From
Capitol Report New Mexico - Governor-elect
Susana Martinez will get the final say on whether the state should go ahead with a land purchase that would lead to the development of a “supercomplex” to house various state agencies in southwest Santa Fe.
The Las Soleras Land Acquistion – which makes up
House Bill 728 – could cost more than $200 million to complete but
Secretary of General Services Arturo Jaramillo argues that in the long-run, the state could save as much as $5 million-$6 million a year by placing six state bodies (including the state
Department of Human Services and
Children, Youth and Families Department) that are currently in different locations into one, centralized place. Critics counter that with Santa Fe office space already experiencing a
vacancy rate of 436,000 square feet, the notion of the state buying and constructing a “supercomplex” doesn’t make financial sense. The matter came before the
Capitol Buildings Planning Commission at the Statehouse Monday (Nov. 15) with a number of members expressing concern the plan did not give incoming Gov. Susana Martinez enough time to consider whether the Las Soleros deal is fiscally sound or not. In the end, Jaramillo offered a 90-day extension from the date of the plan’s approval so that the Martinez administration would have until approximately mid-February of 2011 to either accept or reject the agreement. That satisfied nearly all of the members, including
Stuart Ingle (R-Portales) who joined a 12-1 majority to approve the final review of the project:
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State office “supercomplex” on track, but new Gov will get final say
From Capitol Report New Mexico - Governor-elect Susana Martinez will get the final say on whether the state should go ahead with a land purchase that would lead to the development of a “supercomplex” to house various state agencies in southwest Santa Fe. The Las Soleras Land Acquistion – which makes up House Bill 728 – could cost more than $200 million to complete but Secretary of General Services Arturo Jaramillo argues that in the long-run, the state could save as much as $5 million-$6 million a year by placing six state bodies (including the state Department of Human Services and Children, Youth and Families Department) that are currently in different locations into one, centralized place. Critics counter that with Santa Fe office space already experiencing a vacancy rate of 436,000 square feet, the notion of the state buying and constructing a “supercomplex” doesn’t make financial sense. The matter came before the Capitol Buildings Planning Commission at the Statehouse Monday (Nov. 15) with a number of members expressing concern the plan did not give incoming Gov. Susana Martinez enough time to consider whether the Las Soleros deal is fiscally sound or not. In the end, Jaramillo offered a 90-day extension from the date of the plan’s approval so that the Martinez administration would have until approximately mid-February of 2011 to either accept or reject the agreement. That satisfied nearly all of the members, including Stuart Ingle (R-Portales) who joined a 12-1 majority to approve the final review of the project: Read more
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One of the problems with people elected to office is their absolute lack of self-esteem. Because of that lack of self-esteem, these people always want to build shrines to themselves. These shrines are always unnecessary and these shrines are always way overdone. These people should be happy they are provided with more than a box to sit on and a board to write on.
Look around. In LC, we have many new shrines, built at a time when money is tight and the need is/was nonexistent. Now, they disagree with need but they cannot make an unbiased choice because they are trying to "honor" themselves with these shrines.
It is time that the people have the sole say in new building projects. EVERY expenditure for capital improvement should go to the people AND the government should be required to educate the people about the existing infrastructure and the proposed new structure.
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