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Friday, September 28, 2007

Grant Turns In His Grave

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I spent ten years of my life trying to get the 1872 Mining Law reformed. That is the law that President Ulysses Grant signed that was mean...
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Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Cheese

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I visited nine congressional offices today on the effects of Off Road Vehicles on our western lands, watershed and wilderness. We visited b...
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Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Metaphor

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As we flew the serpentine approach over the Potomac into Washington, DC this afternoon I was shocked at the appearance of the DC area. It a...
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Monday, September 24, 2007

Capitol

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I travel tomorrow. I used to love to go to Washington, DC. Now I don't enjoy it so much anymore, except for the really great people tha...
Saturday, September 22, 2007

bush & weh

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Here is another example of the President and his stand on your civil liberties . Read it and weep, I mean really weep. How Bush Became the ...
Friday, September 21, 2007

Predators

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Some mortgage companies have turned into nothing but Predators. I get something like this everyday. (click on it to see it clearly.) This p...
Thursday, September 20, 2007

Interesting Analysis

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I just got this in the email from someone. It is an analysis of Newspapers in New Mexico and their philosophical bent as a product of the m...
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Media Frenzy

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If you get run over by a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway freight or passenger train you might get a minor mention on the state page of ...
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Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Mobile Hate

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I am not a big fan of Mayor Marty Chavez. However, I think he does have a reasonable and respectable policy on immigrants. I feel sympathy...
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Tuesday, September 18, 2007

The bush Team Gift

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The bush administration is getting ready to give a huge gift to their oil and gas industry enablers by getting ready to approve up to 126,00...
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Sunday, September 16, 2007

Armpits

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Apparently, according to the Albuquerque Journal, at least one city police officer thinks it is within his realm of authority to tell someon...
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Thursday, September 13, 2007

Carry Out

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I got an amazing copy of a news story in the Gallup Independent from the Environment Department on my state email yesterday. I am surprised...
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007

The Right Thing to Do

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The Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, announced today he would step down from leading that nation. He was a strongly nationalist leader...
Tuesday, September 11, 2007

PNM as Hypocrites

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Every month Bobbi and I shell out extra dollars to be in the Public Service Company of New Mexico's green program. We feel it is the ri...
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Sunday, September 09, 2007

A Good Idea

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At first I thought it was a silly idea. Seconds later I thought it was a good idea. While sitting around with some of the Council members ...
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Tuesday, September 04, 2007

Misc.

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Yesterday was the 43rd anniversary of the signing of the National Wilderness Act. It was a visionary thing to do. Now stop and think about...
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Monday, September 03, 2007

City Council Races

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As a former Mayor I probably take more interest in the city council races than most folks. Those races are pretty boring for the most part ...
Sunday, September 02, 2007

Bosque Walk

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It was a beautiful morning for a walk in the Bosque. We had an intense rain last night in the near north valley and the trees looked sated...
Thursday, August 30, 2007

Enviros for Richardson

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This was the landscape for the big fundraiser the New Mexico Conservationists and such held for Governor Richardson's Presidential campa...

Comcast Rage

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Have you received your Comcast Cable bill this month? That little monopoly has raised rates again on just about everything. The Mayor and...
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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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