New Mexico Candidate Promises Education Reform and Driver License Policy
A New Mexico candidate pledges to end social promotion, boost reading by third grade, and tie teacher and principal evaluations to student progress. They advocate repealing driver's licenses for undocumented individuals, promote private sector job growth, oppose tax increases, and push for regulatory reform to strengthen eastern New Mexico's economy and future.
Education reform and water concerns in New Mexico politics
A candidate opposes social promotion arguing students must read at grade level. They advocate evaluating teachers by test results as one accountability factor and push to repeal driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants. The speaker outlines support for reading programs, core standards, and the Ute Reservoir Pipeline to secure eastern New Mexico’s water, with plans to fund and coordinate across counties.
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Judge Recuses Self From Mesalands Employees Suit
Judge Albert J. Mitchell Jr. recused from a civil suit filed by current and former Mesalands Community College staff. Lead attorney Linda G. Hemphill represents plaintiffs Joanna Gutierrez Kenneth Cooper and Jennifer DeBord who seek to expose alleged practices during former Mesalands President Phillip O Barry. Mesalands responded it strongly refutes the allegations and will address them in court.
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Motorcycle Deaths Steady as Vehicle Fatalities Dip
The Governors Highway Safety Association reports no decline in motorcyclist deaths last year despite overall vehicle fatalities dipping to the lowest since 1949. Gas prices may push more people to ride, and helmet-law battles rage in five states. projected 4500 motorcycle deaths for 2011.
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