Lawmakers pressed with noisy bills during session
In New Mexico the upcoming session features several noisemaker proposals. Sen. Ortiz y Pino pushes a marijuana amendment, while Padilla seeks a cabinet level education secretary. Sharer weighs a same sex marriage ban and the Municipal League pushes a renewed food gross receipts tax. Budgetarily the state faces debate on priorities and local government funding.
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Jerry Ortiz Y Pino
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Ortiz Y Pino
Colorado
Michael Padilla
Padilla
Hanna Skandera
Skandera
Thomas B. Fordham Foundation
Bill Richardson
State Board of Education
William Sharer
Farmington
Supreme Court
New Mexico Municipal League
League
Brian McDonald
Editorial urges focus on government core functions
The Orange County Register notes the Business Coalition for Fair Competition critique of government competition with private firms. It cites Defense Department stores and subsidized facilities, transit subsidies, and ACA navigators as examples. It urges contracting out noncore services via competitive bidding and cites Jefferson on market procurement.
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Business Coalition For Fair Competition
Defense Department
Navigators
Thomas Jefferson
Orange County Register
The Heart of a Child and the Loss of Innocence
A reader questions the title of a future book about tragedy and laments the erosion of innocence amid violence television, peer pressure, and changing family dynamics. The letter recalls childhood media, reflects on societal shifts, and acknowledges personal contradictions in viewing habits.
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Andy Griffith
Flicka
Mr. Ed
Jeannie
George Adamson
NBC
James Spader
Christie Rove praise masks Bridgegate bias
Karl Rove lauded Chris Christie for his Bridgegate press conference as straightforward and responsible. Observers warn that forthcoming Port Authority, DOJ, and Senate documents may reveal the true motives behind the aid shutdown and political optics.
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Chris Christie
Karl Rove
Bush White House
George Washington Bridge
New Jersey
Fox News
Rove
Christie
Dubya
Big Boy
Port Authority of
New York
Department of Justice
United States Senate
Fear and prayer amid a terror touched community
A reflective column speaks to a frightened and praying community after a school shooting threat. The writer recalls Jan 14 15 changes, urges continued coping through fear and faith, and notes historic words from F D Roosevelt about fear itself as guidance.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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