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Letter to the Editor: DA hasn’t earned 4 year extension in office

This letter is provided as opinion/commentary from the author. You can submit your own: editor@citydesk.org This Letter to the Editor is submitted by Jeffrey Paul, Albuquerque. The Albuquerque Journal’s endorsement of District Attorney Sam Bregman (“Editorial: Bregman has earned a 4-year contract extension as Bernalillo County DA, May 25, 2024) is troublesome on a couple […]

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Step Into the Future With Produced Water

When the legislative session ended in 2019, House Speaker Brian Egolf said, “The produced water bill, I think, is going to go down as one of the greatest environmental accomplishments to come out of the state Legislature of New Mexico. Just the quantity of fresh, potable water that’s going to be saved for agricultural and […]

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Letter to the Editor: Unbecoming Conduct by New Mexico State Senator

Submitted by Barbara V. Hall In the Santa Fe New Mexican, Senator Craig Brandt criticized Senate District 9 Republican candidate, Audrey Trujillo, with unfounded, defamatory accusations.  The purpose?  To promote Trujillo’s Republican opponent before the Primary.  Trujillo is ahead in the polls and Senator Brandt is scared. No matter how dirty politics can get, Senator Brandt […]

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The Students Have a Point

By Darrell Allen It is easy to make fun of the student protesters who have vociferously made their voices heard in support of the Palestinian people, pretty much across the whole country.  Even here in Albuquerque at the University of New Mexico.  The front page of the May 16 Albuquerque Journal, perhaps inadvertently, did just […]

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New Mexico’s Lucky Day

In New Mexico one of our best kept secrets is former U.S. Sen. Fred Harris. It was a lucky day in 1976 when Sen. Harris and his family moved to New Mexico. The move came after two terms as U.S. senator from Oklahoma and two runs for president in 1972 and 1976.  On May 21 […]