Politics

Rep. Kelly Fajardo Leads Effort To Reform New Mexico’s Capital Outlay System

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Rep. Kelly Fajardo (R-Valencia)

House Republican Communications News:

SANTA FE – Rep. Kelly Fajardo (R-Valencia) and Sen. Joseph Cervantes (D-Doña Ana) introduced legislation to reform New Mexico’s capital outlay system. Their bill, Senate Bill 262, would create a new transparent evaluation process to allocate funding to the state’s capital projects.

“For years, lawmakers have been discussing ways to improve our current capital outlay process. It’s time to move from talk to action,” Fajardo said. “As legislators, we have a duty to ensure government money is being spent efficiently, Read More

Luján’s Staff Holding Mobile Office Hours In Central Park Square Until Noon Today

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U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján
 
COMMUNITY News:
 
U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján’s staff is holding mobile office hours until noon today at projectY cowork, 150 Central Park Square in Los Alamos.  
 
Mobile office hours provide constituents who may not have the means or time to travel to one of Luján’s six district offices greater access to the services offered (https://lujan.house.gov/help- with-a-federal-agency/). 
 
Staff is on hand to assist residents who have questions regarding Social Security benefits, immigration applications, veterans’ services and
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Letter To The Editor: Thank You For The Coverage

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Bill To Mandate Background Checks For Public Education Employees Passes First Hurdle

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STATE News:
 
SANTA FE ― Jan. 30, the House Labor and Economic Development Committee unanimously approved House Bill 190, a bill sponsored by Rep. David Adkins (R-Bernalillo) to require all public education employees to complete a fingerprint-based background check. The legislation is cosponsored by Rep. Brian Egolf (D-Santa Fe).
 
The bill, also known as the Children First Protection Bill, would close a loophole in current law that allows employees who began working in their school districts prior to 1998 to continuing working without having a background check
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House Committee To Review ‘Bear Bill’ Thursday

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Karen Williams of Los Aamos

STATE News:

House Bill 109, WILD ANIMAL BITE & ATTACK PROCEDURES, is on the agenda for review Thursday by the House State Government, Indian and Veterans’ Affairs Committee. This is the bill created by runner Karen Williams of Los Aamos who was attacked by a mother bear protecting her cubs when Williams came too close while running a marathon near the Valles Cadera.

The mama bear was subsequently located and killed so the brain could be tested for rabies. Her 10-pound cubs were eventually rescued from high up in a tree and taken to Cottonwood Rehabilatation Read More

Udall, Heinrich Urge Trump To Exempt Department Of Veterans Affairs From Hiring Freeze

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SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich joined 51 of their Senate and House colleagues in urging President Trump to exempt the entire Department of Veterans Affairs and all veterans seeking federal jobs from his executive order that freezes federal hiring.
 
In a letter to the president, the lawmakers emphasized the devastating impacts that a hiring freeze would have on veterans and their families by delaying their access to health care and the resolution of their disability claims, and providing fewer
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New Mexico Democratic Legislators Roll Out Jobs Package To Jump-Start Ailing Economy

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STATE News:
 
SANTA FE ― Democratic members of the New Mexico Senate and House have announced their priority package of bills to create jobs and spur economic activity, following  passage of an urgent $216 million solvency package to address the state’s budget shortfall. 
 
The six bills that the legislators vowed to pass expeditiously include capital outlay infrastructure, a minimum wage increase, broadband expansion, reform of local economic development funds, adjustments to job training programs, and green-lighting industrial hemp research in the state. Democratic
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Letter To The Editor: Isn’t It Great We Have Options?

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By Another Concerned Citizen
Los Alamos

Dear Concerned Citizen:

Thank you for speaking up and showing your support for Darryl Sugar (link). Isn’t it wonderful that we have options?

You are right; he is very courageous to run for School Board. I do not doubt his compassion.

You are also right; Mr. Boerigter has not publicly spoken out against Betsy DeVos, however, has Mr. Sugar? If so, I must have missed it.

I do not feel that Mr. Boerigter being a Republican makes him have a ‘rap sheet’. I know many good people who voted Republican. I also know many good people who voted Democrat. I even know good people Read More

Letter To The Editor: I Support Darryl Sugar

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By A Concerned Citizen
Los Alamos

I am writing to voice my support for Darryl Sugar who is running for school board. Upon reading the article about him in the Los Alamos Daily Post (link), I was moved by his commitment to using the tough times in his life to help better our school system, both for his own grandchildren, and the other kids in the community. 

I think that it is admirable that he attempted to drop out quietly to avoid embarrassing his family with his past regarding the unexpected death of his wife and his tragic suicide attempt soon after. And I find it even more heartening that his family Read More