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Zane's World
We know the lucky winners in our municipal elections are going on to grueling and thankless jobs in local politics, but what about the arguably luckier losers? Should they vanish back into the fabric of the city or is it possible that their respective campaigns have revealed new potential roles in government, activism and business?
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Organic Mechanic
The same Senate that failed to close corporate tax loopholes or marginally increases taxes for the wealthiest citizens, wants to nickel-and-dime New Mexico's Organic Commodities Commission to the tune of $172,000—a 36 percent cut from its requested budget. Is it worth the damage to a $45 million industry.
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SFR Talk: The Real Haiti
Physician Gregory Schneider, a professor at St. John’s College, has traveled with St. John’s students to Haiti on spring break trips since 2007. Last year he founded Project Treehouse, a nonprofit that aims to provide health care and political support in Haiti.
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Pipe Nightmares
Despite the rash of class-action lawsuits that have required Kitec manufacturer, Ipex Inc., and contractors who installed it to reimburse residents and re-plumb entire communities—a Nevada court ordered one builder to pay $27 million—residents of troubled Santa Fe development Villa de la Paz haven’t seen a dime.
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Big Busser
Despite the ongoing budget squeeze, the City of Santa Fe’s transit division plans to spend more than $100,000 to install surveillance cameras on its bus fleet. The cameras would be paid for with a combination of federal grants, including so-called economic “stimulus” funds through the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
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Tea Party On
Liberal critics have dismissed the Tea Party as “astroturf”—a front for old-guard corporate Republicans hoping to derail Obama’s domestic agenda while poisoning the national debate with subtle racism. It may indeed have begun as hype, but even outsiders now acknowledge the Tea Party’s Pinocchio-like transformation from an imitation grassroots movement to the genuine article.
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Incumbents Win
Unofficial city results have incumbent Mayor David Coss winning with 58 percent of the vote, District 2 City Councilor Rebecca Wurzburger trouncing challenger Stefanie Beninato, and District 1 Councilor Chris Calvert holding onto his seat with ease with 57 perent of the vote compared with Russell Simon’s 28. 6 and Doug Nava 13.6.
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