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Latest blog posts from DeeDee Feldman

Scrabbling for Obama
                                                                There're dancing for Obama in the North Valley today to the sounds of  Wagogo, and yesterday they were scrabbling for him on the West Side.    Twenty five cents a... Read more...
Published 2 days ago

Walking the Streets for Obama: A Report from the North Valley
from the desk of Dede Feldman I've been walking the streets for Obama here in the North Valley, along with a core group of my vounteers and some Democratic precinct officials, registering new voters and talking him up with people who only go to the polls for presidential elections, if then. ... Read more...
Published a week ago

Won't You Stand for Change with Me?
  This is a photo of me when I first heard Barak Obama back in February up in Santa Fe.  And now it's September.  Time to be out on the streets putting into practice what we believe.  I just came across this statement from one of my heroes, Paul Wellstone: The future will belong to those who... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago

From Farm to School: The Rio Grande Community Farm Delivers
Last week, the Rio Grande Community Farm, located on the Los Poblanos Open Space at Montano and Rio Grande, made history.  It delivered the first batch of local produce to APS for use in cafeterias in the Valley High School Cluster.  I'm proud of them.  Our sugared-out  kids will benefit--... Read more...
Published a month ago

One Government We Can Do Without: Mid Rio Grande Conservancy District
A Guest Blog by State Senator Jerry Ortiz y Pino Two separate events this year have convinced me that we should do away with the Mid Rio Grande Conservancy District.  Not reform it; not elect better people to its board of governors; not seek to improve it in any way.  Just wipe it off the face... Read more...
Published a month ago

Session's Uncovered Stories: Attacks on Non-Profits, Rail Runner and the Human Services Department
The Special Session presented lame duck Senators who would not be returning with a great opportunity to get in their last licks.  Sen. Grubesic once again called into question the Guv.'s character, comparing him at one point to Hannibal Lecter.   Sens. James Taylor, Shannon Robinson, Rep. Dan... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

Special Session Brings Relief to New Mexico Families
If you've been following the news, you've no doubt heard that the Special Session has ended with the Legislature giving the Governor most of what he proposed amidst a lot of hand wringing about the state's future financial picture.   At the start of the session, we had several important  nay... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

Conservancy District Dumps Trail Improvements along Griegos Drain
As some of you may have read in the media, a few weeks ago, the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District has decided to quit the Ditches with Trails project, a joint endeavor of the city, county, state, national parks service, and almost a score of neighborhood organizations in the North and South... Read more...
Published 2 months ago