Posted inOpinion, Westside

Former Dem. Manny Gonzales III couldn’t win GOP support for US Senate. A month later, he’s already running for a different GOP office.

Commentary by Pat Davis, City Desk The website mannyforsenate.com still promotes Manny Gonzales III’s one-month campaign as a Republican candidate for US Senate in Washington D.C. The campaign Facebook page he used last month to announce his failure to qualify for that race still bears the URL ending in “MannyforABQ,” an apparent holdover from his […]

Posted inLetters to the Editor, Uncategorized

Letter to the Editor: Small Towns Should Hold Leaders and Police Accountable Too

Submitted by Pilar Tirado Murray, East Mt. resident If you’d like to submit a Letter to the Editor, please email editor@newmexico.news Merritt Hamilton Allen’s tart, intelligent and tongue-in-cheek take on New Mexico  politics is always a pleasure to read and last week’s column (“APD: A Cautionary Tale”) was  no exception. The “crisis communication pro tips” […]

Posted inLetters to the Editor, Uncategorized

Letter to the Editor: Small Towns Should Hold Leaders and Police Accountable Too

Submitted by Pilar Tirado Murray, East Mt. resident If you’d like to submit a Letter to the Editor, please email editor@newmexico.news Merritt Hamilton Allen’s tart, intelligent and tongue-in-cheek take on New Mexico  politics is always a pleasure to read and last week’s column (“APD: A Cautionary Tale”) was  no exception. The “crisis communication pro tips” […]

Posted inLetters to the Editor, Uncategorized

Letter to the Editor: Small Towns Should Hold Leaders and Police Accountable Too

Submitted by Pilar Tirado Murray, East Mt. resident If you’d like to submit a Letter to the Editor, please email editor@newmexico.news Merritt Hamilton Allen’s tart, intelligent and tongue-in-cheek take on New Mexico  politics is always a pleasure to read and last week’s column (“APD: A Cautionary Tale”) was  no exception. The “crisis communication pro tips” […]

Posted inColumnists, Commentary

A better way to govern

One of the most important bills this legislative session has tiptoed through the House with scant publicity and no controversy.  House Bill 232, to create the Infrastructure Planning and Development Division within the Department of Finance and Administration, sounds a dry and bureaucratic, but it could transform the state’s dysfunctional capital outlay system.  Communities need […]

Posted inColumnists, Commentary

Family leave bills are not quite ready

Trades, especially the construction trades, have been saying for years that they need more workers. Community colleges and unions are doing their best to make that happen, but funding is up and down. A bill that easily passed the House last week would stabilize funding for apprentice and training programs in the state. It lines […]