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Kokesh claims no connection to corruption and the Gov's budget task force is bunk.
Indicators: Nov. 18
Much like journalists, pollsters serve a valuable democratic function: gathering and disseminating opinion. Unlike the advertising-dependant news media, however, the polling business is somewhat recession-resistant.
SFR Talk: House Hunter
Author Margaret Moore Booker spent 10 years visiting Santa Fe from the East Coast before she realized that life is too short to put off living in a place you love. She moved from Nantucket to Santa Fe five years ago and hasn’t looked east since. While living in Nantucket, she co-wrote a book about its historical architecture and, shortly after arriving in New Mexico, she began researching The Santa Fe House.
Preaching to Converts
Medical marijuana is finally happening—but distributing it may be the least of New Mexico’s worries. Such was the conceit of the International Drug Policy Reform Conference, which began just days after New Mexico’s Department of Health approved four new medical marijuana producers to field demand from the state’s 755 patients.
Letters to the Editor
Wing nuts, homelessness, keep St. Mike's for cars, and De Vore's keen ear.
Zane's World
Asenath Kepler puts affordable housing and infill at the center of her mayoral platform, but what does that really mean? Meanwhile, the New Mexico Film Museum is increasingly looking like an underused facility--a thinly veiled marketing tool with an overpaid director.
My Oh Mayan!
Depending on one’s preferred reality, come 2012, either the stars will choose the next president or the voters will. For the growing numbers who trust anonymous bloggers more than silver-haired CNN anchors, an election is the least important thing 2012 will bring. After all, what is a little campaign next to mass extinction?
Die, Already!
When it comes to high finance, New Mexico is still the Wild West. Shady characters come from all over to take big risks in a casino-like, almost lawless market. One such story is told in a lawsuit filed late last month in the 1st Judicial District Court in Santa Fe.