by Michelle Mosser | Oct 9, 2021 | AFLEP in New Mexico, Podcasts
Angela Merkert, AFLEP Executive Director recaps the public banking movement in New Mexico, the 2021 launch of public bank legislation and unveils the comprehensive Public Bank Act bill slated for the 2022 Session. Host Paul Gibson asks why the Community Bank sector...
by Michelle Mosser | Sep 2, 2021 | News, Public Bank, Public Banking
Photo by Erik Drost, Flickr (CC BY 2.0) By Vince Grzegorek, Cleveland Scene | August 30, 2021 A host of sitting elected officials, candidates for mayor and city council, and local organizations have voiced their support for forming a municpal bank exploratory...
by Michelle Mosser | Sep 1, 2021 | AFLEP in New Mexico, Letters to the Editor
Image by 3D Animation Production Company from Pixabay By Clifton Chadwick, Santa Fe New Mexican | August 29, 2021 The piece by Sen. George Muñoz (“Stimulus — spent right — will promote opportunity,” My View, Aug. 23) about “not squandering” New Mexico’s share of...
by Michelle Mosser | Aug 31, 2021 | Videos Public Bank NM
Help with loans a community bank may avoid. Bob Mang, AFLEP Board Treasurer, highlights why a public bank is needed in New Mexico and how a public bank could help with some of the types of loans banks are reluctant to make. September 2021 Watch the complete AFLEP FAQ...
by Michelle Mosser | Aug 30, 2021 | Commercial Banking, COVID-19, News
It’s a Wonderful Life, in which the local banker George Bailey (played by James Stewart, left) is the hero © AA Film Archive By Brendan Greeley, Financial Times | August 28, 2021 Darryl Jorgenson steps into his cherry-red Ford pick-up truck and apologises for...