Given the often “ungressive” character of its editorial positions, it comes as no surprise that The New Mexican advocates against a public bank for Santa Fe (“City must take care of finances,” Our View, Oct. 13).
What is especially unattractive, however, is the condescending tone that is used, calling the public bank effort “a notion” and then conflating it with justifiable concerns about the city’s auditing issues. I invite the editorial writer to attend one of the open meetings of the public banking task force to better appreciate its seriousness and competence.
Perhaps, then, The New Mexican might be moved enough to reconsider its attitude and embrace an endeavor that will save the city money as well as free us from the clutches of Wells Fargo and other banksters.
Robert Baroody
Santa Fe
