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| Gary Johnson |
Gary Johnson Helps Narrow Obama’s Lead in NM
Add Another Federally Subsidized Solar Bankruptcy to the Enormous List
Officials at Amonix headquarters in Seal Beach, Calif., have not responded to repeated calls for comment this week, but the company began selling equipment, from automated tooling systems to robotic welding cells, in an online auction Wednesday.
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| Harry Reid with Amonix officials |
Sunland Park City Council Votes to Double Property Tax
Some City Council members have attributed it to past financial mismanagement that led the state to take over Sunland Park's financial operations. Councilors voted Wednesday to increase the property taxes from 3.775 per $1,000 valuation to 7.65. Read full story here: News New Mexico
Race Baiting Industry Alive and Well in NM
The report unveiled Thursday says less than a quarter of agencies surveyed are in compliance with a 2009 state law banning bias policing. The report also says around 20 percent of agencies have no written policies against bias policing and about 24 percent refused to provide their policies, a violation of state law. Read full story here: News New Mexico
More Dollars Thrown at Another "Study"
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| Blue skies above San Juan River near Four Corners |
Environmental groups had pushed the U.S. Department of Interior to prepare an environmental impact statement for the Four Corners Power Plant and Navajo Mine.
The Farmington Daily Times reports that the study announced this week is expected to take years to complete. Read full story here: New New Mexico
How the Denunciatory Ethic Replaces American Exceptionalism Part III
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| Jeremiah Wright |
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| John Wooden |
Denouncers routinely ignore the teaching of John Wooden who once asked, “Why is it so hard to realize that winners are usually the ones who work harder, work longer, and as a result, perform better?”
Denouncers demand equal “results” not just equal opportunities. Their world view of haves and have-nots extends to nations. In the end, the earnings of a nation’s achievers or even nations themselves, are coveted and targeted for redistribution by denouncer’s.
Denouncer’s only see America as “just” when the rate of government confiscation of private income is increased. And those that oppose the increased seizing of individual earnings and assets are universally denounced as “selfish” or racist now that President Obama is in the White House.
Simplistic rationalizations of the denouncer’s approach are offered. Here again denouncers ignore the teachings of John Wooden, who once said, “Why can’t we realize that it only weakens those we want to help when we do things for them that they should do for themselves?” History is littered with the unintended consequences of the denouncer’s redistribution schemes. Denouncers adopt individuals that make poor life decisions and nations that make poor choices. Cast as “victims of society or victims of international bullies” Denouncers routinely blame America and America’s achievers for the troubles of all have-nots. There is considerable passion involved in their denigration of the more industrious members of society. Frequently denouncers categorize achievers efforts and accomplishments as undeserved ill-gotten gains. Their view is the greater good is best served when America’s achievers are typecast as successful because they are “greedy.”
Contrary to those that embrace the Denunciatory Ethic, most Americans continue to hold the basic belief that despite all its obvious flaws, America is a generous and worthy global citizen. Most Americans still want to live in a place where hard work and effort are fundamental virtues that pay off. It is the embracer of the Denunciation Ethic that views self-reliance as an inoperative cliché that should be traded for the European Union style of entitlement-driven public policy. Hence the denouncer is comfortable piling on while in the company of those who openly criticize America.
Contrary to those that embrace the Denunciatory Ethic, most Americans continue to hold the basic belief that despite all its obvious flaws, America is a generous and worthy global citizen. Most Americans still want to live in a place where hard work and effort are fundamental virtues that pay off. It is the embracer of the Denunciation Ethic that views self-reliance as an inoperative cliché that should be traded for the European Union style of entitlement-driven public policy. Hence the denouncer is comfortable piling on while in the company of those who openly criticize America.
Do You Think All Politicians Release Their Tax Returns? Not Nancy Pelosi or Harry Reid
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| Nancy Pelosi has refused to release her tax records |
Does Obama's Economy Put New Mexico in Play?
And in an interesting wrinkle in the new poll, PPP asked if Romney selected New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez as his vice-presidential pick how that would affect the race in the state and Obama’s numbers drop all the way down to 48-47, well within the margin of error. Read full story here: News New Mexico
Carney: Fundraising Events Crowding Out Obama Schedule, No Time for Job Council Meetings
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| Obama and John Corzine |
Presumably Carney meant large dollar per "plate" fundraising events which have dominated the vast majority of the president's schedule for many months. The president is pictured at left with John Corzine former Goldman Sachs CEO and more recently the CEO of bankrupt MF Global. They were at a $5,000 per plate fundraiser.
Jobless Claims Rise Again
Initial claims for state unemployment benefits increased 34,000 to a seasonally adjusted 386,000, the Labor Department said on Thursday. The prior week's figure was revised up to 352,000 from the previously reported 350,000.
Economists polled by Reuters had forecast claims rising to 365,000 last week. The four-week moving average for new claims, a better measure of labor market trends, fell 1,500 to 375,500. Read full story here: News New Mexico
Outside Law Firm Won't Investigate How Audit of NMFA Was Faked
KOB - New Mexico's top security regulator says potential fraud within a state financing authority extends beyond a faked financial audit that has national credit rating agencies considering whether to downgrade the agency's bond ratings.
