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 FreedomWorks PAC, the campaign arm of the group that has mentored the tea party movement, has endorsed Jon Barela in the New Mexico 1st Congressional District race. The group, chaired by former U.S. House Majority Leader Dick Armey, called Barela a “fiscal hero” in its endorsement.
“A vote for Jon Barela would clearly be a vote for individual liberty and economic prosperity,” Armey said in a statement.
The group endorsed Barela because they say he believes in lowering taxes and accused incumbent Democrat Martin Heinrich of being a “big-spender.”
FreedomWorks said it will fund get-out-the-vote efforts, including direct mailings, yard sign distribution, volunteer phone banks and neighborhood literature drops in support of Barela.
Armey recently pooh-poohed the idea that he’s the leader of the tea party movement, saying Freedom Works is only a “mentoring” organization. FreedomWorks launched a nationwide tea party tour last year.
