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.
It appears that Gov. Bill Richardson put his money where his mouth is on New Mexico’s spaceport. More accurately, he put his presidential campaign’s money into the cause.
The Las Cruces Sun-News reports that Richardson’s presidential campaign was the single-largest contributor to a political action committee that pushed for the passage of a spaceport tax in Sierra County this April.
The newspaper goes on to lay out the details:
The Richardson for President campaign gave $10,000 to People for Aerospace of Sierra County on April 8, two weeks before the April 22 vote in which Sierra residents overwhelmingly approved the tax, clearing the way for a spaceport taxation district.
The second largest donation — $7,000 — came from Las Cruces developer Phillip Phillipou.
"He (Richardson) was a supporter," said Gary Whitehead, the PAC’s chairman and a Sierra County commissioner, "It’s been kind of his project and he certainly wanted it to be successful and he was willing to invest in the success of the election."
The tax passed by an overwhelming margin.
