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.
Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, aka Joe the Plumber, is making several appearances in New Mexico this week, supporting state Sen. Kent Cravens’ bid for lieutenant governor and a local tea party group.
Though then-presidential candidate John McCain made numerous references to “Joe the Plumber” while on the campaign trail, Wurzelbacher was in the national news recently for attacking the former GOP presidential candidate, saying “McCain was trying to use me.”
“I don’t owe him s—,” Wurzelbacher continued. “He really screwed my life up, is how I look at it.”
Wurzelbacher will start his New Mexico swing on Thursday with events with state Sen. Kent Cravens, who is running for lieutenant governor. Wurzelbacher and Cravens will be appearing throughout New Mexico, from Farmington to Carlsbad.
Also, Wurzelbacher will attend a luncheon for the libertarian think thank the Rio Grande Foundation on Thursday.
