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Former Las Cruces Mayor Bill Mattiace donated $10,000 from his campaign account to help pay for the funeral of his sister-in-law’s husband, the Las Cruces Sun-News is reporting. Continue Reading
We can all agree that “dust ordinance” is a silly name; that aside, don’t believe the hype. This ordinance isn’t “overly restrictive” or “punitive.” Protecting Las Crucens’ health and property is exactly the type of thing the city council should be working on. Continue Reading
A controversial land development that in 2007 helped spark the progressive takeover of the Las Cruces City Council isn’t going to happen. Continue Reading
I appreciate the meaningful ways that the Occupy movement has moved the national conversation in a direction that can now include not only retrenchment and austerity but also basic fairness and opportunity for everyone. But they need our help. Continue Reading
Former Las Cruces City Council candidate Ryan Dailey has pleaded guilty to a drunken driving charge in Virginia; he says he plans to fight a similar charge in Las Cruces and will run for city council again in four years. Continue Reading
It wasn’t even close. In a resounding manner, voters in Las Cruces endorsed the work of incumbents who were up for re-election on Tuesday. Continue Reading
LIVEBLOG ARCHIVE: Incumbents including Las Cruces Mayor Ken Miyagishima won re-election tonight, and Gregory Z. Smith won the open District 2 seat on the City Council. Read more from the archive of NMPolitics.net’s election night liveblog by clicking on the headline. Continue Reading
There appears to be a steady stream of voters casting ballots at polling places all over Las Cruces in today’s municipal election. Continue Reading
It’s Election Day in Las Cruces, and NMPolitics.net will liveblog the results beginning at 7 p.m. Check back throughout the day for updates and join the liveblog this evening. Continue Reading
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
UPDATED: Candidates and political committees had to file finance reports with the City of Las Cruces on Thursday. You can view them here. 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
True debates – as opposed to bland forums – are rare in politics these days, so it was refreshing to see the Las Cruces mayoral candidates engage in a real live debate on Tuesday. Continue Reading
Michael Ray Huerta and Dolores Connor outperformed Las Cruces Mayor Ken Miyagishima at Tuesday’s debate but didn’t spend enough time rebutting his argument for why he deserves to be re-elected. Continue Reading
UPDATED: If you missed tonight’s Las Cruces mayoral candidate debate, you can watch it here. You can also check out the archived liveblog discussion of the debate. Continue Reading