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.
A Mora County undersheriff says that he was fired by Sheriff Roy Cordova via text message — and for purely political reasons.
Mora County indicated in the text message exchange indicate that he was firing Tim Marquez because Marquez is challenging Cordova in November’s elections.
Cordova asked Marquez when he was going to drop his bid and later texted this to Marquez:
2 bad it got this far n ur a democrat n u forced me 2 ask 4 ur resignation by 5 clock n good luck n god bless…
Both Cordova and Marquez are Democrats that will be facing each other in the June primary.
Marquez texted back that Cordova would have to fire him and for a good reason — but Cordova said that Marquez is an at-will employee and he did not need to have a reason to fire him.
“Well do it,” Marquez texted Cordova.
Cordova responded, “I already did.”
If that was not enough, the next day Cordova sent Marquez a letter saying that Marquez did not show up to work and did not call in to work — and that if it happened again, that Marquez would be disciplined.
