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Aaron Henry Diaz and Nathan Small, the candidates for the District 4 seat on the Las Cruces City Council, answer NMPolitics.net’s questions on topics ranging from growth and development to ethics reform to quality of life and sustainability. Continue Reading
We must not only demand that the economic recovery plans presented to us in the coming months are based on sound economics, but also be told in no uncertain terms how they can help us keep America’s promises to all of its people. Continue Reading
I hope before this is over the Occupy Wall Street folks will get to the cause of this problem and stop focusing only on the bad actors. Our future depends on it. Continue Reading
Fred Espinosa, Charles Scholz and Gregory Z. Smith, the candidates for the District 2 seat on the Las Cruces City Council, answer NMPolitics.net’s questions on topics ranging from growth and development to ethics reform to quality of life and sustainability. Continue Reading
On Nov. 3 over 400 people, 12 congregations and eight religious denominations will gather to hear from one another about the struggles to stabilize their families as they experience unemployment and home foreclosure, and to hear from students who want more opportunities to higher education. Continue Reading
Miguel Silva and Natalie Chadborn, the candidates for the District 1 seat on the Las Cruces City Council, answer NMPolitics.net’s questions on topics ranging from growth and development to ethics reform to quality of life and sustainability. Continue Reading
One activist at a recent Occupy Wall Street protest held a sign saying, “Red or blue, they screw you.” Talk about undiscerning. Changing the country is going to take more than protests. It means knowing who is on the side of 99 percent of us and who is not. Continue Reading
Free-trade votes are often tough votes, and I’m pleased that Sen. Bingaman and Congressman Pearce supported job-creating and market-opening agreements approved last week. It’s too bad that Sen. Udall only supported one and Congressmen Luján and Heinrich didn’t support any. Continue Reading
The U.S. Postal Service must deal with its structural problems, hold down costs, and find new sources of revenue. I did not vote to bail out the big banks, and I will not vote to bail out the U.S. Postal Service. Continue Reading
Several dozen people gathered outside the Wells Fargo branch on Telshor Boulevard in Las Cruces on Saturday to join the worldwide “Occupy” protests. Click on the headline to see photographs I took of them. Continue Reading
Every time you hear the “tax the rich” dialog, you can label that person a huckster who takes from one American to give to another American for their vote. In America we are left in the debate about the rich with this question: What do we do when we have taken all of the wealth from the rich? Who is next? Continue Reading
Is Occupy Wall Street a demonstration, a movement, or a transformative moment? Some believe it’s merely an irritant that will be suppressed in the coming weeks. I think it’s something much more. Continue Reading
New Mexico faces rapidly-changing economic and political realities. The situation provides both peril and opportunities for New Mexicans, but there will be a transitional period and it may not be easy. Continue Reading
Class warfare is nothing new. But with 11-14 million people unemployed and no jobs for newer, younger workers, there’s a danger of creating a permanent and angry underclass. Continue Reading
When Texas Governor and presidential candidate Rick Perry told the truth about Social Security, every other politician on both sides of the political aisle would not go there because telling the truth to the public does not win races. Continue Reading