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Miss Ruidoso, who became Miss New Mexico, who will represent our state in the Miss America Pageant, never lived in Ruidoso, likely never will. With that out of the way, let's sort this all out. Carol Henry, executive director of the Miss New Mexico Pageant, is "boiling mad," as she puts it, at the Albuquerque Journal for what she said is a mischaracterization of the status of the eligibility of Miss New Mexico Candice Bennatt to hold that title. Candice, a former Houston girl and once cheerleader for the NFL Houston Texans,...
So here comes a critic from Alamogordo who won't divulge his last name and therefore I won't use his first. Let's call him "This Guy." This Guy laments a recent column here opining New Mexico's law allowing an illegal immigrant to obtain a driver's license is a good law and should stand. "Reading your article made me think this has to be a joke. No one with half a brain could be this stupid, but I think you have proved me wrong," he writes. Actually, This Guy has a valid point. Had I a whole brain, certainly I would be half... Full story
So here comes a critic from Alamogordo who won't divulge his last name and therefore I won't use his first. Let's call him "This Guy." This Guy laments a recent column here opining New Mexico's law allowing an illegal immigrant to obtain a driver's license is a good law and should stand. "Reading your article made me think this has to be a joke. No one with half a brain could be this stupid, but I think you have proved me wrong," he writes. Actually, This Guy has a valid point. Had I a whole brain, certainly I would be half...
"So, how do you think Susana Martinez is doing now?" Barney asked, his voice tinged with a hint of sarcasm. This was going to turn mean. Barney is my friend from New Jersey who has nothing more to do than monitor New Mexico politics and taunt me with his right wing jabs. I made a valiant effort to steer the conversation onto safe ground. "Well, Barney," I said, "our governor is making solid progress in her goal to reduce the New Mexico transportation fleet. She just sold a 1983 Gulfstream Turbo Commander for $575,000,...
"So, how do you think Susana Martinez is doing now?" Barney asked, his voice tinged with a hint of sarcasm. This was going to turn mean. Barney is my friend from New Jersey who has nothing more to do than monitor New Mexico politics and taunt me with his right wing jabs. I made a valiant effort to steer the conversation onto safe ground. "Well, Barney," I said, "our governor is making solid progress in her goal to reduce the New Mexico transportation fleet. She just sold a 1983 Gulfstream Turbo Commander for $575,000,...
Would it be crass of me to observe a presidential candidate ranted for months about how he would lead the nation out of debt and then closed his campaign with a $4.8 million debt? (Really!) We won't have Cutesie Newtsie to kick around anymore. So toxic is the national political scene it makes us grateful to live in New Mexico with its small time politics, it splendid sunsets, its quiet lifestyle, and its sometimes exciting news. Exciting news? Where? Suggested slogan: "It's Happening in Hobbs!" You know about the Hobbs of...
Would it be crass of me to observe a presidential candidate ranted for months about how he would lead the nation out of debt and then closed his campaign with a $4.8 million debt? (Really!) We won't have Cutesie Newtsie to kick around anymore. So toxic is the national political scene it makes us grateful to live in New Mexico with its small time politics, it splendid sunsets, its quiet lifestyle, and its sometimes exciting news. Exciting news? Where? Suggested slogan: "It's Happening in Hobbs!" You know about the Hobbs of...
Here's a no-brainer. Teachers should not expect to be paid if they trot off to Santa Fe to serve as a New Mexico representative or senator. That is to say, if you are a teacher member of the Legislature we don't want to pay you for legislating, then pay a substitute to teach what you should be teaching, then pay you for not teaching. Period. A quick qualifier here and an even quicker disclosure. It is my guess that running for the Legislature is the last thing on their minds for 99.5 percent of teachers blitzed by...
Here's a no-brainer. Teachers should not expect to be paid if they trot off to Santa Fe to serve as a New Mexico representative or senator. That is to say, if you are a teacher member of the Legislature we don't want to pay you for legislating, then pay a substitute to teach what you should be teaching, then pay you for not teaching. Period. A quick qualifier here and an even quicker disclosure. It is my guess that running for the Legislature is the last thing on their minds for 99.5 percent of teachers blitzed by...
