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We can afford health care, if we keep government out of the system. If we depend on the government for a solution, we must be willing to sacrifice our current quality of health care. Continue Reading
State law holds the Doña Ana County Board of Commissioners accountable for ensuring that spaceport tax money goes directly toward spaceport-related curricula. As a commissioner, I am simply seeking written contracts with the school districts that reflect this commitment. Continue Reading
Now that we’re running a major deficit, the millionaire tax breaks and corporate-loophole fiesta has to end. We need some sanity and common sense when it comes to balancing our budget. Here are three common sense ideas — including cuts — to save money and raise revenue without slowing the recovery. Continue Reading
There’s a lot of polarization in the debate about personal versus societal responsibility at the core of the nation’s discussion of poverty. But the problem of poverty is more complex than that either/or scenario. Only by recognizing that can we work together to address the problem. Continue Reading
Warning: I have been in towns where the business community was hammered too vigorously and smacked financially too often, and it resulted in the residents discovering way too late and to their dismay that the engine of prosperity can be silenced. Continue Reading
To help protect New Mexico families, I am pleased to report that we are beefing up the public education and outreach efforts of the Environmental Crimes Unit. Continue Reading
Institutional racism leads to disproportionate poverty among people of color, and to combat that, we have to talk about it first. To have that conversation isn’t racist. It doesn’t make you a communist or a Nazi, or un-American. Nor does wanting to find a solution. Continue Reading
Earlier this week I was rude to Governor Richardson in a column. In a past generation I could not have written that and not found myself at the same luncheon as Richardson standing nose to nose for my words at his expense. Continue Reading
It sounded really good on the campaign trail, the talk about leveling the “playing field” and cracking down on companies that “ship jobs overseas.” But this proposal is not about fairness so much as it is about raising revenue, and it will cause jobs and prosperity to simply wither away rather than go abroad. Continue Reading
Analysts say House Democrats could lose big in 2010. In my view, New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District is one of the seats most likely to flip. But anything could happen before next November, and Teague is working hard. Continue Reading
The message sent loud and clear is that Gov. Bill Richardson and the people around him do not have to act as the citizens are required to act. With a bellicose thrust of his ego, he asserts that he and the people around him are above the law. Continue Reading
The mainstream, national media ignore some important American core issues because the thoughts do not fit the political outcomes they desire. Some previously trusted media now take political sides and exclude “unpopular” debates. Continue Reading
Access to affordable health coverage is the No. 1 concern of the nation’s smallest businesses, and they need Senator Jeff Bingaman’s support now more than ever. Continue Reading
For the sake of good policy — and let’s just forget about “for the sake of the party” nonsense for the moment — I wish Sanford would break his promise, lose the ego, ditch the “Forgiveness Tour” and step down. Continue Reading
In response to Allen Weh’s recent comments about me and his role in my forced resignation, I’m alarmed that the Republican gubernatorial candidate may not be in touch with reality or may not even be literate. Continue Reading