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.
On Tuesday voters overwhelmingly defeated a multi-year effort to create a new municipality in Bernalillo County’s unincorporated South Valley. Had South Valley residents approved the idea, the proposed “Valle de Atrisco” would have had a population of about 50,000. Proponents…
Last week I hosted a panel discussion about South Valley incorporation vote on KNME’s public affairs program, New Mexico in Focus. I was joined by Teresa Cordova, a professor at the UNM School of Architecture and Planning, Mike Ciesielski of…
Registered voters who live in the unincorporated area of Bernalillo County’s South Valley are voting today in a special election to determine whether or not they should incorporate into a town. The proposed town would be called Valle De Atrisco.…
A group that has been working toward incorporating a large chunk of Albuquerque’s South Valley into it’s own city have announced they’ve chosen a name for the future city: Valle de Atrisco.
According to the Albuquerque Journal, the…
I graduated from Rio Grande High School and now, ten years later it appears the cluster is once again reverting to a failed hierarchical “trickle down” approach. This philosophy and administrative shakeup is not only antiquated, but ignores the lessons and calls from President Obama’s declared “new era of responsibility.” The APS superintendent’s proposal falls short because it fails to give the community ownership or input in the cluster’s successes and failures.
The local and national media provided a one-two punch last week about the prospects of southern New Mexico’s south valley being a decisive factor in this year’s presidential election.
On Thursday, Jose Z. Garcia of New Mexico State University…
Some South Valley residents think its time for the area to incorporate into its own municipality. And they have a recently completed study to point to bolster their case.
