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Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Crossword

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When my daughter Noelle got home for Christmas last Decemeber she brought along a crossword puzzle book. I picked it up and started working...
Monday, February 26, 2007

Old Santo Domingo Trading Post

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I needed to run over to Pena Blanca this morning to take a few photos. On the way there I took a short diversion of 1.5 miles over to the s...
Sunday, February 25, 2007

Political Debate the Old Way

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Last night Bobbi and I went to see "Amazing Grace" which is about the long struggle by House of Commons member William Wilberforce...
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Friday, February 23, 2007

Funny Stuff Sent by A Friend

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Busy today....but this is pretty good for a Friday laugh. NEW WORDS FOR 2007 : Essential vocabulary additions for the workplace (and elsewh...
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Thursday, February 22, 2007

Legislative and City Stuff

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Things seem to be heating up in the Legislature mostly because of what appears to be back room deals brought about by industry lobbyists. R...
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Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Water

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This is something that everyone should read and take to heart. Especially our local and state development folks. We are heading for a real...
Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Angered Out?

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I have a sense of fatigue when it comes to my anger over the Iraq mess that bush started. I read stories of continuing deaths of young Amer...
Monday, February 19, 2007

Swamped and Bill Richardson

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As I think of my favorite newspaper advice column, Dr. Swamp Cooler, by Jim Belshaw in the Albuquerque Journal I will say the big thing in ...
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Saturday, February 17, 2007

Colorado

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Bobbi and I decided Thursday night to zoom up to see her sister and brother in law in Colorado Springs. They are Lutheran Ministers here. ...
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Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Oops!

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Mayor Marty Chavez is getting grief from the City Council on an $8 million dollar new tank at the aquarium at the Bio Park. Chavez says he ...
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Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Governor's Cup Competition

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The Governor's Office is sponsoring a competition that will end up with the winner being assisted in making a 30 minute non fiction film...
Monday, February 12, 2007

Peeve

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I have a recently formed pet peeve about the Water bill I get every month from the City of Albuquerque and Bernalillo County. Prior to the ...
Friday, February 09, 2007

I Can't Hardly Stand It

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I have a little TV Monitor on my desk next to my computer screen and I like to keep it on to the news channels. Today, it is pretty much al...
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Thursday, February 08, 2007

Animals and Pot

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The Senate has passed a 'Medical Marijuana' bill that will help alleviate suffering of terminally ill patients in New Mexico. Gover...
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Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Lt. Governor Denish

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We were sitting over watery coffee at Flying Star this morning and gosh if the subject of politics didn't crop up. Didn't we just ha...
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Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Wilderness

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I see where the lady who was trapped in the Gila Wilderness for five weeks said she wasn't really sure that she wanted to be rescued. I...
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Monday, February 05, 2007

Eroding

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The New York Times had a frightening story this morning on the passage of a little noticed amendment to a Violence Against Women bill. The ...
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Friday, February 02, 2007

For Your Weekend

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Here is the summary for policy makers on the report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. I hope all will read it and send it...

Science vs. Profit

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There are a lot of interesting intersections of stories on the web and newspapers today. Yesterday I blogged about the record profits of Exx...
Thursday, February 01, 2007

Who Profits?

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This morning the Associated Press reported that Exxon Mobil had reported a record profit for an American owned corporation. Last year their...
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Jim Baca
Jim Baca has a strong record of visionary service to New Mexico. He retired as the State of New Mexico's Natural Resource Trustee 1n 2010. He has served as Mayor of the City of Albuquerque, as well as two prior terms as New Mexico’s elected State Land Commissioner. He served as the Director of the National Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior in the first Clinton Administration. Jim Baca also has served on the Boards of numerous non profit organizations including The Wilderness Society, the Wyss Foundation, and the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. Baca has run a successful public affairs consulting practice when not serving in public office. He spends his retirement playing golf, attending board meetings, and generally doing what ever he wants to do.
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