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.
During Thursday’s gubernatorial debate on education, Doña Ana County District Attorney Susana Martinez asked Lt. Gov. Diane Denish if she had used the state jet to travel to a commencement ceremony in Roy, which is about two and a half-hour drive from Santa Fe.
Although Martinez has said she would sell the state jet, she has not said whether or not she would completely forego in-state flying. As Daniel, one of our live blog participants wrote tonight, ”I’m from Silver City. Far away from Santa Fe. If it wasn’t for the state plane, we’d never see the Governor. I don’t think city people get that?”
Certainly some of the trips she would face would be a lot further than a trip to Roy or Mosquero from Santa Fe. New Mexico is the fifth largest state by land area and it takes a while to get around by car. While travel in other aircraft would probably be cheaper than the jet, it would presumably still be a lot more expensive than travel by car.
After Martinez took Denish to task for using the state jet, Denish didn’t bite. She ignored Martinez’s sidestep into the issue of the state jet, coming back on rebuttal with “On the topic of vouchers…”, a word that Martinez has shied away from in describing her plan to give tax credits for private donations to help parents move their children to their choice of schools.
