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.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez was the first gubernatorial candidate in the history of the alternative weekly Santa Fe Reporter to skip out on an endorsement interview, the paper reported today. Martinez followed in the footsteps of Republican Senate candidate Heather Wilson who refused to speak to the paper in 2008 before the Senate primary.
The Reporter endorsed her opponent, Diane Denish.
The Reporter wrote:
Susana Martinez is the first gubernatorial candidate in this newspaper’s history who declined to come in for an endorsement interview. So even if her ideas trounced Denish’s, we’d be hard-pressed to endorse her. Why? Because the strongest tools against corruption, waste and bad policy are transparency and accessibility. Denish has a strong track record in these areas.
In 2008, the paper endorsed conservative Steve Pearce for the Republican nomination for Senate because, “while we would find it difficult to agree with any of Pearce’s positions (anti-gay-marriage; pro-drilling, etc.), we think his willingness to talk to those whose opinions differ is an important quality for a public servant.”
All of this year’s endorsements from the alt-weekly are available here.
