by Anthony Colombo | Nov 11, 2016 | National, News, Public Bank, Public Banking, Santa Fe
SANTA FE, N.M. — Creating a public bank in Santa Fe – an outside-the-box idea that has been kicking around since Mayor Javier Gonzales first raised it during his election campaign in 2014 – is coming back for a new round of public discussion. City Councilor...
by Anthony Colombo | Nov 8, 2016 | New LTE
Hats off to John Chiang, California state treasurer, who is taking his responsibility to the people of his state seriously. In a letter to Wells Fargo, withdrawing all California funds, Chiang asked, “How can I continue to entrust the public’s money to an organization...
by Anthony Colombo | Nov 7, 2016 | New LTE
Santa Fe’s effort to establish a publicly owned city bank is in line with other moves around the country. In New Jersey, Phil Murphy, the front-runner in next year’s gubernatorial contest, pledged in September to create a state-owned Bank of New Jersey as a...
by Anthony Colombo | Nov 5, 2016 | National, News, Public Bank
The brutal repression of indigenous and allied protesters at Standing Rock has shocked the conscience of fair-minded Americans, particularly those advocating economic and ecological reform. Although the protesters had in some cases been encroaching on “company land,”...
by Anthony Colombo | Oct 31, 2016 | New LTE
With corporate greed and corruption at an all-time high — the recent Wells Fargo scandal just one more example — public banking is our best long-term solution. It would save the city of Santa Fe millions of dollars in interest, and our funds would stay in our...