To the Editor: I’m writing to raise a concern that I suspect many of my fellow Edgewood residents quietly share: the increasingly unreliable state of our mail service. Since a new carrier began handling my route in August of last year, I have experienced consistent misdelivery of both mail and packages—including tax documents, personal letters, […]
Opinion & Analysis
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., New Mexico Legislature #nmleg, New Mexico Statewide News, Opinion & Analysis
The most interesting legislative session in years
It’s good to be back after the longest hiatus I have taken in more than six years of writing. It’s also good, after writing six end-of-legislature columns, to finally write one that isn’t a litany of what didn’t happen. Don’t get me wrong. Not enough happened, and I will get to that. But tremendous legislation […]
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New Mexico’s healthcare crisis: A patient-driven call for accountability
This commentary was provided as opinion/commentary by Ezra Spitzer. You can submit your own: editor@citydesk.org By Ezra Spitzer, Board Member, New Mexico Safety Over Profit I held my daughter in my arms as she took her last breath—her fatal injuries the result of medical malpractice in a healthcare system that prioritizes profits over safety. The […]
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Remembering New Mexico First – RIP
This commentary was submitted by Diane Denish as part of her Corner to Corner column.You can submit a letter to the editor: editor@citydesk.org By Diane Denish In Mid-January, New Mexico First, the non-profit public policy organization, closed its doors after 38 years. As a participant and observer of New Mexico First from the beginning I have […]
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., Opinion & Analysis
Remembering New Mexico First – RIP
This commentary was submitted by Diane Denish as part of her Corner to Corner column.You can submit a letter to the editor: editor@citydesk.org By Diane Denish In Mid-January, New Mexico First, the non-profit public policy organization, closed its doors after 38 years. As a participant and observer of New Mexico First from the beginning I have […]
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., Opinion & Analysis
The smartest person in the world
This commentary is provided by Randi McGinn.You can submit your own: editor@citydesk.org The last short story Mark Twain ever wrote provides some wisdom for the times we are now living through. Captain Stormfield Goes to Heaven is about an ex-military man who dies and goes to heaven, where he is taken on a tour of paradise […]
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., Opinion & Analysis
The smartest person in the world
This commentary is provided by Randi McGinn.You can submit your own: editor@citydesk.org The last short story Mark Twain ever wrote provides some wisdom for the times we are now living through. Captain Stormfield Goes to Heaven is about an ex-military man who dies and goes to heaven, where he is taken on a tour of paradise […]
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., Opinion & Analysis
Turning brine into water
This letter is provided as opinion/commentary from Juan Montes. You can submit your own: editor@citydesk.org In a shameless display of grifting, former bureaucrats, and oil lobbyists revealed their strategy for the upcoming legislative session to use the governor’s 50 year Water Plan to provide taxpayers the “opportunity” to pay (half a billion dollars) for the […]
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., Opinion & Analysis
Turning brine into water
This letter is provided as opinion/commentary from Juan Montes. You can submit your own: editor@citydesk.org In a shameless display of grifting, former bureaucrats, and oil lobbyists revealed their strategy for the upcoming legislative session to use the governor’s 50 year Water Plan to provide taxpayers the “opportunity” to pay (half a billion dollars) for the […]
Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., Opinion & Analysis
Whatcha Gonna Do When They Come for You (or your family, friends or neighbors)?
This letter is provided as opinion/commentary from Randi McGinn. You can submit your own: editor@citydesk.org Have you ever been called upon to be someone’s hero? If you’ve chosen a “hero” career like nursing, firefighting, law enforcement or the military, you have that chance almost every day, usually in dramatic fashion. The rest of us don’t […]