District 4 of the Public Education Commission currently has no candidates offering to be elected. District 4 includes parts of Santa Fe, Los Alamos, Sandoval, and Bernalillo Counties Santa Fe Precincts are: 12-19; 57; 63; 65-66; 68-73; 84-85; 88 The candidate will need 438 petition signatures to file on March 20. The Public Education...
By Jack King With substantial issues before him this year, Scott Verhines, Gov. Susana Martinez’s designate for State Engineer, was not confirmed in this year’s legislative session, but it seems unlikely to affect his standing or the performance of his duties. By statute, a State Engineer must be appointed by the governor and confirmed...
AlterNet / By Sara Robinson The world is changing quickly, and we need to help steer it according to our shared values — our vision of what might be. February 1, 2012 | Photo Credit: Nick Turse Editor’s note: AlterNet is excited to announce the launch of a full-fledged, future-oriented “Visions” section. Click here...
A gathering of interested people will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 21 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at the Santa Fe Main Library to develop community support for a Community Bill of Rights for Santa Fe County. Please join us! Santa Fe County needs a carefully written and agreed-upon community rights-based ordinance that asserts...
Please join us for the downtown lunch hour on Presidents’ Day Plus One — that one is you! – Celebrate HM4/SM3 in the 2012 Legislature. New Mexico joins Hawaii as the first states to call for a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizen’s United v. FEC. Tuesday, 11:30am until 1:00pm Civic Plaza, Albuquerque – Hear...
By Nathan Schneider At the General Assembly meeting last night, Occupy Wall Street’s dreamer contingent got a very special valentine: the GA endorsed the Direct Action Working Group’s proposal to call for a general strike on May Day—May 1, 2012. Occupiers celebrated with cheers and Valentine’s Day balloons. The text approved by the GA is as...
For the third time in a year, New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez failed in her bid to repeal a 2003 state law that allows undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses. The 2012 New Mexico State Legislature adjourned this past week without approving repeal legislation supported by Republican Martinez and sponsored by State Rep. Andy...
From Los Alamos Study Group: We are of course very pleased that the Administration, in all its voices, has decided to defer and defund the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement Nuclear Facility (CMRR-NF). Congress will have the last word but it remains virtually impossible to build CMRR-NF and the Uranium Processing Facility (UPF) in...
Decision on March 31st to Go to Trial By Jane Ayers Little did Willie Nelson know when he recorded “Crazy” years ago just how crazy it would become for our cherished family farmers in America. Nelson, President of Farm Aid, has recently called for the national Occupy movement to declare an “Occupy the Food...
By Lena Groeger Last week several media outlets obtained the federal Bureau of Land Management’s draft of proposed rules requiring fracking companies to disclose the chemicals they pump into the ground. Such disclosure requirements have been championed by environmentalists for years and were endorsed by President Obama in the State of the Union, but critics say the rules may not go...
By Gwyneth Doland │ 2/16/12, 9:00 pm │ News The Roundhouse in Santa Fe (Photo by Heath Haussamen) The governor got her tax breaks and a budget she can work with, in addition to tougher penalties for corruption-related crimes. Democrats got their bill to close a corporate tax “loophole,” though it’s likely to be...
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