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As a Santa Fean lobbying for the City Different to be be a preliminary roll-out candidate for Google’s gigabit fiber network, it’s been depressing to watch Farmington kick our ass in the application process.

The City of Santa Fe’s IT department was put on point for this and, near as anyone can tell, it has ignored all offers of assistance from capable partner organizations to help construct a solid strategy and identify and market key strengths.

Early on, Farmington had it together to solicit letters to Google from our shared District 3 congressmen, Rep. Ben Ray Lujan and Sen. Tom Udall.

Now, as the deadline strikes (and yes, SFR will be verifying whether or not the City of Santa Fe actually even got an official municipal application in), Tom and Ben Ray have doubled down on the Farmington bet by participating in a YouTube video that counters Duluth, MN’s Al Franken promo. Strangely, Tom and Ben Ray whip up on Al: Farmington is straight up funnier than Franken (don’t take that the wrong way, Farmington).

I’m personally a little peeved at our congressmen for pushing Farmington when Santa Fe is a far better candidate, but I don’t want to upset Tom Udall, because it turns out he’s a ninja:

SFR Interviews Sunflower Market CEO Mike Gilliland on video.

On Wednesday, January 13, Sunflower Market opened a second location in Santa Fe in the San Isidro Plaza, on the city’s southside. The “natural” grocery franchise opened its first Santa Fe location in the DeVargas Center last year.

Although popular for its low prices and comfortable vibe, the original Sunflower irked some Santa Feans by almost immediately letting go of more than 40 employees as the economy hit the wall. In addition, the store was a frequent site of union protests because of issues during the  remodel construction.

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According to one website that claims to offer a psychological analysis of Twitter users by measuring the frequency of tweet themes against a metric of averages, the Santa Fe Reporter’s editorial staff is big on money, leisure and negativity while eschewing sex, work and the media.

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[**The latest rumors... suggest CCA will be saved, at least for the time being, though a fat annual, anonymous pledge and a decently sized one-time gift. Oh, the drama. Sources in the know acknowledge the generosity of the current pledges, but suggest that CCA's impressive debt can't be touched without significantly more generosity. Thus the question: Postponing the inevitable? If so, why? Lots of other organizations that aren't on the verge of folding could use the boon...]

Rumors confirmed: A press release issued late on Wednesday, Dec. 30 confirmed that CCA will continue operations “after a brief hiatus.” John S. Gordon, formerly a board member, will take over from Lea Rekow as executive director in an interim, pro bono capacity.

The news that Santa Fe’s Center for Contemporary Art will be permanently closing its doors as a special New Year’s gift really pisses me off.

I guess I could be sad–like, that sucks–but I feel genuinely betrayed. First, I have a dog in the hunt, having served as executive director to the organization in the 1990s. Second, CCA has been radio silent as far as I’m concerned in terms of real community voice in the last couple of years.

Didn’t we just rally as a community and save KSFR’s ass? I realize it would be tiresome in the extreme to bail out CCA (again), but shouldn’t we have had the option?

I’m sure some at CCA believe the organization is having an honorable, profound and somewhat inevitable death, but it’s all bullshit to me.

At the end of the day, if CCA hadn’t decided to alienate itself from the community, ie, its roots, the community wouldn’t have allowed it to die.