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Gov. Bill Richardson’s office formally responded today to NMPolitics.net’s request for information about the 59 political appointees who are losing their jobs and – surprise, surprise – the response included no information about those people who are losing their jobs. Continue Reading
Successful businesses use tough times to reinvent themselves. That is exactly what New Mexico state government needs to do. It’s painful, but it sure beats the alternative. Continue Reading
Days after a spokesman for Gov. Bill Richardson told a TV reporter that it was “not appropriate or dignified” to identify the 59 political appointees who are losing their jobs, Richardson’s office has formally denied a newspaper reporter’s request for that information. Continue Reading
Though the governor’s office hasn’t yet provided a formal response to records requests, a spokesman told a TV reporter it’s “not necessary, nor is it appropriate or dignified, to identify individuals who are losing their jobs.” Continue Reading
The Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce (GACC) recently proposed that New Mexico re-impose the tax on food. If the GACC wants to raise taxes, a wiser strategy would be a targeted tax on junk food, rather than making necessities like fruits, vegetables and baby food more expensive for New Mexico families. Continue Reading
During these difficult times, a broad-based tax on food to fix the budget shortfall is a bad idea. I will not support it, plain and simple. Instead, here are a few other ideas for reducing the state’s budget shortfall. Continue Reading
After being indicted in August on 50 counts related to public corruption, former Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron was allowed to keep her job with the state Department of Workforce Solutions. Now, she’s learned she will be laid of Jan. 8 along with dozens of other political appointees. Continue Reading
Webcasting has made the Legislature more accessible for Tax and Rev Secretary Rick Homans, so he’s decided to use the same tool to make the Budget Balancing Task Force more accessible to New Mexicans. Let’s hope others in state government follow his example. Continue Reading
Gov. Bill Richardson announced today that his administration has notified 59 exempt employees that their jobs will be eliminated on Jan. 8. Continue Reading
U.S. Rep. Harry Teague, D-N.M., introduced legislation today that would put an end to the financial-sector bailout approved by Congress and former President George W. Bush last year. Continue Reading
In his opinion piece about mandatory combined reporting (“Corporate tax debate has been misleading,” Nov. 10, 2009) Dick Minzner complains that the public debate on this issue has been misleading. Then he sets out misleading arguments of his own. Continue Reading
A military Warning Order is defined as “a preliminary notice of an order or action which is to follow.” I strongly believe that independents are putting both parties on preliminary notice to stop spending without end or the action that is to follow is re-election defeat. Continue Reading
This Thanksgiving, I hope our legislators in Santa Fe and Washington remember the Golden Rule. After all, being grateful means understanding that we’re all a bit lucky, and being gracious enough to extend the opportunities we’ve been afforded to everyone else. Continue Reading
Letting the engine of prosperity work may be all that is standing between having to slash state jobs and raise taxes. The New Mexico leaders can get out their sharp knives and hack each other up about budget cuts and taxes, or they can strive to get new dollars instead. Continue Reading
While Gov. Bill Richardson puts forward a plan to furlough state workers for five days over the holidays and into next year, state Land Commissioner Patrick Lyons says his own smart fiscal decisions mean he doesn’t have to do the same thing in his office. Continue Reading