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Mom always told me about the importance of a good reputation and that people judge you by your friends. She’d dish out the “lay down with dogs, wake up with fleas” speech and seemed too concerned with who we were hanging out with. Clearly New Mexico’s story by the feisty investigative reporter Eileen Welsome explores close ties between Albuquerque’s Mayor and the architect at the center of the Metro Court corruption scandal. Mom w… Continue

At least six men are probable suspects according to Paula Moore, author of a new book about the murder: Cricket in the Web – the 1949 Unsolved Murder that Unraveled Politics in New Mexico. Ms. Moore was at Bookworks Thursday and signed my already dog-eared copy. Moore is former executive assistant to the New Mexico State University President and a long time resident of Dona Ana County. She was well spoken and patient with her audience – s… Continue

There are very few places in Albuquerque’s Bernalillo County that suburban-style development hasn't touched. Like other growing cities, Albuquerque’s regional suburban development is ubiquitous. It envelops the inner valley, east and west mesas, Tijeras Canyon, and the eastern slope of the Sandias. Big homes, by historic standards, on uniformly sized lots along snaking cul-de-sacs. They look remarkably similar. They tend to be expensive. And not one of them is purchased with cash. This is the d… Continue

This morning the Albuquerque Journal's Sean Olson gives us the news about defaulting developer SunCal and how they insist this doesn't mean a thing for 57,000 acres they own in Albuquerque. Califor… Continue

Has Joe Monahan’s pet alligator been exposed? Parnelli Gonzales at Clearly New Mexico says it's Bruce Donisthorpe, veteran Republican campaign consultant and lobbyist for big defense contracto… Continue