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.
Bernalillo County Sheriff Darren White has formed a political action committee aimed at repealing the New Mexico death penalty repeal recently signed into law by Gov. Bill Richardson, and the PAC’s first TV ad is running statewide beginning Monday. Here’s the ad:
The aim of Repeal the Repeal PAC, White wrote in a note on the group’s Web site, is “reinstating the death penalty in New Mexico for the most heinous crimes.”
To accomplish that, it plans to:
• “aggressively combat the misinformation campaign waged by the radical opponents of the death penalty and educate the public on the issue and the circumstances surrounding its repeal.”
• “begin a petition drive in order to give voters the opportunity to ‘repeal the repeal’ of the death penalty at the ballot box, pursuant to the New Mexico Constitution.”
• “urge voters to support candidates for the legislature and state office who will vote to reinstate the death penalty in New Mexico.”
