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.
Public Regulation Commission Chief of Staff Johnny Montoya has proposed limits to employee gas cards stemming from records showing Commissioner Jerome Block charged $5,000 in six weeks to his card, the Santa Fe New Mexican reports. Montoya is working to assign someone to review mileage sheets and integrate a system used in several other agencies warning a supervisor if charges exceed a certain limit or block the card at the point of sale.
When asked why the PRC doesn’t already use the alert and limit system used by other divisions, Montoya said, “I don’t know if anyone in my shop has ever asked those questions,” he said.
As for the person with new job duties, he or she, among other things, “will make sure every person fills out the appropriate log, what the mileage was when they left, and what it was when they returned,” Montoya said.
It’s common for credit card companies to lock out a customer’s account if he makes suspicious charges as well, so it makes sense for the PRC to do it.
In other Block news, Albuquerque Republican Rep. Nate Gentry asked the Attorney General’s Office for documents related to its investigation into the alleged gas card misuse.
