Paging Nurses…
Amid shortage, schools turn away applicants
Last year, according to the New Mexico Board of Nursing, there were 1,181 licensed registered nurses in Santa Fe County. Nearly two-thirds of them are 50 or older and facing retirement.
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Infectious Grooves
In the mainstream media, it’s said, if it bleeds, it leads. But if it’s feverish, phlegmy, nauseated and has the potential to create massive global casualties, then it doesn’t just lead, it dominates. “Every five years there’s always one—bird flu, mad cow disease, swine flu—and you’ll see the same reaction and coverage to create a sense of excitement,” Christopher Ortiz tells SFR.
7 Days
Secretary of State puts the pinch on public records, gubernatorial squabbles abound, Santa Fe's alternative internet and, as usual, schools get the shaft.
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Date 03/10/2010
Indicators: March 10
Last November, Toyota issued a recall of more than 4 million vehicles with potential accel-erator problems, resulting in public apologies, congressional hearings and unexpected market gains for American automakers. But in Santa Fe, according to the only Toyota dealer here, things stayed about the same.
Santa Fe Eavesdropper
Overheard at the dog park and at the SilverStarlight Lounge.
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Date 03/10/2010
Briefs: March 10
Confusion at the courthouse and making sense of Santa Fe's low voter turn out.
Cash In
Since the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in February 2009, the Santa Fe Civic Housing Authority has received more than $10 million in federal stimulus grants and contracts. But in a pattern that repeats itself across the state, very little of that money has actually been spent.
“Sshhh!”
Last week, local dailies and international newswires broke the news that a court-appointed trustee in Thornburg Mortgage’s ongoing bankruptcy case had alleged a “multi-faceted conspiracy” by former executives to defraud the company and its creditors of millions of dollars.
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.
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.
Briefs: March 3
New Energy Economy's push for greenhouse emission caps and signs from...out there.
7 Days
Unfilled jobs, government hucksters, and the potential tax on cigs and drinking while driving plus, for good measure, some foods.
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Date 03/03/2010
