Only in New Mexico

Friday, February 29, 2008

More Rant

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Attorney General Gary King has put the warning to State Land Commissioner Pat Lyons that he is overstepping his authority on making sweethea...
Thursday, February 28, 2008

One Of Those Days

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It is bad enough when you have to start your day with an early morning dental appointment. I always try to do these sessions first thing be...
Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Front Line

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It is amazing that Senator Pete Domenici continues to be the front line for the Oil and Gas industry in New Mexico. It is also not surprisi...
Monday, February 25, 2008

Rant

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Okay, I know I should n ot rant about the New Mexico State Land Office but I just can’t help myself. The rape and pillage attitude of Comm...
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Sunday, February 24, 2008

North

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Bobbi came running in from the back yard to say that every Sand Hill Crane that had been hanging out in Bosque del Apache were on the move N...
Thursday, February 21, 2008

Missile

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So, we have managed with a small missile launched from a bobbing ship in the Pacific to knock down an errant spy satellite. Not only did we...
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008

McCain

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Last night something kind of funny occurred when I was channel surfing. Mostly, I was watching the election returns on CNN. When John McC...
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008

That Lawsuit and the Secretary of State

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When I was Mayor I inherited a lawsuit brought against the city by a developer who had his land down zoned by the city in the mid nineties. ...
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Sunday, February 17, 2008

Reading

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This is a story on America's intellectual capacity from the Washington Post. It is worth a read and a cry.
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Friday, February 15, 2008

Legislature

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I am hopeful the Governor will call a Special Session to deal with Health Insurance. The legislature's staff can assimilate a lot of kn...
Thursday, February 14, 2008

Just Asking

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Why is use of steroids by baseball players taking up even one second of Congressional hearing time? Every moment available to Congress shou...
Wednesday, February 13, 2008

The Candidates and the West

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This is a beautiful landscape of New Mexico looking east from Emory Pass. Four years ago John Kerry ignored the 'E' word and came we...
Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Just Shoot Me

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We all do dumb things. This morning I did one. I signed on early to check my email and saw a message saying Valentine for Dad. I opened ...
Sunday, February 10, 2008

34 to 1

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The election map on CNN looks a little embarassing with New Mexico's color being a pale yellow for no results yet. I have been thinking...
Friday, February 08, 2008

Serenity

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It may be my imagination but Washington over the last few days seems to be somewhat serene. Everyone seems somewhat relaxed and pleasant. ...
Thursday, February 07, 2008

From DC

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Where are New Mexico's election results? The World Wonders! At least everyone I know in DC is incredulous that 48 hours later we still ...
Wednesday, February 06, 2008

More Fun

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It looks like the fun continues for a few more months after Super Tuesday! I got up early this morning in Washington and signed on to the r...
Monday, February 04, 2008

Mistake

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Buried in the New York Times and other media today is the account of nine Iraqi civilians killed by American forces and three more maimed in...
Saturday, February 02, 2008

Reasons

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My good friend Steve Cobble wrote a nice piece for the Progressive Democrats of America Blog . There is some good reasoning in it and I hop...
Friday, February 01, 2008

Barack Obama in ABQ

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I joined a lot of people standing in line to hear Barack Obama speak at the Kiva Auditorium in Albuquerque this afternoon. It was a overfl...
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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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