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 Albuquerque City Council and Mayor Martin Chavez ended their stand-off over the capital improvement program (CIP) last night, with the council approving amendments offered by the mayor to the CIP the council had adopted in April.
The amendments added funds to projects that already existed in the CIP, including more funds for Westgate and Los Duranes community centers, the Japanese garden at the Bio Park, and the downtown teen center.
After the city council passed the CIP in April, City Attorney Bob White opined in a letter that the council had missed the deadline for amending and passing the CIP — and that, therefore, the mayor’s original CIP would be the one presented to voters on the Fall municipal ballot.
The council strenuously objected, saying they had followed proper procedures, and threatened to take the mayor to court to settle the question.
The additional funds approved by the council last night upped the CIP from $155 million to the maximum of $160 million, which the mayor said would use all of the city’s capacity to put people to work.
