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.
Mayoral candidate and two-term state Rep. Richard Berry beat his opponents to the punch with a television ad this week, which is now running on cable TV stations. You can see it here.
The television ad says it was “time to turn the page” on 12-years with Martin Chavez as mayor. It characterized Berry as a “common sense guy” who “won’t spend $300 million on a trolley car.” It also said Berry would end the “sanctuary city policy” in Albuquerque, which refers to an APD policy in which police officers aren’t allowed to ask about citizenship status unless police suspect citizenship is relevant to a suspected crime.
One of his opponents in the mayoral race, former Senate President Pro Tem Richard Romero told the Independent today that his campaign will be issuing their television spots “soon.”
Meanwhile, incumbent Mayor Martin Chavez received another couple of endorsements this week. The endorsements came from the Fraternal Order of Police Albuquerque Lodge #1, which bills itself as the largest police organization in Albuquerque, and the Central New Mexico Homebuilders Association.
These two latest endorsements were preceded by endorsements from the Albuquerque Police Officers Association and the New Mexico Building and Construction Trades Council, plus assorted other labor organizations.
On his Facebook page, Chavez thanked the FOP and the home builders, specifically noting it was the first time the home builders had endorsed a local mayoral candidate.
