{"id":1102,"date":"2007-01-16T11:05:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-16T17:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/01\/garcia-others-targeted-by-cockfighting-supporters\/"},"modified":"2007-01-16T11:05:00","modified_gmt":"2007-01-16T17:05:00","slug":"garcia-others-targeted-by-cockfighting-supporters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/01\/garcia-others-targeted-by-cockfighting-supporters\/","title":{"rendered":"Garcia, others targeted by cockfighting supporters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/Ra0GTn7tECI\/AAAAAAAAAW8\/PCTp7AmdmXw\/s1600-h\/Legislature.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/Ra0GTn7tECI\/AAAAAAAAAW8\/PCTp7AmdmXw\/s200\/Legislature.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020676093794652194\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Sen. Mary Jane Garcia, D-Do\u00f1a Ana and the Senate majority whip, is one of three women being targeted by those seeking to kill a proposed state ban on cockfighting.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Garcia was identified last week in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamefowlnews.com\/archives\/2007\/01112007.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Gamefowl News<\/a> as one of three women long involved in the fight against cockfighting. They are being targeted by cockfighting supporters as part of a campaign to defeat a proposed cockfighting ban in this year\u2019s legislative session. The group wants to dig up dirt about the women in order to discredit or silence them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The other women are Elisabeth Jennings, executive director of Animal Protection Voters and <st1:place st=\"on\"><st1:placename st=\"on\">Danielle<\/st1:placename>  <st1:placename st=\"on\">Bays<\/st1:placename><\/st1:place>, a former Humane Society worker who is now with Animal Protection Voters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/Ra0GMH7tEBI\/AAAAAAAAAW0\/ua7E7013yiA\/s1600-h\/Garcia,+Mary+Jane.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/Ra0GMH7tEBI\/AAAAAAAAAW0\/ua7E7013yiA\/s200\/Garcia,+Mary+Jane.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020675964945633298\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abqjournal.com\/news\/state\/529060nm01-13-07.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Albuquerque Journal<\/a> was the first to report that cockfighting supporters were using a bulletin board on the Internet to discuss their plans to dig up dirt on the three women.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Garcia, who has tried unsuccessfully for 17 years to get a ban on cockfighting in <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>, told the Journal she doesn\u2019t care if she\u2019s targeted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cWhatever grave they want to dig for me, go ahead and dig it,\u201d the Journal quoted her as saying. \u201cI will do what I need to do as a senator.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Garcia will have the support of Gov. Bill Richardson when the Legislature convenes today. According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freenewmexican.com\/news\/55292.html\" target=\"_blank\">Santa Fe New Mexican<\/a>, it\u2019s the first time a <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> governor has taken a stand against cockfighting, at least in recent memory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">It\u2019s about time. Though I\u2019ve criticized Garcia on other issues in the past, she\u2019s absolutely right about this. It\u2019s time to end this barbaric practice and move <st1:place st=\"on\"><st1:state st=\"on\">New Mexico<\/st1:state><\/st1:place> one step closer to leaving the Stone Age. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Mary Jane Garcia, D-Do\u00f1a Ana and the Senate majority whip, is one of three women being targeted by those seeking to kill a proposed state ban on cockfighting. Garcia was identified last week in Gamefowl News as one of three women long involved in the fight against cockfighting. 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