Mayor’s comments cause confusion about city manager search
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In spite of comments made by Mayor Ken Miyagishima, the Las Cruces City Council is formally considering only two candidates for its open city manager job at this time. Continue Reading
Las Cruces school board selects superintendent semifinalists
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The Las Cruces Public Schools Board of Education has selected five people to be considered as semifinalists for its open superintendent job. Continue Reading
Two more Las Cruces city manager candidates to be interviewed
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The City of Las Cruces has released applications submitted by two additional candidates for its open city manager position. City councilors will interview both candidates on Wednesday. Continue Reading
Las Cruces school district releases superintendent applications
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The Las Cruces Public Schools released all 26 applications for the district’s open superintendent job — 14 submitted by candidates who were deemed to meet the qualifications for the position and 12 who were not. Continue Reading
NMSU Regents violated Open Meetings Act, sunshine group says
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Meeting privately with the chancellor in small groups to hear about his plan to eliminate an academic program constituted a rolling quorum, the N.M. Foundation for Open Government says. The university disagrees. Continue Reading
Lawmakers can’t invest in New Mexico’s future without all the facts
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A good tax expenditure budget — which New Mexico needs — would list all the tax breaks, add up how much they cost, and analyze them to determine if they are doing what they were expected to do. Continue Reading
Oliver plans focus on increasing voter turnout as secretary of state
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“I’ve long had a passion for voter rights and voter education and encouraging people to participate in the democratic process,” secretary of state candidate Maggie Toulouse Oliver, a Democrat, said. Continue Reading
Boosting voter turnout is partisan, not secretary of state’s job, Espinoza says
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“If you register 500 voters in Santa Fe, then others are going to ask why not register 500 voters in Roswell? It becomes a matter of neutrality and even-handedness,” Republican secretary of state candidate Nora Espinoza said. Continue Reading
How Bernie Sanders beat the clock and avoided disclosure
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Bernie Sanders expertly exploited a system that effectively allowed him to delay, delay, delay — all while he chided Hillary Clinton’s receipt of six-figure paydays for delivering closed-door speeches to officials at investment bank Goldman Sachs and other powerful special interests. Continue Reading
This isn’t how state government should function
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The self-proclaimed most transparent governor in history needs to drop her resistance to sunshine and embrace a special session. Democrats need to treat the situation as the serious problem it is instead of an opportunity to score political points. Continue Reading
Judge denies motions to halt NMPolitics.net’s public records lawsuit
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Third Judicial District Judge James T. Martin cleared the way Wednesday for NMPolitics.net’s lawsuit seeking the release of dozens of Las Cruces city manager applications to proceed. Continue Reading
In the absence of trust, there is only transparency
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What are you going to do when by their words or their deeds they make it clear to you that they have no intention of letting you watch their little meetings in secret? Continue Reading
State budget deal needs to be made in public, sunshine group says
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With a special session of the Legislature looking increasingly necessary to address budget shortfalls, the state’s leading transparency group is urging lawmakers to open all meetings to the public. Continue Reading
Friday is the last day for on-campus employee health services at NMSU
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The university hasn’t yet finalized a plan to offer another way for employees to receive expedited health services. Continue Reading
Legislative budget committees should let in the public
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We must demand that policymakers give us a seat at the table so we’re there to remind them who gave them their seats. Continue Reading