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Obama visit to Oil Patch prompts protests; mayor of Artesia declines invitation

By Admin / March 22, 2012 / News / No Comments

ARTESIA — “Hope and change” doesn’t fly that well in the Oil Patch.

And if you throw in a lizard, then President Obama has an uphill battle winning over converts in southeastern New Mexico, where he made a brief stop Wednesday (March 21) as part of a two-day tour to counter sinking poll numbers related to rising gasoline prices across the country.

Acting police chief busted, additional charges filed against new NM mayor

By Admin / March 20, 2012 / Ethics, Fraud, News / No Comments

SUNLAND PARK — Sunland Park may be taking New Mexico to a place state government has never gone before … and that’s not a good thing.

EXCLUSIVE: Santa Fe mayor to run for Ben Lujan’s House seat UPDATE: Coss says he’ll stay on as mayor if elected

By Admin / March 9, 2012 / Elections, News, Politics & Elections / No Comments

By Rob Nikolewski | New Mexico Watchdog
SANTA FE — Capitol Report New Mexico has learned that Santa Fe mayor David Coss will run for the state House of Representatives seat that has been held by outgoing Speaker of the House Ben Luján since 1975.
Two extremely reliable sources within the Democratic Party in the Santa Fe [...]

NM candidate charged with extortion wins mayor’s race in Sunland Park

By Admin / March 7, 2012 / Accountability, Elections, Fraud, News, Politics & Elections / No Comments

SANTA FE — One of the weirdest elections in the country was held in the little border town of Sunland Park on Tuesday (March 6) as a mayoral candidate who is facing charges of extortion defeated a rival who received a lapdance from a topless woman in his campaign office days before voters went to the polls.

Santa Fe ditches its public education superintendent — this chart may explain why

By Admin / February 29, 2012 / Education, News / No Comments

By Rob Nikolewski | New Mexico Watchdog

SANTA FE — Back in 1962, an angry Richard Nixon uttered a famous line – “You don’t have Nixon to kick around anymore” — after he lost his bid for governor of California.