{"id":636340,"date":"2018-10-18T08:00:48","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T14:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=636340"},"modified":"2018-10-17T15:40:13","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T21:40:13","slug":"we-need-you-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2018\/10\/we-need-you-too\/","title":{"rendered":"We need you too"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ll get right to it. <a href=\"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2018\/10\/spaceport-releases-some-new-info-but-ignores-nmpolitics-nets-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Suing Spaceport America<\/a>\u00a0to try to win the release of public records the agency is hiding from you takes time and money. Keeping NMPolitics.net&#8217;s website and its rather large database of articles dating back to 2006 online and functioning well takes time and money. And of course, bringing you the thoughtful, nuanced and hard-hitting news and commentary you expect takes time and money.<\/p>\n<p>NMPolitics.net is my livelihood. I operate it as a very small business. I do this full-time, and then some. I&#8217;m often writing a column in the early hours of the morning before everyone else in my house wakes up. I&#8217;m regularly publishing articles or moderating social media discussions late at night after I put my daughter to bed.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_383420\"  class=\"wp-caption module image alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 336px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-383420\" src=\"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Haussamen-Heath-336x252.jpg\" alt=\"Heath Haussamen\" width=\"336\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Haussamen-Heath-336x252.jpg 336w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Haussamen-Heath-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Haussamen-Heath-771x578.jpg 771w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Haussamen-Heath-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Haussamen-Heath.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heath Haussamen<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And every month, paying the bills is a stretch. Which brings me to my point: NMPolitics.net needs to raise another $1,200 by the end of October to meet our $3,000 fundraising goal. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">We need your help<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve never donated, but you read our articles or participate in our social media conversations, we need you to help us keep doing this work. If you&#8217;ve given in the past but can afford to give a bit more, we need you, too.<\/p>\n<p>I know it&#8217;s election season. Some of you are giving money to candidates in an election you consider one of the most important in your lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>And, especially in these times, independent, local journalism is a critical protector of our democracy. We can&#8217;t fulfill that role without your support. We need you too.<\/p>\n<p>You can sign up to make automatic, monthly contributions or make a one-time donation in any amount <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">by clicking here<\/a>. If you prefer to mail a check instead of giving online, make it out to Haussamen Publications and send it to P.O. Box 16607, Las Cruces, NM 88004.<\/p>\n<p>NMPolitics.net is really important to me. It allows me to live in a community I love in a state I never want to leave and do work I believe in. I&#8217;m grateful for any support you&#8217;re able to provide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NMPolitics.net needs to raise another $1,200 by the end of October to meet our $3,000 fundraising goal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":383420,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[630],"tags":[137],"class_list":["post-636340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-about-nmpolitics-net","tag-news-about-this-site"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=636340"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":636369,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636340\/revisions\/636369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=636340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=636340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=636340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}