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 Democratic Party of New Mexico, on their “State of the Party” blog is warning of “increasingly hostile and confrontational acts of some members of our society” when it comes to actions at health care town halls across the country. Meanwhile, on their Twitter account, the party linked to a Huffington Post story about a Tampa Town Hall event where police were eventually called because of unruly protesters.
Earlier today, a New Mexico libertarian called for retaliation “retaliation for intimidation, be it verbal or physical” against ACORN or SEIU members who attend the meeting and act as provocateurs.
While no one here at the Democratic Party of New Mexico would discourage the participation of citizens, voters or activists in the political discourse which so often helps to shape the fabric which makes up our great nation, we certainly take umbrage at the idea that these so-called activists are anything other than well-orchestrated performances of isolated groups of people which seek to artificially create confrontations and conflict while simultaneously spreading mis-information.
According to a spokeswoman, the Republican Party of New Mexico has not advocated showing up to town hall events and disrupting them.
Just today, however, SEIU reported a death threat from a woman identifying herself as “Diana from Oregon.”
