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 Mary Herrera declined to respond to allegations made by three of her former staff members in an interview with The Independent on Friday, saying she hadn’t seen “the exact allegations.”
“I haven’t seen what they’re claiming.…
Two former aides to Secretary of State Mary Herrera who were fired this week will sue their former boss for retaliation under the state’s whistleblower act, their attorney said Wednesday. Herrera’s deputy, Francisco Trujillo II, denied that the two were fired for going to the FBI with allegations of wrongdoing by Herrera, but also declined to give another reason for the terminations, saying only: “It’s a personnel matter and I won’t go into it.”
Attorney General Gary King attempted to cover up allegations of wrongdoing by Secretary of State Mary Herrera to protect Democrats during an election year, an Española attorney charged Thursday. A spokesman for King said the charges amount to election-year mudslinging and are a product of the attorney’s imagination.
Former elections chief A.J. Salazar raised concerns about the lack of a contract for the storage of voting machines at the private facility during a March 12 interview with The Independent. But chain-of-custody paperwork and regular inventories are kept for those machines and shared with the Secretary of State’s office—and it is unclear how their integrity could be compromised, AES President Terry A. Rainey told The Independent this week.
A spokesman for New Mexico Secretary of State Mary Herrera reiterated Wednesday that the agency is continuing to work on “producing or procuring a new campaign finance reporting system.”
Alright, I can finally answer this question with certainty: Secretary of State Mary Herrera has not issued more administrative rules than previous administrations.
In an article I published earlier today, I quoted Secretary of State spokesman James Flores as saying his boss, Mary Herrera, has “issued more administrative rules and procedures than any past administration.”
That may not be true, at least as far as the administrative rules go.
