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.
Over at Democracy for New Mexico, Barbara Wold is hailing the legalization of gay marriage in Vermont as “a major victory for American democracy.” Wold also takes the opportunity to opine on why the New Mexico Legislature has failed for years to approve domestic-partner benefits.
“A common excuse given by Dems voting ‘no’ is that they are following the dictates of the Catholic Church,” she wrote. “In other words, they believe that all New Mexicans, whether or not we are practicing Catholics, should be forced to obey the internal rules of a particular religion. Separation of church and state? Not in New Mexico.”
Meanwhile, the conservative Mario Burgos is praising Democratic U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman for joining Republicans last week in a vote that shows caution in these economic times about enacting cap-and-trade legislation designed to reduce greenhouse gases.
“There are those who believe the world is warming and on the road to an impending doom (I’m not one of them), but at least cooler heads have prevailed in the Senate,” Burgos wrote.
Last, Jose Garcia writes on his blog about the enacting of legislation that combines several water associations in southern Doña Ana County into one regional water authority. He quotes Marty Nieto, president of the Lower Rio Grande Mutual Domestic Water Association and the Mesquite association, as calling it a “historic occasion.”
That’s in part because it’s the first time in the state’s history that water associations have merged.
NMI’s Danielle Bauer contributed to this report
