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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Misc.

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I keep wondering where Susana Martinez would find folks with experience in government to work in her administration if she is elected.  The ...
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Morning in the Bosque

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I took arthritic Athena for a walk in the Bosque this morning.  The Rio Grande is definitely losing its flow and we may be in for a dry wint...

Oh, That Debate

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Sunday night Bobbi and me went to a great dinner party with friends in Corrales.  I suddenly realized sitting around the great Paella that a...
Monday, October 18, 2010

Wake Up Call for Public Servants

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The Tea Party types, the republicans and the far right wing are getting what they wanted.  Their incessant ranting about the government is n...
Sunday, October 17, 2010

Befuddled

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If someone can explain to me the story in the Journal this morning about how state oil and gas regulations affected friends of the governor ...
Friday, October 15, 2010

Misson of Mercy

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Praying for a toothache to go away will only work if you have a skilled dentist.  Many of our citizens simply can not afford one and dental ...
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Thursday, October 14, 2010

Peanuts?

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I bought a bag of those good Portales Valencia peanuts the other day at La Montanita Coop.  There is nothing like them.  Now, they are reall...
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Misc.

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It seems most people are thanking God that the miners in Chile are being pulled to the surface.  Should we be concerned that God put them in...
Tuesday, October 12, 2010

RIP

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I have started taking a night time photo class at UNM Continuing Education.  I never really mastered it before nor spent much time thinking...
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Sunday, October 10, 2010

Toilet Bowl

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That might be the only offer the UNM Football team will get this year.  Thanks to a real lack of accountability on so many people's part...
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Friday, October 08, 2010

Comments from Afar

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I spent the last couple of days in Durango, Colorado at a meeting of the Governing Council of the Wilderness Society.  We had members in fro...
Thursday, October 07, 2010

Land Office Race

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Republicans and their Oil and Gas and Agribusiness supporters have started funding a TV buy for Matthew Rush in the Land Commissioner race. ...
Wednesday, October 06, 2010

Apples and Oranges at the ABQ Journal

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There is no editorial page I loathe more than the one at the Wall Street Journal.  But, I love the newspaper itself for its other insightful...
Tuesday, October 05, 2010

The Things You Have to Do

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Martin Heinrich and Ben Lujan and Harry Teague all do what ever they can to get reelected as the state's congressman.  Including seeking...
Monday, October 04, 2010

Those Polls

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I arrived back from Syracuse last night.  I had baled out of bed there yesterday to bring up the Journal website to look over the Journal Po...
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Saturday, October 02, 2010

Car Shopping

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I am trying to explain to my son and his wife in Syracuse why republican legislators in New Mexico would want  members of the Environmental ...

The Chamber

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I can remember when the Chamber of Commerce was a Chamber of Commerce.  Now it is a Chamber of Horrors, at least for any from the center to ...
Friday, October 01, 2010

Rain

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We had a great meeting of the Wyss Foundation in Cape Cod.  All day Thursday tropical rains came down to the west of us, but we had sunshine...
Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Religion

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I see the President felt he needed to explain his Christianity to some Albuquerque people yesterday.  He did a good job of it but it won...
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Misc.

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Why is it that we cant go see a speech by the President any more?  Ever since 9-11 it seems the only way to see the nation's leader spea...
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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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