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.
Today KKOB 770 news reporter Peter St. Cyr blogs about ABQ mayoral candidate Richard Romero’s criticism of Mayor Martin Chavez’s 2010 budget. The post also includes some information about a feud between photographer/blogger Mark Bralley and the mayor.
Bralley, a former APD officer, recently wrote about being ejected from a news conference because Chavez’ team did not consider him a member of the media. (This, despite Bralley being credentialed by the White House for President Obama’s visit to Rio Rancho.) St. Cyr has audio of Romero responding to Bralley’s account (with photo!) of a police officer, one of the three who comprise the mayor’s security detail, giving him the finger at the news conference.
In other news, Michael Swickard compares American lawmakers to jackrabbits in reacting to federal stimulus funds. See why he compares federal spending to “dashing in front of oncoming traffic.”
Reporter Steve Terrell of the Santa Fe New Mexican calls out Senate Majority Leader Michael Sanchez for working for legislation that would prevent the mandatory electronic filing of campaign finance reports, as he also uses the Internet to announce news on his Facebook page. Pretty good for a guy who isn’t “very good at computers.”
Mario Burgos asks Bernalillo County to go electronic. Because offices are spread out around downtown Albuquerque, he feels the most cost-effective and logical move would be to provide many public services and information online.
And the issue of the APS cheese sandwich is back. Juan Sky of Clearly New Mexico discusses the problems of unpaid lunch debt totaling $140,000 in the face of the recently-discovered $16M APS was unaware of having.
NMI intern Danielle Bauer contributed to this report.
