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Friday, March 30, 2007

Manny and Ken

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Every blogger is talking about this today. So will I. First, The enormity of the money involved in Manny Aragon's and Ken Shultz'...
Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Chaco Canyon Redux

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As I expected, even Pat Lyons decided he couldn't endanger Chaco Canyon by allowing an oil and gas company from Colorado to drill with...
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Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Chaco Canyon

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I had heard several weeks ago that the State Land Office was going to allow oil and gas drilling within sight of the Chaco Canyon National M...
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Monday, March 26, 2007

Ethics as a Victim

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As we sat over coffee on Sunday at Starbucks the conversation inevitably turned towards the Special Session of the New Mexico Legislature an...
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Friday, March 23, 2007

Griles Grilled

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Steven Griles is another disgraced bush appointee. The former high profile oil and gas lobbyist who was appointed as the Deputy Secretary ...
Thursday, March 22, 2007

Clockwork

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Just like clockwork my two day after a plane ride cold has arrived. Stack that on top of the Juniper allergy and I am in respiratory distre...
Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Hamsters, Pandas and Iglesias

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The Albuquerque Journal has stories today on Hamsters and Pandas. Apparently is it now illegal to race Hamsters in Albuquerque. We are al...
Sunday, March 18, 2007

San Francisco

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I will be in San Francisco for a couple of days at a Wyss Foundation Meeting. It is one of the most fun boards I serve on and I look forwa...
Friday, March 16, 2007

Gutsy Bill

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I actually respect Bill Richardson more everyday. His courageous stand on pushing through legislation on legalizing medical marijuana usage...
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Thursday, March 15, 2007

Partisan

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So, every day there are a few more tidbits about the firing of US Attorney David Iglesias . Anyone who still might believe the dismissal wa...
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Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Religious Discrimination

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The New York Times had a couple of fascinating stories this morning. The Pope has reemphasised official discrimination against Gay people w...
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Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Pinon

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I am going out to Estancia today to sit in on an air quality hearing concerning the harebrained idea for a power plant that will burn Pin...
Monday, March 12, 2007

Google Fame

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I just Googled David Iglesias ' name and came up with 2,200,000 hits in .023 seconds. I Google my name occasionally and today it got 2,...
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Thursday, March 08, 2007

Ned's Tool Shed

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I kid Ned Farquhar about his tool shed. Actually, it is a Tuff Shed that he had delivered to his beautiful 6 acres along a river north of...
Wednesday, March 07, 2007

So Much Stuff

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The Newspapers this morning were chock full of stuff. Scooter is guilty for obstruction of Justice. Pete Domenici hangs up on a lowly U....
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Tuesday, March 06, 2007

My Friend Has It Figured

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My friend Geoff Webb from Santa Fe sent this to me this morning before the Congressional hearings began in Washington on Pete Domenici and H...
Monday, March 05, 2007

Renewable Progress

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I ran up to Santa Fe today to attend Governor Richardson's signing of landmark legislation in the renewable energy area. Senate Bill 41...
Sunday, March 04, 2007

Censure at Least!

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As a friend pointed out to me today over coffee, Heather Wilson was one of only 90 members of the House of Representatives to vote for all o...
Friday, March 02, 2007

TV News....Surely Half Vast

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This is a picture of me back in the days in the late 60's and early 70's when I was a reporter at KOAT TV, Channel 7. I anchored t...
Thursday, March 01, 2007

Smoking Gun

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Pete Domenici and Heather Wilson may have a smoking gun to deal with. It looks as if former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias might out them i...
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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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