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Wednesday, September 3,2008
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Grand New Party

NM Republicans get royal treatment at convention

Dave Maass
It may not be the star-studded bonanza Democrats threw in Denver last week, but the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. this week is just as thrilling and momentous an occasion for New Mexico's delegates.
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Wednesday, August 27,2008
Local News

DNC Maze

Navigating Denver—and Democrats

Dave Maass
So, you can’t make it to Denver for the 2008 Democratic National Convention? No worries; it’s a madhouse anyway. But, let’s see how you would have navigated the convention of the century.
Wednesday, August 20,2008
Local News

Delegating Authority

Lt. Gov. Diane Denish talks convention and Clinton insurrection

Dave Maass
Going into the convention as the face of Hillary’s New Mexico campaign, superdelegate and New Mexico Lt. Governor Diane Denish concedes that 2008 is Obama’s year.
Wednesday, August 20,2008
Local News

Demo Nights

Join the 45,000 civilians expected to demonstrate outside the DNC

Dave Maass
Allen Ginsburg, Abbie Hoffman, naked hippies and “Yippies” chillin’ in Lincoln Park. An effigy of Mayor Richard M Daley burnt to cinders. And, of course, helmeted Chicago police officers and Illinois National Guardsmen busting heads with batons and rifle butts...
Wednesday, August 20,2008
Local News

audit right there

PRC candidate’s finance reports raise questions about expenditures

Dave Maass
If Jerome Block Jr. wins the race for New Mexico’s 3rd Public Regulation Commission district, taxpayers will pay the Democrat an annual salary of $90,000. But the State of New Mexico has already doled out tens of thousands to the candidate under the state’s public campaign finance laws. How he’s spending it raises questions for campaign watchdogs.
Tuesday, August 19,2008
Local News

Denver or Bust!

New Mexico Democrats head to the convention of the century (and so do we)

Dave Maass
This week, as the Democratic National Convention unfolds (Aug. 25 to 28 at the Pepsi Center in Denver), the voting public will feel the last aftershock of the primary season.
Tuesday, August 12,2008
Local News

cram session

Low energy prices plunge legislators into chaos

Dave Maass
Initially, Governor Richardson was pushing a special session to achieve universal health-care coverage in New Mexico, but has since scaled back the proposal to three bills that would provide all children under 18 with health insurance, increase electronic medical record security and consolidate government health-care agencies under a single entity.
Wednesday, August 6,2008
Local News

jerry from the block?

PRC candidate admits restraining order, denies gang past

Dave Maass
What do the race for New Mexico’s Public Regulation Commission and a late 1990s gang-related feud have in common?

Democratic candidate Jerome Block Jr., apparently.
Wednesday, July 30,2008
Local News

Debtor management

Railyard progresses; contractors complain.

Dave Maass
Court and lien records show that at least three construction subcontractors have filed more than $2 million in liens and lawsuits against the Railyard Co. LLC, claiming they weren’t fully paid for their work.
Thursday, July 24,2008
Best of Santa Fe

Best candidate 2008

Who didn’t make the ballot

Dave Maass
Tom BenavidesIn an election year like 2008, when an unpopular president has termed out and the nation is almost universally calling for “change,” when voter registration is breaking all-ti
 
 
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