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Wednesday, December 31, 2008

New Year

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Well, 2008 pretty much sucked. Our hapless and evil leaders, bush and cheney managed to leave at a low point. Compare that to where Presid...
Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Front Page Juxtaposition

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Two stories of tragedy on the front page of the Journal today. One is a young girl who was shot in the head because she got a name wrong o...
Monday, December 29, 2008

Exempts

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I have worked for many years as an "exempt" government employee. I have also worked as an Elected Official who hires these kinds ...
Sunday, December 28, 2008

Glue, Seeds and Flowers

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Bobbi and many other New Mexican volunteers are hard at gluing on seeds and flowers for the Coyote Road Runner Rose Bowl Parade Float. See...
Saturday, December 27, 2008

NM Float Progress

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Bobbi will be posting pictures of progress on the decorating of the New Mexico Rose Bowl Parade Float to the blog she set up. See it here....
Friday, December 26, 2008

Rose Bowl Bobbi

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Bobbi got on a plane this morning to go to the Rose Bowl Parade preparation for the State of New Mexico Float. Bobbi volunteered to manage ...
Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Happy Holidays

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Jerry the Cat has the right idea about this time of year. He found a hiding place from the Beagles under the Christmas Tree. I hope everyon...
Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Senate Cofirmed Positions

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I know a couple of New Mexico people who are considering taking high ranking jobs in the Obama administration. These would be Senate confir...
Monday, December 22, 2008

Dirty Pork

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Mayor Chavez and his administration wrote up a list of pork projects they would like funded by the Federal stimulus package that President E...
Sunday, December 21, 2008

Inauguration Not

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Bobbi and I decided not to go to the Inauguration yesterday. We canceled our airline tickets(which we will use at Cherry Blossom time), car...
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Friday, December 19, 2008

Rail Runner and Road Tax

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I think one thing that will happen when people think about the Rail Runner is that they will always remember that Governor Richardson built ...
Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Senator Salazar at Interior

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I think that Senator Ken Salazar of Colorado can rise to the occasion and make a good Interior Secretary. Some of my friends in the environ...
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Border Violence

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I have a very good friend who has been married to a woman from Chihuahua, Mexico for 30 years. They have a great family here and in Mexico....
Monday, December 15, 2008

Rail Runner

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This is the video I produced of the Inaugural run of the Rail Runner on Monday. It was a fun trip. Let the video load a bit before you star...
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Train Ride

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My friend Roy Soto and I will take off on the inagural train ride of the Rail Runner to Santa Fe this morning. This should be fun and I wil...
Friday, December 12, 2008

Movie

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I had a nice comment on yesterday's blog on Motor Trend Magazine from John Fleck. He said reading a Motor Trend Magazine wouldn't p...
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Thursday, December 11, 2008

Haircut

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I stopped by my Barber's yesterday to get a haircut after getting home from Santa Fe. I have been going to Gene Varoz for forty years n...
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Goofy

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Honestly, how do goofy people like this Governor from Illinois get elected? Do people just totally sign out on who they vote for? This guy...
Tuesday, December 09, 2008

Unsolicited Advice

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I am hearing things about the Obama transition that have me a little concerned. These things involve the Department of Interior and the Bur...
Monday, December 08, 2008

New Zealand Photos

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I posted a few photos of our New Zealand-Australia trip. The photo above is Melbourne, Australia. Its a beautiful city on the sea. We had...
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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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