On Wednesday, Feb. 25, the University of New Mexico faculty passed votes of no confidence for UNM President David Schmidly, Executive Vice President David Harris, and UNM Board of Regents President Jamie Koch. “New Mexico in Focus” co-host David Alire Garcia will interview Koch and UNM Regents Don Chalmers and Mel Eaves, to discuss the implications of the meeting. “New Mexico in Focus,” KNME-TV, channel 5’s weekly one-hour news show, will air on Friday, Feb. 27 at 7 p.m.
After Alire Garcia’s interview with the UNM Regents, co-host Gene Grant and the panel from “The Line” will discuss the no-confidence vote, the New Mexico Legislature’s debate of the Domestic Partnership bill, the effect the U.S. economic problems are having in New Mexico, and President Barack Obama’s recent speech to the nation.
Joining Grant are regular panelists Whitney Waite Cheshire and Jim Scarantino, and guest panelists Teresa Cordova, from the UNM Architecture and Planning Department and radio talk show host Mike Santullo.
Producers of ‘New Mexico In Focus’ are Kevin McDonald and Kathy Wimmer. Closed captioning has been made possible by a gift from Mrs. Elspeth G. Bobbs.
Media Contact: Evy Todd, (505) 277-1218; e-mail: etodd@knme.org