W.J. Kennedy News
Mayor’s office quiet on suspending 'safe outdoor spaces' homeless plan
By W.J. Kennedy | Aug 1, 2022
Neither Mayor Tim Keller’s office nor the city’s Planning Department responded to a request from the New Mexico Sun on the possible suspension of applications for safe outdoor spaces (SOS), tent encampments for the homeless approved by City Council on a 5-4 vote on June 6.
Funding for proposed homeless camps 'up in the air'
By W.J. Kennedy | Jul 19, 2022
The backers of a controversial plan to establish tent sites for the city’s widespread and growing homeless problem have yet to secure a funding source to underwrite the “safe outdoor spaces” plan
VRF lawsuit: Public access to non-confidential voter information at 'zenith of First Amendment protection'
By W.J. Kennedy | Apr 26, 2022
A federal lawsuit seeking greater transparency in New Mexico’s voter rolls cites the prohibitive cost to gain access to the rolls, and a vague state law that restricts how the information can be used.In its complaint filed in U.S.
Lott: 'Voters should be able to see that the number of people listed as having voted on registration rolls matches the number of ballots certified as cast'
By W.J. Kennedy | Apr 22, 2022
For John Lott, public access to voter rolls is a simple, common sense way of ensuring transparent, honest elections.
GOP gubernatorial candidate Dow backs federal lawsuit on voter roll transparency: average New Mexican getting “shut out”
By W.J. Kennedy | Apr 18, 2022
State Rep. Rebecca Dow (R-Truth or Consequences), a Republican candidate for governor, has come out in support of a federal lawsuit brought by a voter integrity group seeking permission to show the public the state’s voter rolls.Dow said that under Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver, whose office maintains the rolls, the rolls are accessible only to those willing and able to pay a costly fee to gain access, even though taxpayers fund them.