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.
Juan Sky of Clearly New Mexico explains why the tea partiers should be a little more thankful for the benefits the taxes they are protesting yield for them and their fellow Americans. Read why he believes Thomas Jefferson would frown upon such behavior.
Meanwhile, local radio reporter and blogger Peter St. Cyr has posted pictures and a brief synopsis of the Albuquerque Tea Party event that took place on the July 4. See how these protesters spent their holiday as the rest of us enjoyed the simple freedoms of America.
The Eye on Albuquerque blog posted a long, rambling Independence-related piece over the weekend. We don’t quite understand it, but we think it might be supportive of the Tea Party’s general themes. (Even as the previous post praised the idea of using $350 million in stimulus money to re-do the I-25 and Paseo del Norte interchange.
New Mexico Natural Resource Trustee (and former mayor of Albuquerque) Jim Baca wrote about the tea partiers, too, saying, “I have figured out that this Tea Party wingnut group really is being funded by the Republicans and the oil and gas industry.” Baca has no confirmation for this hunch, but explains his hunch by writing that “Tea Party participants said three main issues concerned them… and one of them was the cap and trade bill that will reward or punish those who emit or curtail green house gases. Why would that be? … Because the oil and coal boys know that is a showstopper for the long term viability of their industry.”
Democracy for New Mexico hosts a guest blog by former Navy Lieutenant and current law student Matthew Padilla. His topic? You guessed it: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. He makes very eloquent arguments about (what should seem like) basic civil rights, writing, “The inherent problem of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” is that it is a form of segregation in our armed forces, and like other similar forms of segregation, offensive to the Constitution.”
And, as Gov. Bill Richardson accepted the award for America’s Greatest Education Governor this weekend, La Politica examines the governor’s record of academic achievement. See why this blogger is not convinced that Richardson was the right governor for this level of recognition.
NMI’s Danielle Bauer wrangled much of this edition of Today’s Blog Roundup.
