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…
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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.
“MORE MOSQUES, LESS JOBS vote Democrat???”
Those words, glowing white on a black background, make up the entire text of an electronic billboard that’s causing controversy in southern New Mexico, the Las Cruces Sun-News reports today.
The billboard was paid for by a Las Cruces man who explained, “There’s more emphasis being placed by our elected leaders on mosques these days than on creating more jobs and stimulating our economy.”
But another resident wasn’t buying it.
“What it said to me was blatant religious bigotry. To me, the underlying message is so obvious. I do not follow his reasoning. He has shamed the town,” Judith Magee told the Sun-News.
