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Former Albuquerque newsman "Big Red" Ed Pennybacker has moved to that great news room on the other side. He died Wednesday. I remember when I was in the eighth grade that I idolized him as he ran around town reporting on the news from his KQUE Big Red News Car. We all had little transistor radios and would try to spot him as he drove to his next 'on the scene' report. That usually meant a ca...
Jim Baca: Only in New Mexico - 7:32 a.m.
The Sierra Club is challenging John McCain on his energy policies and his campaign's behavior in recent days. They noted in a release that John McCain canceled a planned trip to Louisiana today—a trip during which he was slated to......
Democracy for New Mexico - Thu 8:33 p.m. - 2 clicks 
ALBUQUERQUE-A group of local Native-American youth wants state and tribal leaders to know more about the challenges they face and to make addressing those challenges a priority. The Native youths' concerns are highlighted in their recently released "Native Youth Agenda," which they plan to use as an educational tool for the community and leaders....
Insight New Mexico - Thu 2:41 p.m. - 6 clicks
Congressman Tom Udall and Jill Cooper Udall Invite you to attend the roll out of Women for Udall with special guest Martha Burk In support of Tom Udall, Candidate for U.S. Senate Thursday August 7th, 10:00 AM UNM Law School......
Democracy for New Mexico - Thu 4:04 a.m. - 6 clicks
On the heels of Obama’s speeches at the LULAC (see video) and NCLR (see video) conventions, the campaign today released a Spanish language radio ad entitled "Nuestro Propio Camino," which profiles the Senator's upbringing and connection to Hispanic values. The......
Democracy for New Mexico - Wed 12:12 p.m. - 10 clicks
Invites you to a Pro-Choice Political Update with Newly elected local pro-choice leaders & NARAL Pro-Choice New Mexico Get an inside look at the upcoming general election and our progress in electing a pro-choice Senate in NM. We need your......
Democracy for New Mexico - Wed 10:12 a.m. - 8 clicks
This invitation is from the always active Alex Flores, a Young Democrat who's a member of the Democratic Party of New Mexico's Platform and Resolutions Committee: This Friday, July 25th, the Democratic Party of New Mexico's Platform and Resolutions Committee......
Democracy for New Mexico - Wed 10:12 a.m. - 7 clicks
Lame duck Heather Wilson is saying Barrack Obama is 'frighteningly inexperienced.' And yet she is a big supporter of John McCain who thinks that Iraq shares a border with Pakistan. It will be so nice to be rid of this kind of double talk. Of course, we are liable to get it right back again in a couple of years when Wilson will probably run for Governor. Of course many people right now in t...
Jim Baca: Only in New Mexico - Tue 8:09 p.m. - 9 clicks
Oh the Los Alamos County Council! So proud of its Strategic Goals and Objectives that it sent a copy to all the residents of the Bomb Town not too long ago! They were such noble goals. Five pleasant platitudes designed to mollify a skeptical public and assure it that the Council was on top of maintaining the community's quality of life—never mind all the development planned for every last...
Bomb Town News Observer - Tue 5:09 p.m. - 14 clicks
Obama in Iraq: Cheering troups and state department workers FYI, we heard from an excellent source at Netroots Nation in Austin that the always indefatigable John Blair (no, not Jon Blair) is set to be named the New Mexico political......
Democracy for New Mexico - Tue 1:34 p.m. - 10 clicks
Update: Bravo election reform advocates. According to an article in today's Santa Fe New Mexican, a spokesperson from Attorney General Gary King's office has stated an investigation has been launched into what happened to the missing ballots, although no details......
Democracy for New Mexico - Tue 12:36 p.m. - 9 clicks
Things are heating up in the U.S. Senate race in New Mexico. Yesterday, Rep. Tom Udall's campaign challenged Repub nominee Steve Pearce to participate in three statewide televised debates. In a letter (see below the fold) Udall’s campaign invited Pearce’s......
Democracy for New Mexico - Tue 12:36 p.m. - 8 clicks
Here is a link that profiles Northern New Mexico's "megapolitan' status as seen by the Brookings Institution. It is predicting that this area will grow by another half million people in the next 30 years. It leaves hope that we can make the right choices to protect our quality of life. It would really be interesting to know how many political leaders will take the time to read this document...
Jim Baca: Only in New Mexico - Tue 6:30 a.m. - 11 clicks
Lt. Governor Diane Denish will be reaching out directly to constituents in rural New Mexico to hear their concerns and ideas. It's all part of a series of Roundhouse on the Road Tours Denish kicks off today in Santa Rosa,......
Democracy for New Mexico - Tue 1:08 a.m. - 8 clicks
I just got back from our trip to Netroots Nation in Austin to this news confirming the long-simmering rumors of a special session. It's gonna be a busy August in an already buzzing election cycle, not to mention the Dem......
