Jerome Block Jr.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES: PRC commish-elect Jerome Block Jr. catches a huge break
Jerome Block Jr. has caught a huge break. In case the name doesn’t ring a bell, Block is the Democrat who won a seat on the powerful Public Regulation Commission despite a campaign marked by dissembling, declining numerous interview requests and even falsifying a campaign finance report. The Office of the Secretary of State has [...]
TODAY’S TOP STORIES: The Jerome Block Jr. saga continues, another state task force is born, and don’t break out your snowboards quite yet!
In national news today, President-elect Barack Obama says he plans to keep Bush’s current defense secretary, Robert Gates — at least for the time being. Nobody wants to spend any money, but food stamp usage is nearing an all-time high.
Meanwhile, in Santa Fe, Jerome Block Jr. isn’t out of the woods yet, even though he [...]
Jerome Block Jr. may face impeachment effort come January
Newly elected state Public Regulation Commission member Jerome Block Jr. may be facing an impeachment effort by New Mexico’s House of Representatives when the state Legislature convenes in January. This is according to “rumors” heard at the Santa Fe Reporter, which dubbed one scandal after another related to Block during the campaign as “Blockgate.”
But it [...]
Embattled Block edges out Lass in PRC race
Despite challenges to his campaign expenditures by the secretary of state’s office, Democratic Public Regulation Commission candidate Jerome Block Jr. took the northern District 3 Public Regulation Commission seat being vacated by newly elected Congressman Ben Ray Lujan in an unofficial tally count of 56.2 percent of the vote.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES: It’s Election Day!
Record turnout for early voting is the lead story in most New Mexico newspapers today, but elections officials from Secretary of State Mary Herrera on down say they still expect long lines at polling stations today, the traditional Election Day. Republican presidential candidate John McCain seems to have taken up residency in New Mexico, and [...]
TODAY’S TOP STORIES: The NRA targets N.M. and Obama
New Mexico is a target in the NRA’s national campaign to paint Barack Obama as a threat to gun owners. John McCain appears to be losing the battle for Hispanics, or it would seem that way in Española. The embattled PRC candidate Jerome Block Jr. is running into more headwinds, this time from the League of [...]
TODAY’S TOP STORIES: Block Jr. is fined, SOS says pay up
Jerome Block Jr. just can’t seem to get a decent headline. The Democratic candidate for the Public Regulation Commission has been fined $11,000 by Secretary of State Mary Herrera for campaign violations and must return another $10,000 in public financing, The Santa Fe New Mexican and other newspapers report this morning. In other political news, [...]
TODAY’S TOP STORIES: Obama’s support in N.M. strongest among older Hispanics
Contrary to what the former Bernalillo County Republican Party chairman or the State Senate Majority Whip might think, “Older Hispanics Favor Obama,” says an Albuquerque Journal Poll released today. According to a further analysis of the poll conducted Sept. 29-Oct. 2, Sen. Barack Obama’s support in New Mexico is actually strongest among Hispanics over 50. [...]
PRC on TV: Two candidates for N.M.’s most powerful (if little-known) regulatory agency make their case
On Friday night I got a chance to sit down separately with two candidates for the Public Regulation Commission — the Green Party’s Rick Lass and Democrat Jason Marks — for KNME’s “New Mexico In Focus.”
TODAY’S TOP STORIES: Martin Heinrich leads Darren White, barely
The Albuquerque Journal Poll continues today and shows Democrat Martin Heinrich with a narrow lead over Republican Darren White in the race for the 1st Congressional District, but with 16 percent of voters still undecided. In northern New Mexico, the Secretary of State’s Office has formally asked a candidate for the Public Regulation Commission why [...]