The critics and pundits say that newsprint is dead. Don’t believe it! The Rio Grande Foundation has a print publication focusing on issues relating to the Legislature and state policy issues called Capitol Report New Mexico. You can subscribe to Capitol Report by donating to the Rio Grande Foundation. Another recently-launched publication is The New [...]

Have a great Independence Day (while remembering the principles that made America a great nation in the first place) and a successful tea party.

This week on “Speaking Freely” on AM 1550 from 9am to 10am on Saturday, Jim and Paul will be interviewing the leaders of the Albuquerque Tea Party movement about the July 4 tea party being planned. In addition, we will be discussing this new study which I recently blogged about on New Mexico’s difficult climate [...]

Tea Partiers across the nation and here in Albuquerque are gearing up for the 4th of July Tea Party. While the Rio Grande Foundation will not be broadcasting live as we did on April 15 we will be supporting the efforts in spirit. As the Tea Party movement grows and continues, organization will be key. [...]

The powerpoint presentation is available here.

Speaking Freely airs on AM 1550 on Saturdays from 9am to 10am. This week, Victor Bruno, member of the Rio Grande Foundation’s board of directors and an expert on commercial real estate will join Jim from the NTU conference in Washington to discuss his upcoming event in Albuquerque. Reservations are $10 and can be made [...]

If you are not already a listener, this is a good weekend to check out our radio show “Speaking Freely” from 9 to 10am on AM 1550 (listen here online). Mayoral candidate RJ Berry will be on the show. Berry had this column in the Albuquerque Journal in which he decried Mayor Marty’s having “grown [...]

In case you didn’t already know it, Portland-based transportation and government planning expert John Charles will be coming to Albuquerque and Santa Fe for events on Tuesday and Wednesday. If you are interested in hearing Mr. Charles discuss the issues and talking to him on the radio, listen to “Speaking Freely” from 9am to 10am [...]

Even though I couldn’t get on to the campus of Rio Rancho High to interview people about Obama’s talk (video of the town hall can be accessed here), I did have an opportunity later on in the day to lead a panel discussion on Obama’s talk, specifically relating to his proposals for imposing federal regulations [...]

In case you missed it this weekend, Jim Scarantino and I interviewed Albuquerque City Councilor Michael Cadigan this weekend on “Speaking Freely.” As usual, the podcast of this show is now posted on our website here.