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 was always critical of the death penalty repeal, which Gov. Bill Richardson signed on March 18 of this year. Less than 24 hours later, White was already looking at ways to overturn the repeal and ended up starting a political action committee (PAC) to “Repeal the repeal.”
Th Repeal the Repeal PAC raised $30,000 last month, according to Steve Terrell in the Santa Fe New Mexican.
An Albuquerque group dedicated to bringing back the death penalty in New Mexico has raised more than $30,000 in the last month, according to documents filed with the state this week…
The group wants to gather petitions to put the question of whether to reinstate the death penalty on the ballot. “The people should have a voice in this,” White said Tuesday.
A big chunk of the money came from Darren White’s own PAC, which donated $18,000 to the Repeal the Repeal PAC.
The PAC spent more than $15,000, mostly on TV ads.
Of course, it isn’t clear if such a ballot initiative would even legally be allowed on the ballot. The state constitution forbids repealing laws that have to do with criminal justice, and White told the New Mexican that he is waiting on an opinion from the Secretary of State’s Office.
