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Articles for the ‘Opinion’ Category
Leave Permanent Fund for Future
We, as parents and teachers, work hard to educate our children on how to manage our resources responsibly. Now legislators must look in the mirror, practice what we teach, and lead New Mexico to a brighter future by taking a longer view of New Mexico's education system.
Letters to the Editor
<b>Support With Mother's Cancer </b>
Candidate Residency Is Not a Dead Issue
When election cycles come up, the nastiness of folks usually comes out.
State Bond Request Is Too Fat for Now
Concerning bonds for New Mexico's institutions of higher education, the Legislature essentially has three choices:
Mistake of Biblical Proportions
Many readers are probably sitting around right this moment wondering what it is like to be a newspaper columnist. Oh, wait a minute.
Letters to the Editor
<b>Pancreatic Cancer Bill a Worthy Cause</b>
Accolades For Transparency
When lawmakers complain loudly about a simple act of transparency, you begin to wonder what's going on that they are trying to hide.
Agencies Need To Cross-Check
For all intents and purposes, Adelaido Quintana was just about like any other Torrance County resident. He worked here, he went to church here and he lived here.
Let's Invest in Education, Job Growth
New Mexico's economy is improving, a little, and the result is that the state budget is growing, a little, for the first time in years. But this is not the time to go on a big spending spree.
Health Care Costs Bite Into Budget
The coming year will determine whether — or in what form — health reform survives.
Put Legislator Public Pay To a Public Vote
Should public employees who serve in the Legislature and receive $154 a day in per diem also get their taxpayer-funded paychecks when they are doing the job they were elected to do rather than the one they were hired to do?
Put Licenses, Retention To Floor Votes Already
Another legislative session, another chance for New Mexico's duly elected representatives and senators to show the courage of their convictions. Let's hope they seize it.
Gov., Do I Have Some Ideas for You
Dear Gov. Susana Martinez,
Furthering N.M.'s International Flair
Ask the average New Mexican if he thinks our state is international and you'll likely be met with a blank stare. Ask "Where do you think the most foreigners are?" and the answer will probably be, "In our universities or maybe at the Balloon Fiesta." Both answers are correct, but there's much more to our internationalism than meets the eye.
Martinez's Social Agenda
The annual circus known as the session of the New Mexico Legislature started Tuesday with some common ground between the Democratic-controlled Legislature and Republican Gov. Susana Martinez; both agree that increased revenue projections will help the state.
Duty of People, Government
The duty of government is to oversee the health, safety and welfare of citizens. And an elected government must answer to the people who put it in power. At times, those in power misuse the trust of those who elected them to enrich themselves.
Non-Partisan Peace in the Stands
Having not attended an NFL game since 1963 and being a lover of the game, I decided to purchase a couple of tickets Thanksgiving week as I was flying in to see family. My hometown team was tied for first and playing a team in its division with the same record. I thought that matchup would be exciting to take my 20-year-old daughter to, since she is a sports reporter at her college. The only way to get tickets was through an online broker, but I figured, amortized over 40 some years since my last game, it came out to pennies.
Leadership, Reform Require Passion
This is the time of year when 2012 prediction lists abound. I am struck by how many lists have included some reference to a surge in American entrepreneurship during the next year. Entrepreneurs are clearly being counted upon to act as one of the centerpieces of America's economic recovery.
Letters to the Editor
<b>A. Montoya Helping Kids Despite Cuts</b>