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.
If defeated District 5 City Councilor Michael Cadigan had taken public financing, he could have had a lot more money to spend on the race this year. About twice as much.
The election might be over, but the City Clerk’s office is still hard at work on it. Employees are working to tally the official count of Albuquerque’s municipal election results now, counting provisional ballots as well as a small number…
The big story Tuesday night was R.J. Berry. The two-term Republican state Representative did well in Democratic strongholds. He won with independents. In fact, Berry walked away with what had been viewed as a close race, besting Mayor Martin Chavez and Richard Romero and avoiding a two-man runoff by capturing nearly 44 percent of the vote.
The unofficial results show that Richard “R.J.” Berry will be the next mayor of Albuquerque, with 186 out of 186 precincts reporting in Albuquerque municipal election.
With 20 of 22 precincts reporting in Albuquerque City Council District 3, incumbent City Councilor Isaac Benton is headed to an easy victory over challenger Alan Armijo, 60.39 percent to 39.61 percent. In Albuquerque City Council District 5, challenger Dan…
Albuquerque’s early votes show Daniel Lewis leading incumbent Michael Cadigan in District 5; and incumbent Isaac Benton leading Alan Armigo in District 3.
The development community appears to be targeting two of its most vocal opponents on the city council in hopes of gaining a development-friendly board, two Albuquerque city councilors charged Wednesday. Westland Development Co., a subsidiary of SunCal, has spent at least $10,000 on the race.
A large developer hoping to finance a huge mixed-used development on the Albuquerque’s West Side—with bonds based on future tax proceeds—is targeting its most vocal opponent on the City Council. A mailer sent to District 5 voters this week criticizes City Councilor Michael Cadigan, who is seeking re-election. Cadigan is a longtime, vocal opponent of the tax-proceeds scheme — called TIDDs for short — by which SunCal, the developer, hopes to pay for roads, water lines and other infrastructure for the development.
The Central New Mexico Central Labor Council, composed of public and private sector labor unions in Bernalillo County and Albuquerque, released its endorsements of candidates for city council in Albuquerque’s upcoming municipal election.
Two-term Albuquerque City Councilor Michael Cadigan has been vindicated by the city’s Board of Ethics regarding a complaint filed by his opponents in the upcoming October election.
The complaint centered on a postcard campaign Cadigan initiated that urged his…
Albuquerque City Councilor Michael Cadigan is taking heat from his two District 5 challengers for planning a public safety postcard initiative using both city funds and a city employee to do the leg work.
Three incumbent Albuquerque city councilors won the endorsement of one of the city’s most influential public employees unions.
The Albuquerque City Council will soon take up the issue of whether a moratorium on impact fees makes sense given the new construction in the city over the last year. And it’s a subject that has already reignited a long-simmering debate about how to best manage development in New Mexico’s largest city.
At the groundbreaking for the “Unser’s Crossing” shopping center last week, Bobby Unser had some choice words for Albuquerque City Councilor Michael Cadigan.
Albuquerque’s City Council decided last night to hire an outside attorney to possibly take Mayor Martin Chavez to court over the city’s capital improvement program. “We as a governing body need to stand up for ourselves,” Councilor Debbie O’Malley said.
Albuquerque City Councilor Michael Cadigan has decided to run for re-election, but the ex-mayoral candidate probably won’t seek public financing, Cadigan tells NMI.
“There’s an elephant in the room, folks. Nobody’s bringing it up, but we all have an idea of what it is. The day that government exists just for politics and how it can benefit the principals of our municipalities is the day we’re all in trouble. And thank God we have three branches of government.”
City Attorney Bob White — a long-time appointee of Mayor Martin Chávez — says the Albuquerque City Council didn’t follow the legally prescribed timeline for the council’s recently approved Capital Improvement Program, meaning the mayor’s original proposal stands. Some city councilors are calling that a power grab.
As the dust settles on the first-ever run to qualify for public financing in an Albuquerque mayoral campaign, one question on a lot of minds is whether the new system rewards organizational backing — and “incumbency advantage” — over voter support.
Albuquerque City Councilor Michael Cadigan withdrew his bid for Mayor of Albuquerque yesterday and endorsed former state Sen. Richard Romero, saying in a prepared statement that Albuquerque was in “desperate need of a change in leadership.”
