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…
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At one of the most unique rallies at the Roundhouse during the session, 12,000 white tortillas were handed out by St. Joseph Community Health and other groups opposing a bill that would reimpose the gross receipts tax on certain foods–including a New Mexico staple, tortillas.
“We should not be having a debate between white bread and brown bread,” said Allen Sanchez of the New Mexico Conference of Catholic Bishops (NMCCB).
If the bill becomes law whole grain bread and tortillas would remain tax free, but white bread and tortillas would be taxed. The measure has galvanized many groups including the NMCCB, Think New Mexico and Health Action New Mexico.
According to organizers of the rally, foods that would be taxed under SB 10 include flour tortillas, flour, butter, soup, condiments, white rice and pasta.
The NMCCB had previously supported a temporary hike half a cent hike in the gross receipts tax. That measure would have left alone the the foods that are now exempt. It is also in support of a surtax of 1.5 percent on wealthier New Mexicans.
Here’s some video from the rally:
