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 decided not to speak to another alt-weekly for its endorsement interview. Martinez did not meet with the Weekly Alibi in Albuquerque for an endorsement interview. The Alibi wrote that Martinez was “the only candidate who couldn’t participate in the Alibi’s Election Guide.”
“A candidate who doesn’t make time to help voters understand her platform simply has no business in politics,” the Alibi wrote. “We also can’t endorse a candidate who refuses to sit down and discuss, in depth, her plans for the state. More than that, we can’t explain to you Martinez’ positions beyond what’s already been made public.”
Martinez also refused to be interviewed by the Santa Fe Reporter’s editorial board.
As with the Reporter, Martinez followed in the footsteps of her fellow Republican Heather Wilson. In 2008, Wilson did not participate in the Alibi’s endorsement process. The Alibi did not endorse in the Republican Senate primary that year.
