Corrupt Dem legislator makes racist attack on Susana Martinez

By: Soren Dayton (Diary)  |  December 15th at 02:44 PM  | 

There’s an interesting scandal right now in New Mexico right now. You see, the New Mexico constitution tries to stop corruption, a real problem in the  state as the Economist recently noted, by requiring that state legislators cannot draw a salary from other sources during the legislative session. But Channel KRQE has reported that there is a set of legislators who do not abide by | Read More »

Public employee unions: The big money in politics

By: Soren Dayton (Diary)  |  February 21st at 02:37 PM  | 

A lot of people focus on the federal level when they think about politics. On the day after the 2010 election, I urged people to continue the fights at the state level. The unions — and especially the public employee unions — know that. Recall that in October of last year, the Wall Street Journal broke a very important story that found that AFSCME, the | Read More »