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The Las Cruces City Council has certainly become more proactive about listening to input from the public since progressives took over in early 2008. But many, including the mayor and a state senator who’s been involved in reform in Albuquerque and the Legislature, say more structural reforms are needed. Continue Reading
For whatever it’s worth, Gov. Bill Richardson announced today the ethics reforms he says he plans to push in the 2010 session. Continue Reading
Former Gov. Gary Johnson is “doing little to knock down the idea that he may be looking toward a 2012 presidential run,” Politico reports today in an article profiling a man the article says “emerges as the next Ron Paul.” Continue Reading
Gov. Bill Richardson’s office formally responded today to NMPolitics.net’s request for information about the 59 political appointees who are losing their jobs and – surprise, surprise – the response included no information about those people who are losing their jobs. Continue Reading
Days after a spokesman for Gov. Bill Richardson told a TV reporter that it was “not appropriate or dignified” to identify the 59 political appointees who are losing their jobs, Richardson’s office has formally denied a newspaper reporter’s request for that information. Continue Reading
Though the governor’s office hasn’t yet provided a formal response to records requests, a spokesman told a TV reporter it’s “not necessary, nor is it appropriate or dignified, to identify individuals who are losing their jobs.” Continue Reading
Early voting is already underway in an election in which residents of Anthony, N.M. will decide whether to incorporate. An informational meeting will be held Wednesday to educate residents about the tax implications and other important issues. Continue Reading
Republican gubernatorial candidate Janice Arnold-Jones has hired a new campaign manager who was a key member of a team that helped elect a Republican governor in New Jersey earlier this year. Continue Reading
Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Turner’s second television ad of the election cycle started running Friday. While the first was a general, introductory ad, this one focuses on the economy. Watch it here. Continue Reading
Our corrupt system gives corporations and other special interests undue influence that undermines the Constitution that created it. The ongoing health-care reform debate in Washington proves the point. Continue Reading
The manipulation of last week’s non-scientific poll asking whether people approve of the job State Auditor Hector Balderas is doing was the worst I’ve been aware of in the history of this site. Continue Reading
Doña Ana County Manager Brian Haines is out on medical leave for “an indefinite period” because of a “chronic pain issue,” Assistant County Manager Sue Padilla notified commissioners this week. Continue Reading
Gilbert Apodaca, one of Doña Ana County’s most notorious politicians in recent times, says he’s “likely” to run for a seat on the state’s Public Regulation Commission next year. Continue Reading
Attorney General Gary King’s office can’t say how much taxpayer money has been spent on litigation with two nonprofits even as King appeals a judge’s ruling against his attempt to force the nonprofits to register as political action committees. Continue Reading
“Soft landings” is how the Albuquerque Journal characterizes the contracts Gov. Bill Richardson’s administration gave to two members of his cabinet after they left those public jobs. Continue Reading