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.
The god of wine? That’s Val Kilmer’s current project as King of Bacchus for the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans. Peter St. Cyr has video of it on his blog. Check it out right here.
A New Mexico union representing film and television technicians is coming out with an endorsement of Lt. Gov Diane Denish in the 2010 gubernatorial race more than 20 months before Election Day.
Former U.S. Reps. Steve Pearce and Heather Wilson aren’t the only Republicans openly considering running for governor in 2010.
Val Kilmer has hired the Washington public relations firm McMahon, Squier & Associates to handle communications and media for his potential gubernatorial campaign, a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed.
How come lately I feel like I’m working for TMZ?
Turns out there was another Val Kilmer sighting, this time near Washington, D.C., and Beltway Banter with Baca notes that Kilmer was spotted in Alexandria, Va.
Santa Fe New Mexican political writer Steve Terrell says there is no law against beating a dead horse, and if it’s good enough for Terrell, it’s good enough for us, right?
Well, Terrell finds out that the folks at…
Kilmer’s peek-a-boo act with journalists and legislators regarding the very serious governor’s race is distracting and annoying and it makes me wonder: Are we in little old New Mexico really so dazzled by celebrity that we’re going to be bamboozled by this guy?
Val Kilmer is continuing politicking as he considers running for governor, this time with a visit to Washington, D.C. that included attending a speech on American Indian issues and paying visits to the offices of at least two members of the New Mexico congressional delegation.
While I’m sure she’d rather be rid of the “Lt” that precedes the rest of her title, Lt. Gov. Diane Denish doesn’t seem to be slowing down since she almost got that automatic promotion to the governor’s chair.
Actor Val Kilmer better re-think his marketing effort. He’s showing up to the Capitol so often that his appearances are becoming routine.
The actor who would be a politician was back at the Capitol and staying mum on whether…
Val Kilmer says he believes the office of governor is his if he wants it.
Val Kilmer is getting national media attention for a potential gubernatorial run and local media attention for showing up to the Roundhouse and giving impromptu press conferences.
But one group is not amused, and that is Vietnam veterans.
Batman was in the Roundhouse.
Or was it Doc Holliday?
Val Kilmer, the actor and possible aspiring New Mexico politician, was seen skulking around the state Capitol on Wednesday.
This reporter only got within 20 feet of the…
If Val Kilmer wants to be governor of New Mexico and follow in the footsteps of actor-turned-governors such as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Ronald Reagan, he has an odd way of campaigning.
The Associated Press is reporting that Kilmer will…
As Marjorie Childress noted in NMI’s blog roundup, Democracy for New Mexico highlighted some donations by Val Kilmer to Ralph Nader, even after Democratic nominee and now President Barack Obama secured his party’s nomination.
In fact, the donations…
Barb Wold over at Democracy for New Mexico points out that Val Kilmer is a Nader fan. During the 2008 election year he contributed more than $4,000 to the Nader campaign — Wold provides the list of contributions in…
End of the week, and blogging is light around the state once again.
John Fleck at the Albuquerque Journal’s blog takes a look and a second (more optimistic) look at the low level of concern for global warming,…
One of New Mexico’s most famous residents is once again telling people in the press that he wants to run for governor.
According to The Hill actor Val Kilmer is still thinking about running for New Mexico’s top job…
Signs of the nation’s recession are hard to miss these days, the Albuquerque Journal tells us today in three separate stories: The state’s labor department is scrambling as the number of New Mexicans filing for unemployment has skyrocketed in…
The Pit (officially University Arena, but who calls it that?) is one of the top sporting venues in the country. The end of the 1983 NCAA Men’s Basketball title game is considered one of the greatest of all time,…
