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.
Secretary of State Dianna Duran
Secretary of State Dianna Duran placed the staffer responsible for what a liberal-leaning PAC described as “racist jokes” on a disclosure form on leave.
“I was shocked and disappointed to learn that a state employee apparently posted what can be interpreted as racially offensive language in a sample finance report,” Duran said in the release. “I find these actions deeply offensive and I immediately ordered the materials removed and I initiated an investigation.”
Duran also said, “I will not tolerate any form of racism or bigotry in this office.”
A sample spreadsheet for political action committee’s disclosure featured a combination of the names of two African American legislators as the last name and “JeffersonDavis” as the first name.
The Justice League PAC found the reference and called for Duran’s resignation.
Jefferson Davis was the president of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Rep. Sheryl Williams Stapleton, D-Albuquerque and Rep. Jane Powdrell-Culbert, R-Corrales, were the legislators whose names were put together in the sample.
