{"id":13060,"date":"2010-02-15T18:41:10","date_gmt":"2010-02-16T01:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=13060"},"modified":"2010-02-16T10:49:01","modified_gmt":"2010-02-16T17:49:01","slug":"powell-picks-up-legislative-endorsements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2010\/02\/powell-picks-up-legislative-endorsements\/","title":{"rendered":"Powell picks up legislative endorsements"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From left, Jeff Steinborn, Ray Powell, Nate Cote and Steve Fischmann <\/p><\/div>\n

State Land Commissioner candidate\u00a0Ray Powell<\/a> picked up endorsements from three Do\u00f1a Ana County <\/strong>lawmakers today.<\/p>\n

Sen. Steve Fischmann<\/a> and Reps.\u00a0Jeff Steinborn<\/a> and Nate Cote<\/a>, all Democrats,\u00a0said they will back Powell in the Democratic primary \u201cbecause of his commitment to reforming the State Land Office and reestablishing an open and transparent administration.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

All three lawmakers proposed legislation<\/a> to reform the State Land Office<\/a> after a controversial\u00a0land exchange on Las Cruces\u2019 East Mesa<\/a>.
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\u201cRay Powell is the reform candidate,\u201d Fischmann said. \u201cHe\u2019s who I trust. It\u2019s no question that we need him back at the Land Office.\u201d
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\u201cThe stakes are high. With Ray, he\u2019ll bring much needed stability back to the land office,\u201d Steinborn said. \u201cHe\u2019s ethical, principled and knows how to work with communities to maximize the dollars returned to the land office and ultimately our schools.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Ray Powell served as land commissioner, he was recognized for running one of the best land management agencies in the country,\u201d Cote said. \u201cRight now, the land office is in crisis, and we are desperately in need of leadership we can trust.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Powell, a veterinarian who served as land commissioner <\/span>from 1993-2002, is currently employed as a regional director for the Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation<\/a>. He said the lawmakers who endorsed him “have been instrumental in exposing the behind-the-scene deals happening at the Land Office.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m eager to clean the place up. I look forward to working with these outstanding leaders to ensure real reform is enacted to protect our public lands and the significant revenues they generate for our public schools, universities and hospitals.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Powell faces <\/span>Santa Fe County Commissioners Harry Montoya<\/a> and Mike Anaya<\/a> and PRC Commissioner Sandy Jones<\/a> in the Democratic primary.<\/p>\n

Four Republicans are also running for the office – oilman Spiro Vassilopoulos<\/a>;\u00a0Jim Jackson<\/a>, who took a leave of absence from the land office to campaign for the post; cattle rancher Matt Rush<\/a>; and GOP activist Bob Cornelius<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Peter St. Cyr is a contributing writer to this site, and Chief Political Reporter at 770KKOB AM. He may be reached at peter.stcyr@gmail.com<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

State Land Commissioner candidate Ray Powell picked up endorsements from three Do\u00f1a Ana County lawmakers today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1],"tags":[108,107],"class_list":["post-13060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","category-uncategorized","tag-2010-election","tag-roundhouse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13060\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}