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.
Richard “R.J.” Berry and Martin Chavez both accuse each other of improprieties related to the rent they’re paying for office space. Berry pays to rent space from a company he owns, then donates the money to charity, in order to satisfy requirements that he not take the rent as a donation, and that he not profit from public funds. Meanwhile, Mayor Chavez receives his office space as an in-kind donation from a local attorney, who makes the donation personally because to do so from his business would be prohibited.
In a statement today, ABQ mayoral candidate Richard Romero called on incumbent Mayor Martin Chavez to “stop fighting for his misguided SunCal soccer park.”
Another ABQ mayoral hopeful: a man facing felony charges, reports KOB TV. Rudolph Serrano thinks he may have a chance at office, despite pending felony cases including aggravated assault and using stolen credit cards. Call me crazy, but he may…
