New Mexico’s attorney general is on the frontlines in the battle to stop the coup.
Legislation aims to police our use of public records
Growing the police state in the way this bill threatens is terrible public policy and an incredibly slippery slope.
Moving through despair to find resilience in the desert
The events of the past few weeks had me reeling. A hike in the desert helped me muster up my tenacity.
Lawmaker’s proposal would chip away at public-records access
New Mexico must protect and enhance democracy. Rep. Cates’ legislation would do the opposite.
As federal government unravels, we must build up NM
Let’s make our state and local governments as ethical, transparent, accessible and responsive to the needs of citizens as possible.
Give voters the chance to pay their legislators
New Mexicans understand that when they don’t pay their own state lawmakers, someone else will.
Local officials need your help resisting mass deportation
President Trump is going to make it incredibly difficult for state and local officials to oppose his will.
Here’s why I chose a side in the political divide
When one political team breaks the social contract that holds our nation together, as the Republican Party has done, that changes everything.
Las Cruces moves forward, but with a deficit in public trust
Las Cruces officials legally corrected violations of a state transparency law, but an opportunity to co-create with the public is gone forever.
I’m back
I’m ready to rejoin the public conversation with the sharp, nuanced writing you’re used to getting from me.