Council Watch: Cover Me Councilors gathered at a special Wednesday, Sept. 3, meeting last week thanks to the Labor Day weekend. Bus shelters were a recurring theme [...] Christie Chisholm \ Sep 11, 2008 Read More
Nonprofits Nonplussed Embattled Group Says It Hasn’t Missed The Deadline To Register As A Political Committee Members of the nonprofit group New Mexico Youth Organized woke up on Thursday, Sept. 4, to a startling headline. The Albuquerque Journal ran [...] Simon McCormack \ Sep 11, 2008 Read More
Versus: Palin Drone Sexism And The Gop’s Candidate For Vp Perhaps it required finely tuned feminist radar to detect the media’s sexist treatment of Hillary Clinton’s candidacy. I admit, I missed it. But [...] Jim Scarantino \ Sep 11, 2008 Read More
Bureau Of Elections Still Headless Potential Bureau Of Elections Director Backs Out Jim Noel sent a letter to Secretary of State Mary Herrera saying he wouldn’t be reporting for duty Monday, Sept. 8, after all. [...] Marisa Demarco \ Sep 11, 2008 Read More
Answer Me This Where was a convicted sex offender living? Who just got rearrested? The Rio Grande Zoo will have to do without … . And [...] Simon McCormack \ Sep 11, 2008 Read More
Letters ¡Ya Basta! [Re: The Real Side, "Obama the War President," Aug. 28-Sept. 3] Nice try, Jim Scarantino, but we are not that stupid. Obama’s war? [...] Alibi \ Sep 11, 2008 Read More
The Marijuana Model How Can The State Get Medical Cannabis To Patients? SANTA FE—Bernie Ellis has an unusual history for a proponent of medical marijuana. In the early ’90s, he came to New Mexico to [...] Marisa Demarco \ Sep 11, 2008 Read More
Memorial Links 9/11 To Wars Memorial Would Connect Wars To 9/11 The City Council plans to construct a cast bronze war memorial honoring soldiers who’ve died in Iraq and Afghanistan. Because the memorial would [...] Aeriel Emig \ Sep 04, 2008 Read More A rendering of the memorial by Tina Reames.
Also On The Ballot: Ralph Nader A Day With Independent Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader Bruce Trigg stands in front of a small roomful of reporters, looking nervous.The Albuquerque coordinator of the Ralph Nader-Matt Gonzalez presidential campaign is [...] Simon McCormack \ Sep 04, 2008 Read More “He [Sen. Barack Obama] knows the liberals and progressives have no bargaining power,” presidential candidate Ralph Nader says. “So he turns his back on them, knowing he has their vote.” (Tina Larkin)
Odds & Ends Odds & Ends Dateline: Cambodia— Thanks to soaring inflation and increasing demand, the price of rat meat has more than quadrupled in the southeastern Asian nation [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Sep 04, 2008 Read More (Eric J. Garcia)