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| New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez |
A lesson to the young bloods
NM Guard Medical Evacuation Heroes
"Each of us on the aircraft had to agree to take the patient on," Spc. Mark Edens said. Their patient, Lance Cpl. Winder Perez, had a foot-long rocket-propelled grenade embedded in his left side. It could have exploded at any time. "There was quite a bit of alarm among the crew at the time, as you can imagine," Capt. Kevin Doo said. Perez needed to be flown to the nearest medical unit, which was around 65 miles away. "If the RPG exploded, you know Spc. Edens and Sgt. Hardesty are working on the patient directly over him, shrapnel alone would have been devastating. And about 18 inches behind where the patient is lying is over 300 gallons of jet aviation fuel and it would have been catastrophic," Doo said. Read full story here: News New Mexico
AIG Chief Sees Retirement Age at 70-80
“Retirement ages will have to move to 70, 80 years old,” Benmosche, who turned 68 last week, said during a weekend interview at his seaside villa in Dubrovnik, Croatia. “That would make pensions, medical services more affordable. They will keep people working longer and will take that burden off of the youth.”
The crisis, now in its third year, threatens to destroy Europe’s 17-nation currency union as Greece contemplates exiting the euro and Spain sees its bond yields rise and banking industry falter. German Chancellor Angela Merkel hardened her opposition to joint debt sharing in the euro region as U.S. President Barack Obama singled out Europe’s leaders for not doing enough to arrest the crisis. Read full story here: News New Mexico
Californians Smell Railrunner Skunk
Newsmax - A majority of voters no longer support building a $68 billion high-speed passenger rail system connecting California’s population centers, a new poll shows, even as Governor Jerry Brown is pushing the project forward. While 53 percent of voters approved a bond issue for the project in 2008, a USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll published in yesterday’s edition of the newspaper, found that 59 percent would oppose it if given another chance to vote.
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| Jerry Brown |
Brown, a 74-year-old Democrat, allocated some of the $9.95 billion of bonds for the system in his budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1, even though a deficit in the spending plan has ballooned to $15.7 billion. He wants voters to increase sales and income taxes or slash 3 weeks off the school year while still spending money on the rail line.
“California voters have clearly reconsidered their support for high-speed rail,” said Dan Schnur, director of the USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times Poll and director of the Unruh Institute of Politics at University of Southern California. “They want the chance to vote again -— and they want to vote no. The growing budget deficit is making Californians hesitant about spending so much money on a project like this one when they’re seeing cuts to public education and law enforcement.” Read full story here: News New Mexico
LCPS: Artificial Turf for Field of Dreams?
The Las Cruces Public School Board is considering an investment in an artificial surface at the Field of Dreams. Many years ago in the city of the Crosses the Field of Dreams Task Force secured the initial funding for the current stadium. At that time one of the new problems presented to the school district in Las Cruces came with the opening of Onate High School. Adding Onate to the mix meant the city had four football teams playing games at Aggie Memorial Stadium. It was an unworkable situation for many logistical reasons.
In recent years there have been tremendous advances in artificial turf technology. The surfaces are much better and last much longer.
With LCPS facing rising costs for water, grass supplies, equipment, maintenance labor, plus the inevitable wear and tear that comes with four teams playing on one grass field, the debate on the board over this question should not last long. Delaying an investment in an artificial surface at the Field of Dreams will become a waste of LCPS resources.
Javier Gonzales Continues to be Evasive
On the Democratic Party website, under Mr. Gonzales’s bio, it states, “currently, he is leading the effort to bring a state-of-the-art film studio to Santa Fe.”
NOTE TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WEBSITE WEBMASTER:
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| Javier Gonzales |
In financial documents the Watchdog obtained from the EDD (Economic Development Department) and the County of Santa Fe weeks ago, there are no mentions of Mr. Gonzales either on signed papers or in the numerous emails the Watchdog reviewed in the correspondence between the State, the County, and the Hool Brothers. Read full story here: News New Mexico
Whitewater-Baldy Fire 17% Contained
The fire is about 17 percent contained. read full story here: News New Mexico
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