Barbara Armijo
Journal’s making a buck on Obama election, but Domenici too?
The Albuquerque Journal isn’t the only newspaper selling commemorative issues of the front page from Nov. 5 — the day after the history-making election of Barack Obama as president. As one person said, “You can’t keep a Web page in a scrapbook.”
Well, if you hit your print button, you can, but we won’t argue. It’s [...]
Denish on the early childhood education circuit
President-elect Barack Obama has pledged support for early childhood education, a good sign for Lt. Gov. Diane Denish, who has been a long-time supporter of the movement and may — we stress may — be the state’s next chief executive depending on how things go in Washington.
Denish is a featured presenter at the presidential seminar [...]
Former local sportswriter gets hoops dream: playing in Obama’s pickup basketball game on Election Day
Former Albuquerque Journal sportswriter Andy Katz, currently a college basketball analyst for ESPN, was asked to join President-elect Barack Obama’s team Tuesday night. It wasn’t a cabinet position for Katz, but a chance to play alongside Obama in a pickup basketball game while the senator from Illinois waited for election results to come in.
Katz, who [...]
Rail Runner tax being supported
In tough economic times, it would be easy to anticipate that any measure on the ballot to raise taxes would sink. But New Mexico must love its Rail Runner. And voters must love libraries and parks and the bike paths in Bernalillo County too, because all the bond measures in that county were heading for [...]
Education, the other ‘E’ word in this election
The economy has taken center stage in this presidential election, but more than a few people, including teachers, school administrators and other educators, are looking at candidates’ education platforms.
“If you watched the last debate, you saw how far apart John McCain and Barack Obama are when it comes to education reform,” Ellen Bernstein, president of [...]
Will Albuquerque Journal endorse Obama? Eh, probably not
Early voting is in its second week and still no presidential endorsement from the state’s largest newspaper. So why has the Albuquerque Journal waited so long to endorse?
Vote, then wait. That’s the lesson from Bernalillo County at five APS schools
The Bernalillo County Clerk’s Bureau of Elections put a lot of effort into making sure Thursday’s mock election at five Albuquerque Public Schools was realistic. Staff members conducted forums at each school where several elected officials spoke, provided the real ballot and the official tabulator, and assured students that this was how the “real” voting [...]
Time magazine: White can’t shake Bush from campaign
In Time magazine’s “Races to Watch ‘08″ section of its Web site, and presumably in its upcoming print issue, the CD1 race between Democrat Martin Heinrich and Republican Darren White is mentioned prominently. Under the headline: “A New Mexico Republican Can’t Shake Bush.”
Albuquerque teachers union endorses Obama, but not his NCLB view
Albuquerque Teachers Federation President Ellen Bernstein prefers Sen. Barack Obama’s education platform over Sen. John McCain’s, but she would like her candidate to make a case for throwing No Child Left Behind out instead of trying to fix it.
McCain touts Troops to Teachers program because you don’t need pesky teaching credentials? Huh?
During Wednesday night’s presidential debate, John McCain touted several programs designed to attract more teachers to the profession. Unfortunately, he was either misinformed or had no idea about what it takes to be in those programs.