Messing with minority voting rights is no small thing
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If Steve Cabiedes or Cara Valente-Compton can show our facts are wrong about his voter ID lawsuit, then we will make the necessary corrections. Continue Reading
Senator’s spending fails the smell test
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State Sen. Phil Griego spent thousands of dollars of campaign contributions last year to buy NFL football tickets and fix his personal vehicle. Clearly, Phil Griego has strayed far from the path of responsible and accountable government for New Mexicans. Continue Reading
Reject super PAC lies
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Recently a shadowy outside group attacked me with outright lies. To be clear, I’m a lifelong Democrat and I ask you to reject these vile attacks. Continue Reading
Gary Johnson plays the role of spoiler
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Until reform gives third-party candidates a chance to become viable, perhaps spoilers are our best hope of keeping the two-party system in check. Continue Reading
City gives green light to red-light tyranny
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The City of Las Cruces last week decided tyranny was in order. Those who do not pay red-light camera fines will find their water and natural gas turned off. It is time for the State of New Mexico to take over the city management. Continue Reading
I’ll be watching you, Mr. Wiener
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There will be no lynch mob for you, Mr. Wiener. As the senator for this district, and more importantly as a lawyer who goes after the perpetrators of child sexual abuse under civil law, I do promise to watch you. Continue Reading
At the least, Wiener displays stunning ignorance
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Bernalillo County Commissioner Michael Wiener loaned his smiling face to the sex tourism industry – and possibly sex slavery – in a less-developed nation, and says that’s no different than posing with women at Hooters here. How very American. Continue Reading
Straight talk on the federal budget
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Despite our reliance on the feds, New Mexicans would be wise to accept an ounce of prevention now, because the ‘cure’ for fiscal incontinence will not be pretty. Continue Reading
Thanks to you, NMPolitics.net has a freelance budget
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Thanks to the donations of 150 of you, NMPolitics.net now has money to pay freelancers to write news articles. Continue Reading
Filipino Americans do great things for NM
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There are many vibrant parts of the Filipino Community that are being overshadowed by the recent events surrounding Bernalillo County Commissioner Michael Wiener. Continue Reading
Maybe not the good old days, but certainly better days
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Mr. Haussamen, with all due respect, I feel you have failed your readers in an attempt to inform them about my service as a former mayor of Sunland Park. Continue Reading
Getting worse before getting better, if ever
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Trying to improve education is quite slippery since it depends on what you mean by success when you are looking to find it in the schools. It is very different for political leaders than for citizens. Continue Reading
Let’s make a down payment on clean energy leadership
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There’s more work to be done to ensure that the earth we leave behind to our children is better than the one we inherited. Continue Reading
Both sides in education debate have same goal
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Both sides of the debate seem to wish for more highly qualified teachers to be placed in the most difficult teaching positions. Continue Reading
The good old days in Sunland Park? I think not
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Jesus “Ruben” Segura’s 12-year tenure as mayor does not represent the good old days in Sunland Park. It’s just another page in a scandal-plagued chapter in the city’s history that needs to come to an end. Continue Reading