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 New Mexico Court of Appeals upheld a lower court decision on a public records case brought by the Farmington Daily-Times against the city of Farmington. The case had to do with releasing applications for the city manager position.
The Daily-Times wanted to see the 91 applications for the open city manager position in 2007. The city council voted 3-2, with mayor Bill Standley casting the tie-breaking vote, to not release the applications, saying the applicants deserved anonymity until the position was brought down to the final ten.
Daily-Times Publisher Sammy Lopez said the decision by the state Court of Appeals was a “victory for open government and the people of the state of New Mexico.”
“In this court’s opinion, New Mexico’s policy of open government is intended to protect the public from having to rely solely on the representations of public officials that they have acted appropriately,” Judge James J. Wechsler wrote for the three judge panel, the Associated Press reported.
The city has not decided whether or not to appeal the case to the New Mexico Supreme Court.
