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.
La Politica New Mexico posts, “The Funeral: Microcosm of the Bruce King Legacy.” This blogger gives a sense of the event, including those in attendance, a review of King’s work in the state, and his relationships with both the political class and the Average Joe citizens of New Mexico.
Next, Democracy for New Mexico remembers President John F. Kennedy, as his assassination occurred exactly 46 years ago as of Sunday. This blog lists many pertinent JFK quotations, and also suggests, “The innocence that characterized a significant part of the American psyche in the years before Kennedy’s murder never ever really was regained.”
Then, on to the blogs of criticism.
Blogger Mario Burgos questions the need for some state-funded projects, focusing specifcally on one that helps Clovis homemakers get back into the workforce. He suggests that the New Mexico Commission on the Status of Women is “just another example of one of those government agencies that would be politically unpopular to defund, but is absolutely unnecessary.”
Meanwhile, blogger Ched Macquigg questions some shady situations at Jimmy Carter Middle School in albuquerque. This blog sums up several problematic situations at the school, regarding a sexual student-teacher relationship, another teacher’s assault on a student, and a survey on the “school climate” in general.
And finally, Peter St. Cyr asks, “Is NM Land Office making deals behind closed doors?” This is all about “prime acres of state land” in Northern New Mexico, public and private access, and how to fairly handle this highly-controversial land.
