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Thursday, January 31, 2008

Ted for Barack in the Valley

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I took a couple hours of annual leave this morning to go by the Obama for President Rally with Senator Ted Kennedy. This was a standing...
Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Reading

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I have been on a real reading frenzy of late. I discovered a new SciFi author, Michael Flynn, and I am now digesting all of his books. I ...
Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Slow Burn

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After spending my lunch hour reading the cover story in the New York Times Magazine from Sunday I had to convert my anger to a slow burn ove...
Monday, January 28, 2008

Misc Gridlock

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Hidden amongst the headlines today is the fact that five more Americans died in Bagdad yesterday. That gets trumped by the Screen Actors ...
Sunday, January 27, 2008

Observations

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Just as my friend foresaw yesterday, the pundits and media are saying that Obama has to get more of the white vote in order to win. Didn...
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Thursday, January 24, 2008

Santa Fe

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I spent the day in Santa Fe yesterday taking care of some state business and stopping by a news conference for people supporting Barrack Oba...
Monday, January 21, 2008

For What It Is Worth

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I am not sure if one person endorsing a presidential candidate means much to anyone. It probably doesn't influence people who don't...
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Revenues Plummet?

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I hear from friends who are in the know that the City of Albuquerque is about to suffer a dramatic and debilitating drop in revenues because...
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Friday, January 18, 2008

Accounts and Accountability

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Bobbi and I are watching our 401 and 457 retirement accounts pretty closely these days. Like many people in our age groups we have religiou...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Undercurrent

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I had coffee with a good friend yesterday morning. He was describing to me a conversation he had with a well known local businessman who is...
Tuesday, January 15, 2008

The Greenwashing Thing

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Mayor Marty Chavez gave a 'lateral arabesque" to the head of the City's Environment and Health department after it was discove...
Monday, January 14, 2008

Misc

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So this Olympic athlete gets six months in prison for taking steroids and lying about it while bush and cheney who lied to the American peop...
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Friday, January 11, 2008

Arthur Sussman

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New Mexican artist Arthur Sussman was a good friend for over 30 years. He passed away on Thursday. I met him when he came to Channel 7 as a...
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Thursday, January 10, 2008

Governor Richardson Leaves Presidential Race

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Governor Richardson entered the Rotunda of the State Capitol for his news conference about 1:00PM He stepped in front of the lights and gav...
Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Crow

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A friend of mine left me an email last night saying I should eat crow for predicting that Hillary Clinton was probably toast. After last n...
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Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Political Wisdoms

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Most everyone I have spoken with over the last few days are really jacked up over the Iowa and New Hampshire votes. The main theme seems to...
Sunday, January 06, 2008

Listening---Not Strong Arming

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I had to go to Santa Fe on Friday and attend a budget meeting in the Governor's office. On the way out of the capitol I was waylaid by ...
Friday, January 04, 2008

Iowa

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I do think it is momentous that Iowa, 92% white, gave a victory Barrack Obama. It is a message that may well carry over in many other plac...
Thursday, January 03, 2008

Home Again

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I got back home New Years day from the freezing mid west. I know there must be nice weather in Iowa at some time during the year. I talked...
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Tuesday, January 01, 2008

Parade Float

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Bobbi glues flowers to the float. As I had mentioned, while I was in Iowa for six days my wife Bobbi and sister in law Jan were in Pasadena ...
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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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