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.
The national group ACORN is splitting up after years of controversy stoked by conservative allegations over voter fraud. Politico reported the news this afternoon based on a statement by Kevin Whalen, an ACORN official.
The statement, as reported by Politico, read:
The ACORN Association Board met on Sunday March 21 and approved a set of steps to responsibly manage the process of bringing its operations to a close over the coming months. These include:
* Closing ACORN’s remaining state affiliates and field offices by April 1st; and
* Developing a plan to resolve all outstanding debts, obligations and other issues.ACORN’s members have a great deal to be proud of–from promoting to homeownership to helping rebuild New Orleans, from raising wages to winning safer streets, from training community leaders to promoting voter participation—ACORN members have worked hard to create stronger to communities, a more inclusive democracy, and a more just nation.
The Associated Press reports that ACORN is shutting its doors “six months after video footage emerged showing some of its workers giving tax tips to conservative activists posing as a pimp and prostitute.”
The disbanding of the community group is because of “declining revenue int he face of a series of partisan operatives and right wing activists,” Kevin Whelan told the AP.
James O’Keefe, the conservative activist who posed as a pimp, was later arrested for entering government property under false pretenses when he posed as a telephone company worker to disable the phones in the office of Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La.
