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.
According to Democracy for New Mexico, Congressman Ben Ray Luján, like a majority of Americans, supports the repeal of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” military policy that prohibits lesbians and gay men from serving openly.
Luján called Barb Wold to tell her about his support for the repeal after a post on her blog yesterday asking if any of the three members of the U.S. House delegation supported the repeal.
Yesterday’s Democracy for New Mexico blog post was mentioned in NMI’s Blog Roundup from this afternoon.
I’m very pleased to report that Rep. Ben Ray Luján (D, NM-03) called personally this afternoon to explain that there was some foul up with the co-sponsor list, and that he should, in fact, be listed as a co-sponsor of H.R. 1283. Rep. Luján said he supports the repeal of DADT and the letter to the President urging him to act. He said he was checking with his staff and others to find out what had happened, but he wanted to make sure folks back in New Mexico knew of his support for (repeal of) DADT.
Wold has not heard from either Congressman Martin Heinrich or Congressman Harry Teague, both New Mexico Democrats, on the issue.
