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— We'll Meet Again
Santa Fe loses one of its favorite sons
— South Side Rising
Despite enduring challenges, Santa Fe’s south side is moving up
— Dangerous Mind
School staffers say charismatic assistant principal wrongly booted from post
— Making the Law
On this session’s agenda: PRC reform, budget bills and “citizen lobbying”
— Homeless in Santa Fe
Two women - one homeless, one not - on what it means to live on the streets of the City Different
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Wednesday, February 8,2012
Local News

Rebels with a Cause

Middle school erupts in chaos in the wake of poor district management

Wren Abbott
Halfway through lunch period at De Vargas Middle School on Feb. 1, an announcement came over theintercom directing all eighth-grade teachers to report immediately to the cafeteria. One student was “screaming ‘f— you,’ at the top of his lungs” when De Vargas teacher Pat Dixon, who spoke to SFR on condition her real name not be used, arrived at the cafeteria, and several Santa Fe Police officers were on scene.
Wednesday, February 8,2012
Local News

Trailer Clash

Developer proposes new form of affordable housing: mobile homes

Joey Peters
In 2006, real estate developer Jeff Branch convinced the city to annex land near Agua Fria Village to help him build a 222-unit subdivision. In return, Branch agreed to bring the city 23 acre-feet of water rights and make 40 percent of his housing units meet the city’s affordability guidelines.
Wednesday, February 8,2012
Local News

Big Picture

SFR's Weekly Matrix

Wren Abbott

Check out the sexy version of SFR's weekly matrix--a Love & Sex issue special!


Wednesday, February 1,2012
Local News

Money Games

Republicans and Democrats tussle over new revenues

Joey Peters
Paul Singdahlsen has been a state employee for 18 years. Each day, he helps with maintenance work on art pieces and exhibits for the Department of Cultural Affairs. But only in the past four years has he begun to notice a trend: He and his colleagues have been taking on more work for less pay.
Wednesday, February 1,2012
Local News

Rudderless Ship

A long-term leadership vacancy leaves Native American children adrift

Wren Abbott
For eight months, the state post charged with representing the educational needs of Native American children has been vacant—a fact critics say constitutes serious neglect.
Wednesday, February 1,2012
Local News

Big Picture

SFR's Weekly Matrix

Joey Peters
  
Wednesday, January 25,2012
Local News

Social Demotion

Is holding kids back really so bad?

Wren Abbott
By the time Santa Fe public middle schools enroll some of their incoming students, it’s already too late, De Vargas Middle School Principal Diane Garcia-Piro tells SFR. In the seventh grade, many of them are still working at a third-grade level.
Wednesday, January 25,2012
Local News

Hazy Future

PNM squares off against the EPA’s new haze rules

Tom Ribe
Do New Mexicans deserve low-cost electricity or clear skies? That question lies at the heart of the latest dust-up between federal regulators and the Public Service Company of New Mexico.
Wednesday, January 25,2012
Local News

Big Picture

A More Perfect PRC

Alexa Schirtzinger
Long before Jerome Block Jr.’s third arrest for violating the conditions of his drug court program, the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission had problems. In 2007, former Commissioner David King was convicted of sexually harassing his assistant; in 2008, Block and his father, Jerome Block Sr., faced allegations of election violations; in 2009, former Commissioner Carol Sloan attacked a rival with a rock.
Wednesday, January 18,2012
Local News

Making the Law

On this session’s agenda: PRC reform, budget bills and “citizen lobbying”

Joey Peters
Before learning the ins and outs of lobbying, Rainy Upton didn’t realize how difficult it could be.
 
 
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