Local Politics

Mikaela says:

M-pyre was recently asked why we don't cover local politics. Here are my initial thoughts about why this tends to be the case:

1. We think big here at M-pyre, and national politics are big gorilla issues that scream out for comment because they will affect so many of us on profound levels.

2. We like good journalism, and we seek it out. This tends to mean we're getting our news from national newspapers and websites. Local news is hard to get! Local tv news is not an option; newspapers are ... so twentieth century. Alibi and Crosswinds are ... of limited use. I know much more about what's happening in Congress than the City Council. Anyone out there ready to take on progressive reporting for ABQ?

3. Local politics are more fine-grained and therefore harder to 1) understand and 2) attack in a blog-rant. It takes more time and attention to know where you stand on local issues, or where anyone stands on local issues, for that matter, than it does to read that Democratic senator so and so did such and such, which stimulates an immediate visceral reaction.

But I'm just a local ABQ girl. What do I know?