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.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Pete Domenici Jr. will release information about campaign contributions he’s been collecting on Monday, according to Domenici spokesman Doug Antoon.
Antoon originally said, when Domenici entered the race in January, that the campaign had “no problem with monthly reporting of all contributions. If we can do it more than monthly we will.” He later said the first voluntary report would come before February.
Antoon said Monday, which is March 1, will be the day because the last day of February falls on a Sunday.
The next required finance report is due on April 12, but Democratic gubernatorial candidate Diane Denish started the trend of voluntarily releasing reports quarterly, even in off-election years when it’s not required, more than two years ago. Her most recent report came in January.
Republican Susana Martinez has matched Denish in voluntarily releasing a report of contributions and expenditures for the fourth quarter of 2009.
Republican Janice Arnold-Jones has gone well beyond that in terms of disclosure of campaign contributions. She has been posting on her campaign Web site information about every contribution she’s received to date, and she is keeping the list of contributions current.
But unlike Denish and Martinez, Arnold-Jones has not been releasing information about campaign expenditures more often than is required by state law.
Republican Doug Turner has said “maybe” in response to my question about whether he would voluntarily release a finance report. And the campaign of Republican Allen Weh has said he is “considering” doing the same.
The responses from Turner and Weh came more than a month ago. I e-mailed those campaigns on Monday seeking updates, and have yet to receive responses.
