Many low-income New Mexicans can’t find rental housing
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While millions of middle-class Americans have experienced a housing crisis through foreclosure, there is a parallel but hidden crisis among low-income working families. Continue Reading
Litmus-testing the fence-sitters
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This high-pitched disagreement about what kind of America we want and the demonization of the opposition is going to tear down the fence the undecideds are sitting on. Continue Reading
GOP to tell sick seniors, ‘Good luck with that’
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The GOP’s message to our parents and grandparents sounds like a broken record: If you get sick, you’re on your own. Continue Reading
Officials should lead by example on transparency
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We’ve got the better part of a year to build a bigger team of sunshine champs and then we’re going to bring our A game to the 60-day session in 2013. In the meantime, public officials who say they support transparency should lead by example and not wait for new laws to force them to do the right thing. Continue Reading
Do you want education reform or legislative gridlock?
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My hope is that my fellow New Mexicans will join me in voting for reform and for placing the interests of children and their parents before politics. Continue Reading
Why I’m voting for Balderas
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My fellow New Mexico Democrats, in this vital election, let us choose integrity over compromise. Continue Reading
Pat Robertson does not speak for all Christians
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Being a Christian and a former state and federal drug prosecutor, I take issue with Pat Robertson’s stance on the legalization of marijuana. Continue Reading
Dishonoring our veterans
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Advertised as giving a leg up to returning vets from Iraq and Afghanistan, two bills we passed during the recent session will instead waste millions on subsidies and tax breaks to businesses that don’t need them. Continue Reading
NM believes in responsible energy exploration
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New Mexicans – just like other Americans – believe in responsible energy exploration and that we need energy from all sources – including renewables – to provide for our long-term energy needs. Continue Reading
USDA offers lower mortgage interest rates
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The Obama administration is working to help our state and others that have been hit hard by the housing downturn. Continue Reading
Fund early childhood education now for NM’s future
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New Mexico has a real opportunity to get our children excited about learning at a very young age by properly funding early childhood programs. Continue Reading
Los Alamos cuts an opportunity for New Mexico
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It is time for political leaders of all parties here in New Mexico to understand that economic development must be driven by the private sector. Continue Reading
Western voters see past green-vs.-growth debate; do policymakers?
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The majority of Westerners have moved past a myopic view that places all policies into a pro-economy or pro-environment box. Continue Reading
Unnecessary as well as unwise
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Taking additional money out of the state’s trust fund for early childhood programs is not only unwise, it is unnecessary. Continue Reading
Selling New Mexico
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I’m pleased to report that we’ve taken the first tentative steps towards telling New Mexico’s story to the outside world and, in effect, selling New Mexico as a truly international destination. Continue Reading