard Vigil, a six-term state representative from Ribera and brother of convicted former treasurer Robert Vigil?
Rubel’s column is worth a full read — you can see it here.
If you’re still into opining, the Farmington Daily Times editor, Troy Turner, ruminates on the death penalty here.
And, over at the Albuquerque Journal, Dan McKay points out that Mayor Marty Chavez had a real easy time gathering the $5 contributions necessary to qualify for public financing in the mayoral race this year.
