This Farmington, New Mexico ordinance that city council wants to amend appears to be attempting to outlaw offensive electronic communications that are posted on social media. https://t.co/dh9WGGavMO
Does this ordinance sound constitutional to you?
City Council will be discussing it at their May 12th meeting and are planning to vote on adopting the amended ordinance on May 26th.
In 2021, independent journalist Justin Pulliam was arrested while filming a police encounter.
He teamed up with IJ to file a First Amendment lawsuit in federal court.
Last week, we won!
City of Durango tax dollars were used to pay for a full-page $1500-dollar tourism advertisement on the back cover of the Arts Perspective magazine published by Ballantine Communications. I ❤️transparency in government expenditures.
When Local News Network accepted a $10,000-dollar payment from the City of Durango for consulting its grant recipients, it may have compromised its ability to objectively report on the recipients and the city grant. https://t.co/Ato4Auujaa
Here is a link to a citizen’s ballot initiative to create a new ordinance in Durango, Colorado that prohibits masking of law enforcement officers and requires visible identification on officers.
If you are a registered voter living in Durango, then please check their website for opportunities to sign the petition in person. https://ellipse-pentagon-xbnd.squares...
This petition can only be signed in person by registered voters in Durango. The image attached to this post was a screenshot taken from their website.
Thousands of dollars worth of invoices from Ballantine Communications (owner of The Durango Herald) to the City of Durango for 3/14/2025 through 4/30/2025.
With all of this money going from municipal government to the local newspaper--do you think that it has any affect on the way that reporters like Christian Burney writes about the City Council and City Attorney?
https://t.co/EeKxviJ58L
Attached to this post is a Google Drive link to a folder with invoices from Ballantine Communications to the City of Durango for advertising that ran in The Durango Herald. 1/1/2025 through 3/12/2025
Does this income affect independence & impartiality?
https://t.co/O7fm87ZB3r
City of Durango Lodger's Tax dollars appear to have been used to fund the materials that are being offered at this prime commercial space in downtown Durango.
Take a close look at some of the books that this Youth Literary Center has to offer.
Is this a valuable use of taxes?