1
Jerome Block Sr. and Jr. indicted by grand jury on election charges.
It’s nice when families can do things together.

2
Block Jr. says he won’t resign as public regulation commissioner.
Instead he’s planning his re-election campaign.

3
Gov. Bill Richardson says he will form a task force to study the issue of double-dipping public employees.
Task force members are only allowed to serve on the task force 90 days after serving on another task force.

4
Realtors say home prices are up but sales are down.
Déjà greed.

5
Home burglaries are up.
As the saying goes: Why buy the cow when you can steal one in the middle of the afternoon while other people are working?

6
Library use is up.
Revealing the key to success in hard economic times: Be free.

7
Santa Fe National Forest is twittering fire season.
So be sure to go online the next time there’s smoke in the air in order to confirm there’s smoke in the air.