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Author Archives: merilee
Ballot questions cheapen the election process
NOTE: After this article was released to newspapers, the Secretary of State ruled that the Chaves County ballot questions would not be included because of a missed filing deadline. Sometimes New Mexico just embarrasses itself. The latest election ballot nonsense … Continue reading
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Teachers have to fight to do their job
The special education teacher told me the kind of story you’d want to hear from a special education teacher. A girl in fifth grade couldn’t read and could barely speak. Nothing was working for her. The teacher found a reading … Continue reading
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Campaign questionnaires — the backroom communication
During the political season, while you’re listening to what candidates want to tell you, there’s another form of communication that most of us don’t see. It happens every election season. Maybe it should be more public. Organizations of every political … Continue reading
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We’re not quite ready for legal pot
Good thing the legislature didn’t pass that marijuana proposal. The proposal, introduced in the 2014 session, was a constitutional amendment to legalize marijuana, which would have been submitted to the voters in the upcoming election. The reasons to legalize marijuana … Continue reading
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The digital divide and rural New Mexico
The digital divide in America – those who do and those who do not have access to the Internet – runs especially deep in rural New Mexico. Is it digital injustice or just the painfully slow development of the necessary … Continue reading
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Health care is rationed, one way or another
Health care policy is an endless debate in the USA, and in New Mexico the debate has its own special complications. Thoughts about how theories and ethics bump up against pragmatic realities come to mind in the wake of two … Continue reading
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The political issues you don’t hear about
During the political season, while you’re listening to what candidates want to tell you, there’s another form of communication that most of us don’t see. It happens every election season. Maybe it should be more public. Organizations of every political … Continue reading
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Defeat of Cantor adds momentum to Martinez
When Chris Christie was re-elected governor of New Jersey last year, news reports mentioned that he received a majority of Hispanic votes, a fact considered noteworthy for a Republican in that state. New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez had spent time … Continue reading
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Lieutenant Governor candidates play a role in the race
About a week before the primary election, all five Democratic contenders for governor co-hosted a fundraising event in honor of lieutenant governor nominee Debra Haaland, who was unopposed in the primary. Three of the candidates, including winner Gary King, were … Continue reading
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Drug issues still dominate workers’ comp
The New Mexico Court of Appeals has supported the use of medical marijuana after a work-related injury. The timing was inconvenient. The ruling was announced on Monday, May 19. The state’s annual workers’ compensation convention was the previous week. I … Continue reading
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