As she travels around the state to meet with New Mexicans, Lt. Gov. Diane Denish is trying her hand at blogging.
Denish stopped in Santa Rosa, Fort Sumner, Melrose and Clovis on Wednesday, the first day of her Roundhouse on the Road tour that is taking her around New Mexico. She recorded her travels in a new blog you can read by clicking here.
Her postings about stops in each community are short, so there’s only a little bit of substance, but I get a sense that, at the end of it all, her blog from the trip could paint an interesting picture of rural New Mexico and its concerns. Consider these snippets:
From Santa Rosa: “… the most common concern was health care access. Santa Rosa is in dire need of a new hospital. Local, county and state officials from the area are all making this their number one priority and will be requesting capital outlay in the next regular legislative session to get this new hospital built.”
From Fort Sumner: “… I was given a collection of cactus in a green pot. The pot is made of a combination of concrete and some recycled biomass. The pots and plants in combination make up one of the projects being done at the local high school; the plants and pots that are made and grown by the students are then sold in a local shop.”
From Melrose: “Melrose is home to one of the most elderly populations and the youngest mayor in New Mexico.”
Check it out if you get a chance. And keep in mind the context: Denish is running for governor in 2010.
As she travels around the state to meet with New Mexicans, Lt. Gov. Diane Denish is trying her hand at blogging.