Democracy for New Mexico - Tue 1:08 a.m. - 10 clicks
Looks like another chunk of downtown Bomb Town property is up on the foreclosure auction block. A legal ad in Sunday's Los Alamos Monitor "news" paper provided a Notice of Sale on Foreclosure to sell Tract 2, Los Alamos Inn Complex, Phase 2. The street address listed in the legal notice is 2175 Trinity Drive. According to the legal advertisement, the sale will take place on August 26, 20...
Bomb Town News Observer - Mon 3:03 p.m. - 12 clicks
This is an executive summary from the upcoming report that will be issued on the growing Intermountain West 'megapolitan' communities. It is a fascinating report that was first reported on Saturday by John Fleck of the Albuquerque Journal. It was authored by The Brookings Institution . (Click to read entire report) It was a solid story and I hope that New Mexico leaders will read the re...
Jim Baca: Only in New Mexico - Sun 11:30 a.m. - 17 clicks
According to the AP, Senate candidates Tom Udall and Steve Pearce will both appear at a candidate forum on July 26th at the Inn of the Mountain Gods in Mescalero, but they'll be appearing one at a time. The campaigns......
Democracy for New Mexico - Sun 4:37 a.m. - 12 clicks
The Albuquerque Journal Editorial Board did it again. Their editorials on energy are like a loop doubling back on itself every few days. Again today, they called for drilling in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge. Contrast that stand with Al Gore's speech today on energy and climate. He is showing leadership. I don't honestly know if his solutions will work 100%. But truthfully, if it ju...
Jim Baca: Only in New Mexico - Fri 8:33 p.m. - 21 clicks
Darren White, the handpicked bush candidate for Congress in Albuquerque, is showing tired old campaign slogans by putting up ads saying, "Its the Gas Stupid." In looking at this approach to winning votes one has to wonder if bush's handlers for White really do think everyone is stupid. We have eight years of stupidity for sure but we all know where that responsibility rests. Of course, some ...
Jim Baca: Only in New Mexico - Jul 17 - 22 clicks
The Albuquerque Journal Editorial Page is on a rant about drilling for domestic oil. Today they have many letters to the editor published by oil company toadies. The Journal itself has editorialized on their belief that opening the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge would do some good. Even though there are tens of millions of acres already leased but not drilled. John Trever, their creative and ...
Jim Baca: Only in New Mexico - Jul 17 - 9 clicks
Just before 5:30 in the morning on this day 63 years ago, the nuclear age dawned near Alamogordo in a flash as bright as the sun. Los Alamos scientists had proven their success in their mission to create the world's first Atomic Bomb. The achievement would mean the end of World War II and six subsequent decades without global conflict. The Trinity test site is now marked with a simple obelis...
Bomb Town News Observer - Jul 16 - 6 clicks
Albuquerque - More than a dozen groups have asked a federal court to let them come to the defense of the state's "Clean Cars" standards which are opposed by Zangara Dodge, Jack Key Motors, the National Automobile Dealers Association and other dealerships who have sued the State of New Mexico and the City of Albuquerque in federal court. Similar lawsuits filed in California and Vermont have failed...
Insight New Mexico - Jul 16 - 8 clicks
Things really are going in the crapper. Lines of people waiting to get their money out of failing banks is somewhat scary to me. Afghanistan blowing up because we took our eye off of it to wage bush's war in Iraq. This country's leadership in the White House doing absolutely nothing on climate change. All this made me think of a silly idea. It is just three and half months until this country...
Jim Baca: Only in New Mexico - Jul 16 - 7 clicks
My face, which I won't show you right now for fear of my enemies getting the photo, is healing. It now just looks like it was in a gasoline fire. But, I am actually seeing some progress here. People look at me however and you can just see the 'that poor guy' look on their face. Meanwhile, Bobbi is off for three days to a Jazzercise convention i n New Orleans. She and 5000 other peo...
Jim Baca: Only in New Mexico - Jul 16 - 8 clicks
There are a few questions I would like to ask Steve Pearce. This comes on the heels of the not so surprising revelation that the oil and gas industry is supporting him heavily against Tom Udall for the Senate seat being given up by another good friend of Oil, Pete Domenici. Pearce is heavily involved in the Oil and Gas industry so he wants them to keep their subsidies and access to public lands....
Jim Baca: Only in New Mexico - Jul 16 - 7 clicks
In a town like this, at a critical time in our history like this, it's important to have a good newspaper that will actually do some digging to inform the public of what's really going on out there. Unfortunately, we have the Los Alamos Monitor —a sad little rag and a hollow shell of its former self that overlooks real news by rationalizing to itself that it has "resource problems." For ex...
Bomb Town News Observer - Jul 16 - 5 clicks
The first public poll that I know of has been released showing Martin Heinrich beating that rooster chasing and bush loving opponent of his, Sheriff Darren White. The poll, by the respected firm of Greenburg, Rosner, Quinlan Research shows Martin with a 3% lead at this point in time. That is better than I would have expected this early on. Meanwhile, the republicans and the oil and gas industry...
Jim Baca: Only in New Mexico - Jul 9 - 8 clicks