The disclosure by Securities Division Director Daniel Tanaka came Wednesday as the New Mexico Finance Authority's governing board scrapped a plan for an outside law firm to investigate how the audit was faked. The board instead wants a similar legal and accounting probe to be handled through the state auditor's office to ensure the independence of the review. Read full story here: News New Mexico
The disclosure by Securities Division Director Daniel Tanaka came Wednesday as the New Mexico Finance Authority's governing board scrapped a plan for an outside law firm to investigate how the audit was faked. The board instead wants a similar legal and accounting probe to be handled through the state auditor's office to ensure the independence of the review. Read full story here: News New Mexico
Martinez: Child Support Division Most Improved in the Nation, Achieves Record Collections
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| Susana Martinez |
In a press release the governor's office said, "This achievement comes on the heels of another outstanding accomplishment announced earlier in July in which the NMCSED was named the Most Improved Program in the country by the National Child Support Enforcement Association (NCSEA). The award is in recognition of a child support program that has shown exceptional improvement in key child support enforcement performance areas over the past three years. In the past year alone, CSED has improved its national ranking from 45th in the nation to 40th in the nation, a major improvement in the course of only one year."
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| Sidonie Squier |
Last year, Governor Martinez and HSD successfully implemented a statewide Child Support Bench Warrant Roundup project. The effort resulted in a dramatic increase in child support collections from individuals having bench warrants issued due to their failure to comply with their child support obligations. For the period September 2011 through June 2012,collections from individuals having outstanding arrest warrants doubled to over $70,000 per month, resulting in an increase of $350,000 in support collections from the prior year.
“We are very proud of CSED and its accomplishments to date,” commented Sidonie Squier, Secretary of the New Mexico Human Services Department. “I offer my congratulations to our child support team members as we continue to improve the child support program in New Mexico and ensure that the children of New Mexico receive the support that is due to them.”
Duran Wants Data to Protect Legal Votes
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| Dianna Duran |
Duran's chief of staff Ken Ortiz said Tuesday the office will ask the Department of Homeland Security for access to the database, which has information on immigrants who are legally living in the country. Read full story here: News New Mexico
Teacher Union Activists Protested No Child Left Behind, Now the New Evaluation System in Their Sights
KOB - A public hearing about teacher evaluations drew a lot of attention at the state capitol on Wednesday. Hundreds of teachers, community leaders and parents protested outside the hearing, saying they do not agree with the proposed changes in a new system to evaluate teachers.
The changes are, however, required with New Mexico's "No Child Left Behind" waiver.
Kathy Sandoval, principal of Albuquerque Institute for Math and Science, said her school has implemented the changes. The outcome has been positive.
I've had not one teacher leave the school because of evaluation," Sandoval said. "I've had nobody leave for money - I've had nobody quit or be fired. I've been able to reward highly effective teachers."
The New Mexico Public Education Department explains that with New Mexico ranking so poorly on a national level, New Mexican's deserve to know who the greatest teachers are in the state.
Some teachers, including Ellen Bernstein with the Albuquerque Teachers Federation, feel like it just puts too much emphasis on the state tests.
"It's going to create a bunch of test prep dummies instead of rich thinking, problem solving students," Bernstein explained.
The PED said it will consider public comments before implementing a new evaluation system. There is no time frame as to how long that will take. Read full story here: News New Mexico
The changes are, however, required with New Mexico's "No Child Left Behind" waiver.
Kathy Sandoval, principal of Albuquerque Institute for Math and Science, said her school has implemented the changes. The outcome has been positive.The New Mexico Public Education Department explains that with New Mexico ranking so poorly on a national level, New Mexican's deserve to know who the greatest teachers are in the state.
Some teachers, including Ellen Bernstein with the Albuquerque Teachers Federation, feel like it just puts too much emphasis on the state tests.
"It's going to create a bunch of test prep dummies instead of rich thinking, problem solving students," Bernstein explained.
The PED said it will consider public comments before implementing a new evaluation system. There is no time frame as to how long that will take. Read full story here: News New Mexico
Rio Rancho Man "Bites Dog"
KOAT - Police said a man bit a dog in Rio Rancho, leading to a bizarre series of events. Three roommates in their 20's were hanging out last week when one of them went after another's dog, according to Rio Rancho police. "An individual went to the lengths of biting an animal for whatever reason," said Sgt. Nic Onken.
Onken said the dog biting prompted a brawl between the three men, with two of them beating the accused dog biter so badly he was left knocked out and bloodied at the end of a driveway.
Neighbors were stunned to watch it all unfold.
"It's pretty backward, man biting dog," said a neighbor named Ashley.
"Officers on scene don't believe it amounted to animal cruelty. It was just a bizarre beginning to a very bizarre case," Onken said. Read full story here: News New Mexico
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