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.
Both Mayor Martin Chavez and his campaign manager, Mark Fleisher, popped up in the press over the weekend giving their take on why Chavez lost the mayor’s race on October 6.
He’s spent no time since the election analyzing why…
One thing that leaps out when looking over the campaign reports of Albuquerque’s mayoral candidates is the minimal amount of money incumbent Mayor Martin Chavez is using for campaign staff compared to the other two candidates in the race, ex-state Senate president pro tem Richard Romero and state Rep. Richard “R.J.” Berry.
On Monday night the Albuquerque City Council will debate two issues that are likely to be hotly contested: a proposal to place a one year moratorium on impact fees, and the issue of whether or not to override the mayor’s veto…
Reports filed Friday with Albuquerque’s city clerk show that incumbent Mayor Marty Chavez has spent the least amount of public campaign funds among the city’s three mayoral candidates. It’s unclear, however, how the campaign is, or should be, accounting for the value of materials it has been using since before the new financing system began.
