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NewsNM note - Spence - Sometimes you do an interview that is pleasant but not particularly revealing. Just the opposite was the case when we interviewed the only independent in the legislature on Friday morning. Rob Nikolewski of Capital Report New Mexico participated in the interview. Here is his recap:
Capital Report New Mexico - today, we posted that the driver’s license bill that Gov. Susana Martinez wants so badly will not be introduced during this current special session. The man designated to carry the bill says he doesn’t have the votes to even “blast” it onto the House of Representatives floor. Rep. Andy Nuñez, the Independent pecan-grower and chile farmer from Hatch, is one of the most plain-spoken members of the state legislature … and on Friday morning, he appeared on the News New Mexico radio program that’s heard around the state and gave his unvarnished opinions about the driver’s license issue (“I don’t have the votes”), the current redistricting plans (“Oh, they really messed ‘em all up”), how he thinks the special session is going to end as soon as Saturday, Sept. 24th (“I think really, tomorrow is going to be the last day”), what he really got for voting for the Democrat House redistricting plan (“the thing that I got … was the shaft”), what grade he would give this special session (“an F-plus”) and what might have happened if Republicans had backed Democrat Joe Cervantes earlier this year as Speaker of the House (“now they’re kicking themselves”). You can listen to the entire interview by clicking
here on the News New Mexico archives site … or read what I transcribed of the interview, conducted by Michael Swickard, Jim Spence and myself. Ask Andy a straight question, and you’ll get a straight answer: Read Rob's full story here:
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Andy Nunez: "I Got the Shaft"