Interesting local political news (might even be true)

From C&L:

Journalist Quits After Station Pulls Republican Vote Buying Story
KKOB Radio afternoon drive time news anchor Laura MacCallum quit her job last Thursday after the station’s news director pulled her stories about alleged vote-buying efforts at the recent Bernalillo County Republican Party delegate nominating conventions.

MacCallum, a 32-year radio and TV news veteran who has worked in Chicago, Denver and Los Angeles, said the station caved to complaints from Congresswoman Heather Wilson’s Senate campaign about the stories. Wilson campaign spokeswoman Whitney Cheshire called the station to argue the unfairness of stories alleging that many delegates to the ward conventions were paid by Wilson’s and other campaigns to show up and cast their votes for certain delegates.

Critics of the alleged vote-buying effort say it was an unfair scheme to lock out any challengers to Wilson’s senate and Bernalillo County Sheriff Darren White’s congressional campaigns.

As C&L's Nicole Belle notes, this would not be the first time Heather Wilson has inserted herself improperly into the process.

Note: I'm betting Heather will be Rep candidate to fill Domenici's vacated Senate seat. Udall will be Dem candidate (this is a certainty - he's the only declared Dem candidate).