John Arthur Smith
Sen. John Arthur Smith, D-Deming and chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, has been warning for years of an impending budget crisis. The governor and others used to say he was blowing things out of proportion, but he doesn’t hear that too much anymore.
Several journalists talked with Smith today after the governor announced the action he’s taking to address the budget crisis. Listen to Smith’s remarks here, courtesy of NMPolitics.net’s Peter St. Cyr: