The one that bothers me a lot is the attitude of many legislators towards our nice city. It turns out they want the revenues from Marty's red light cameras. (I don't like them, but my wife Bobbi says they make traveling safer.) I actually think some of the legislators logic is okay on the issue because of very real funding issues, but their attitude is not much better than some middle east rhetoric. They just don't like Albuquerque. Why? Who knows? It is probably a way of engendering political strife and political support. It is shameful. I wonder if the Albuquerque haters feel that way when they come to our Isotopes games, our hospitals, UNM, CNM, our airport and our museums and parks.What bothers me most is that many legislators from Albuquerque hate their own city too. I remember Mayor Harry Kinney used to lament that fact when I worked for him. I found it was true when I was Mayor. Maybe, people just don't like big successful things. I for one love my hometown and I hope city leaders will start letting the all New Mexicans know we all benefit from the services our metropolitan area provides for everyone in the state.
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I would like to make an argument in defense of Sen. Pete Domenici and Congresswoman Heather Wilson and all the people who got caught in the mess of the fired prosecutors.
Over the last few days I was thinking to myself "how is it possible that the republicans are out of power, but still have so many ethical problems"?
To answer the question, I have to go back to communication…
When the democrats have a problem with an elected official they do their research. They find a small thing they can pin on him, and then make a big noise. They demand an investigation. They demand that the Department of Justice should appoint a 'special' prosecutor.
A nice fellow sits at home one night listening to the news, and he hears that Sen. Someone Democrat… is demanding an investigation into Somobody Republican, and not just an investigation, but the Attorney General should appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the alleged crime. What is the first thing that crossed his mind? "A special prosecutor….This is a serious crime". Now you can come and knock on his door and tell him that the special prosecutor came up with nothing but the only thing he will now likely remember is "this guy is a criminal". The Republican, under suspicion, is already a shade grey in everyone's mind. So the democrats get the job done.
What happens if it's vice versa, and the Democrat is under suspicion?
The Republicans hear that there is a criminal investigation going on involving a Democrat. What do they do? They call (the arrogant, selfish) prosecutor, and ask him (not demand him to investigate) about the investigation… Don’t you think that a phone call to a news reporter is worth more money then to call a prosecutor?
Ultimately, the voters decide who is eligible for office, largely based on ethical behavior. The republican lack of conveying misconduct to the public is a major factor in their current political status, which doesn't seem to be bettering.
I'm with you about the legislators' attitude toward the red-light cameras, Mayor Baca.
How can they say the State is losing money? Probably less than 1% of the citations issued because of the cameras would have been issued by APD officers in the same time period w/o them.
That's not to say that APD is slacking, just that officers usually have bigger fish to fry than red-light runners.
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