SEPTEMBER HIP HOP VOTER EVENT
Well, we’re nearing the home stretch. The September Hip Hop Voter Project will take place at 10 pm, Sept. 3 at The Paramount. Planned Parenthood of New Mexico is hosting. Then Democrats host the October event and then the voter rolls close! It’s been a great year, though, and hopefully some of our new registered voters will vote (um, yes, hopefully all of them will vote). Joe Ray and I are hoping to have a huge election night event at The Paramount that will coincide with Day of the Dead. Meanwhile, work to finish our three-minute documentary on The Hip Hop Voter Project continues...
Read MoreEdwards and Bush and Nader, Oh My
Both the Prez and the hunky VP Dem nominee are scheduled to be in NM this week, as the swing state battle heats up. SFR will have stories this week on both the battle for the state’s political soul (yes, hyperbole, it’s actually a story about The Republican Mandate in NM), as well as the flock of blue and reds coming to NM to work for their candidates, now that they’ve given up on their own states. Hmm. Meanwhile, we have been flooded with letters regarding our interview with Carol Miller on Ralph Nader, as well as Duncan North’s column denouncing Miller and Nader....
Read MoreDem Ticket Returns to NM/Cheney NM Shenanigans
Well, I’ll be in California when Kerry and Edwards arrive in NM, but I’m sure I’ll hear all about it upon my return! I think the whole travel across the US by train thing is sort of silly (and paranoia-provoking, is there something wrong with our air space that I should know about?), although people do like a good wave at the train event. Also, as Tom Brokaw pointed out, it’s kind of nice in this multi-media TV-driven age to have political candidates trying to interact in a more, um, old-fashioned way as they run for office. Although I’m simultaneously suspicious...
Read MoreParty in Boston
Journalist Zelie Pollon is just back from Boston and writing SFR’s lead story this weeking the convention and all the back-stage pressure. She spent a great deal of her time running around trying to get coveted passes to parties etc. It sounds exhausting and claustrophobic, frankly. We’ll have her piece, along with a story about Santa Fe’s disorganized house-party for Kerry, an interview with a Middle Eastern expert about why the Dems aren’t doing a good job distinguishing themselves from the Republicans and an article about the special interests at the convention. So...
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