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NMPolitics.net discloses all our donors. Common Cause discloses most. I hope others will join us in making New Mexico more transparent. Continue Reading
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NMPolitics.net discloses all our donors. Common Cause discloses most. I hope others will join us in making New Mexico more transparent. Continue Reading
If we want less crime, better schools, and a healthier state let’s stop our outdated prohibition laws and do this right. Continue Reading
If you desire to improve our government, focus on the root of the dysfunction, institutional corruption. Here is a model I have found effective for implementing an ethics plan with the City of Albuquerque. Continue Reading
Our objective is clean, reliable and affordable energy not just for the favored few, but for all New Mexicans. Continue Reading
The solution is for infrastructure to be built with labor paid at market rates. This is actually contrary to New Mexico law. Continue Reading
Those who seek to hold on to current or outdated laws or interpretations of laws fail to see the long-term arc of historical progress. Continue Reading
Furloughs and program cuts are tried and true ways to reduce budget lines, but they don’t exactly inspire confidence in school staff and in the community as a whole. Continue Reading
Looking at New Mexico might have taught Kansas that a state can’t will new jobs into being simply by cutting income taxes. Continue Reading
I and the majority of the editorial board believe that what Sound Off! brings — a chance for people to air grievances, to take government to task, to opine on issues like increasing the minimum wage, the sales tax or the recall of city officials — outweighs the column’s shortcomings. Continue Reading
The trust of the community in their public servants is a sacred commodity, and it has been shaken hard by recent events in our office. Continue Reading
New Mexico’s roads are pretty good, certainly not in a “crisis” necessitating a massive tax hike, but there are things we can do to make sure the dollars we invest actually improve mobility. Continue Reading
Southern New Mexico’s people are having a moment of innovation that could be transformative. Continue Reading
Anonymous comments are sometimes blatantly rude and insulting. Instead, let’s foster a local environment that conveys intelligence, thoughtfulness and welcome. Continue Reading
Consolidating smaller elections would cut costs, allow for more polling places, and increase voter awareness. Continue Reading
I want the citizens of this county to know that I admit my mistake – a violation of the New Mexico Open Meetings Act – and I apologize. Continue Reading