{"id":21057,"date":"2010-08-30T14:44:17","date_gmt":"2010-08-30T20:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=21057"},"modified":"2010-08-30T20:44:02","modified_gmt":"2010-08-31T02:44:02","slug":"martinez-would-keep-the-other-state-planes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2010\/08\/martinez-would-keep-the-other-state-planes\/","title":{"rendered":"Martinez would keep the other state planes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Martinez's new billboard<\/p><\/div>\n

Republican gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez has made a big deal<\/a> about her plan to sell the state\u2019s jet. But as The New Mexico Independent points out today<\/a>, that doesn\u2019t mean she\u2019s going to sell the other state airplanes \u2013 or that she won\u2019t use them \u2013 if she\u2019s elected.<\/p>\n

The Independent reported that Martinez\u2019s campaign told it she would not sell the state\u2019s two other airplanes, which The Independent said are almost as expensive to operate.<\/p>\n

\u201cSusana Martinez will sell the five million dollar jet\u2026 the remainder of the state fleet will only be used in emergency situations or official state business that is a priority,\u201d Martinez Campaign Manager Ryan Cangiolosi was quoted by the Independent as saying.<\/p>\n

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Susana Martinez<\/p><\/div>\n

But, the Independent reported, Cangiolosi didn\u2019t say what state business would take \u201cpriority.\u201d<\/p>\n

Martinez has hammered Democratic gubernatorial candidate Diane Denish<\/a> for using the state jet<\/a> \u2013 many times allegedly in violation of cost-saving rules that require at least three passengers on flights.<\/p>\n

At a debate earlier this month<\/a>, Martinez attacked Denish\u2019s frequent use of the jet to travel to the state\u2019s rural communities.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t have to fly an expensive jet to get there,\u201d Martinez said. \u201cThose are wasted dollars that our kids could be benefiting from.\u201d<\/p>\n

Update, 4 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Martinez campaign sent this quote from an Albuquerque Journal editorial<\/a> that ran earlier this month:<\/p>\n

\u201cOfficials don’t mention that before taxpayers shelled out more than $5 million for a swanky Cessna Citation Bravo, run-of-the mill turbo props ferried those sick kids as well as those officials around the state. Or that those pedestrian planes are more economical for quick trips at lower altitudes… That cost to New Mexico taxpayers is $1,627 per flight-hour, nearly double the hourly operating cost of the plane it replaced in 2005.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But, according to the Independent\u2019s article:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Cessna (which is the jet) costs $2,852 per hour, (General Services Department spokesperson Alex) Cuellar said. But the King Air\u2019s operating costs are similar: $2,346 per hour. The Turbo Commander runs $2347 per hour.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018User agencies pay approximately 40 percent of those costs to charter the aircraft and the rest is subsidized by the Legislature. So user agencies pay $1,141 per hour for the Cessna Citation Bravo, $938 per hour for the King Air and $939 for the Turbo Commander,\u2019 Cuellar said.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Updated, 4:15 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Martinez campaign also provided a 2005 memo<\/a> from the Legislative Finance Committee disputing some of GSD\u2019s estimated costs. It came up with its own estimates, saying the jet would cost $2,017 per hour to operate compared to $869.27 per hour for the plane it replaced and $1,101.57 for one of the other two planes the state now owns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UPDATED: Republican gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez has made a big deal about her plan to sell the state\u2019s jet. But as The New Mexico Independent points out today, that doesn\u2019t mean she\u2019s going to sell the other state airplanes \u2013 or that she won\u2019t use them \u2013 if she\u2019s elected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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-21057","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\/21057","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21057\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}