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Wednesday, February 17,2010
Interviews

SFR Talk: Caveat Weatherman

With Mark Ronchetti

Corey Pein

Mark Ronchetti doesn't just forecast the percentage chance for rain, he also forecasts the chance for wrong. Ronchetti's "bust potential" gets put the test with every storm, as well as the occasional presidential candidate and errant news anchor.

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Wednesday, February 10,2010
Local News

2010 Pop Quiz: District 2

City Council Candidates for District 2 feel the heat

Corey Pein

No studying in advance, no hints, no do-overs—SFR’s candidate Pop Quiz is a rite of passage for seekers of local office. This week, SFR grills the candidates for Santa Fe City Council District 2, a massive swath of turf running south of E. Alameda Street and east of Cerrillos Road.

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Wednesday, February 10,2010
Local News

Briefs: Feb. 10

Corey Pein

Spies at the Scrabblegates and the sealing and resealing of Joshua Gonze.

Wednesday, February 3,2010
Local News

Deny & Delay

Police lobby fights anti-domestic-violence bill

Corey Pein

Ten years ago, New Mexico State Police Officer Marvyn Jaramillo was pulled over by a Santa Fe County sheriff’s deputy for speeding. He flunked a sobriety test. His loaded shotgun lay behind his seat. The high rates of domestic violence by first responders is well-documented, if somewhat taboo

Wednesday, February 3,2010
Local News

Indicators: Feb 3

Exempt Check

Corey Pein
40 is the number of new tax-exempt organizations registered in Santa Fe in 2009, according to the Internal Revenue Service.                   Y
Wednesday, February 3,2010
Features

Born Poor?

Santa Fe economist Samuel Bowles says you better get used to it

Corey Pein

Samuel Bowles heads the Behavioral Sciences Program at the Santa Fe Institute, which is home to dozens of big brains imported from all over the world. If he’s right, troubling job numbers are only the start of New Mexico’s problems. It's time to completely rethink economic development.

Wednesday, January 27,2010
Local News

The Italian Job

Frank Foy follows the money to Europe

Corey Pein

Recent testimony at the Roundhouse was the most blunt public statement yet by former Educational Retirement Board Chief Investment Officer Frank Foy. Foy has filed two lawsuits alleging appointees of Gov. Bill Richardson had pressured him to make bad investments that benefited Richardson’s campaign contributors.

Wednesday, January 27,2010
Local News

Briefs: Jan. 27

Corey Pein

How to corner the dog vote and how the federal government sold a big Santa Fe bank to a Texas finance corporation.

Wednesday, January 20,2010
Local News

Cop To It

Unions complained about punishment

Corey Pein

SFR has learned that police union leaders had asked Mayor David Coss to intervene on behalf of officers facing termination for misconduct. The mayor’s refusal to do so may have played into the union’s decision to endorse another candidate, former City Manager Asenath Kepler.

Wednesday, January 20,2010
Local News

Indicators: Jan.20

Investment Omertà?

Corey Pein

A rundown on New Mexico's place amidst a brutal national shortfall in public pension money.

 
 
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