Stuff you need to know, 4.24.24
New Mexico political pundit Joe Monahan predicts the end is near for Virgin Galactic.
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T or C first budget workshop—baby steps
In 447 BC, when the Parthenon was built, they knew the value of fiduciary transparency in government. Athena's dress was made of gold, in sections, so they could be regularly weighed and recorded, since it was part of the city's treasury that was kept in the public's eye.
Stuff you need to know, 4.19.24
The federal government now has new tools to protect public lands and cultural treasurers from depredation. The New Mexico Legislature will again consider unpassed crime bills at a special legislative session to be held in July.
Stuff you need to know, 4.16.24
Good news and bad news for New Mexico's precious water sources.
Political considerations, 4.16.24
A recently discovered video may make it harder for New Mexico CD2 candidate Yvette Herrell to mask her once vehemently held anti-choice position.
King Hechler alludes to his plan for water and sewer problems
The great artist Diego Velazquez painted royalty as they were, often blank-eyed and taken up with amusing themselves with court jesters instead of serious matters of state. There are Velazquez-like parallels with the supposedly democratic T or C city commission.
Stuff you need to know, 4.15.24
New Mexico places high for risk from consumer predation by private-equity investments in the state.
Stuff you need to know, 4.12.24
Why is New Mexico the only state that has seen a drop in its foreign-born population over a 10-year period?
T or C City Commission hands out more blank checks to city department heads
Another four years of 'on-call' contracts that short-circuit city commission and public oversight of capital projects. Department heads have carte blanche to hire architects and engineers behind closed doors.
Political considerations, 4.11.24
In New Mexico, the majority of seats in both chambers of the legislature are considered safe for one or the other major party, and toss-upraces in which voters have a meaningful say are a rarity.
Stuff you need to know, 4.10.24
Why Virgin Galactic has countersued Boeing
Political considerations, 4.9.24
Progressive activists are encouraging those who wish to register their demand for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza to vote "Uncommitted" in New Mexico's Democratic primary.