UNM and NMSU Make Big Dance

The New Mexico Division I schools have both advanced into the March Madness brackets to be released later today. Last night the UNM Lobos won the Mountain West Conference Tournament with a win over San Diego State University and the NMSU Aggies defeated the Lousiana Tech Bulldogs to win the Western Athletic Conference Tournament.

The two teams split their games against each other with the Aggies winning in the Pit and the Lobos winning in the Pan American Center. Steve Alford's Lobos and Marvin Menzies Aggies are sure to be glued to the television later today when the NCCA tournament brackets are released at 4:00pm Mountain Daylight Time on CBS.

UNM and NMSU Make Big Dance

The Oil and Gas Industry is Helping Grow the United States Economy

Marita Noon

Lately, President Obama has been bragging about the drop in America’s dependence on foreign oil—now less than fifty percent. Earlier this week, he introduced a new chart to show how oil imports have declined under his leadership. The chart does not show the drop in America’s oil consumption, due to the bad economy. Nor does it give any indication of the trend for the future based on his policies—which will likely lead to increased use of foreign oil. President Obama’s energy policy is largely set by his environmental base that favors “alternatives” and eschews fossil fuels—especially drilling for oil. His policy mirrors that of California where the resistance to tapping the resources under the residents’ feet has resulted in increased imported oil from the Middle East. Once the largest oil producer in the world, California is now importing nearly 50% of its oil—with about 21% coming through the Strait of Hormuz. California’s gas prices are routinely the highest in the country. If Iran closes the Strait, as they’ve been threatening, California will be in dire straits.
While less dependent on Middle Eastern oil than California, the United States is like California, in that we have vast resources that are locked up due to regulation, blocked access, and delayed permitting. President Obama touts the reduction of imported oil, but his bragging rights may be short-lived, if he continues on the same anti-drilling track California has been on.
Read rest of column here: News New Mexico

The Oil and Gas Industry is Helping Grow the United States Economy

Alberson to Run for Senate in District #37

Cathey Alberson

Cathey Alberson, a native New Mexican, announced her candidacy for the New Mexico Senate, District 37 this afternoon in a press release: Cathey earned her Bachelors of Finance Degree from NMSU and employed these skills at both a local CPA firm and a local bank.
Mrs. Alberson has been married to her husband Dennis for 24 years . They have two sons and three daughters. Cathey and Dennis have been small business owners for 19 years.

Cathey is committed to Las Cruces, and knows the importance of community service. She has been active in the Junior League and the Republican Party of Dona Ana County. Cathey has a heart for our youth, working with organizations that provide political education to our young people and encouraging them to be involved in their community, state, and nation. As a tennis coach for our youth, she has promoted active participation in the United States Tennis Association.



Cathey Alberson and Family

She has also served other communities through mission trips to Juarez, New Orleans, and various cities in Texas. Cathey believes it is a moral responsibility to be involved in the lives of others and to serve them as opportunities arise. As a mother of five, Cathey is passionate to see families represented and supported in the New Mexico Legislature. She sees a need for small businesses of New Mexico to have a voice in Santa Fe. The next generation will have to live with the decisions and actions of this generation and Cathey is resolute about leaving a legacy of ethical standards in business and life, while teaching young people how to be involved and responsible for their state.

Alberson to Run for Senate in District #37

New Mexico's $400 Million Dollar Industry

El Musico

ROSWELL, N.M. (KRQE) - Horse racing brings in more than $400-million into New Mexico's economy every year a nd now the champions of tomorrow are being born today, sometimes as many as seven a day. From the point these horses take their first breath, to the point when they're ready to take on the track, Susan Hunter is there. She's what some call a mid-wife for race horses.
"It's a really cool thing to get to be that much in their life when they're growing up," said Hunter. Her place in Roswell, Hunter Creek Farms, has about 140 horses, with 95-percent being race horses, bred for the track.
Up to 150 horses are delivered at Hunter's farm each year from January until June, when up to seven are born in one day.

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"It is so amazing, I've done over 13-hundred and it's still the coolest thing I've ever, every baby is still just like the very first time," explained Hunter.

Pregnancy for horses can last around 11 months, and Hunter said each one of these mares on her farm are ready to have their baby any minute, which is why she keeps a close eye on them.

"I have 24 cameras around in the barn, in the pens outside the barn, so I can watch the mares constantly, even if I'm not out there with them," Hunter said. Read full story here: News New Mexico

New Mexico's $400 Million Dollar Industry

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Decapitated Bodies Turn Up On Border

From directorblue- Details are still coming, but the bodies were found today by the Army on the highway that connects Matamoros with Ciudad Victoria, according to El Universal, the Mexico City based media company.  Authorities have not shared any insight into the killings, but the region has been marked recently by intense fighting between two factions of the Gulf Cartel drug-trafficking organization.

Decapitated Bodies Turn Up On Border

Pay Attention New Mexico! Senators Udall and Bingaman Continue to Vote for High Gas Prices and Unemployment

The Senate had yet another chance to unleash billions in private sector dollars for a job creating project that will also lower gas prices. Those New Mexicans who understand the laws of supply and demand should click on the vote link below. Why? Because if you simply understand why more supply of oil will reduce gas prices (Economics 101) and why billions in private investments will create employment opportunities, you need to now how your elected officials voted in the U.S. Senate. It is not an opinion to say that Senators Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall couldn’t care less about job creation or the high gas prices we pay. It is a fact. Here are the votes of Bingaman and Udall on the getting the Keystone Pipeline going. This is a project former President Clinton advised both of them to embrace. Instead of going with a no-brainer they voted to block it.
It is noteworthy that Senators Mark Begich of Alaska and Mary Landrieu of Louisiana both voted for the pipeline to go forward. These Senators also represent voters in states that also natural resources to help pay the bills.

What are New Mexicans to think of Tom Udall and Jeff Bingaman? One could start with recognizing they two lawyers are economically illiterate dreamers. Their votes are compelling admissions that they have no clue how jobs are created or how damaging high gas prices are on the average New Mexican.

Amazingly, Martin Heinrich also went on the record last week (for those paying attention) to say he was opposed to the pipeline project. Representative Ben Ray Lujan has also cast similar anti-consumer and anti-job votes. In November Martin Heinrich wants to take Bingaman’s place in the Senate and Ben Ray is also Lujan seeking re-election. Unfortunately, New Mexicans won't get a chance to send Udall packing for another two years.

To be fair there are two sides to this story. Those New Mexicans who don’t mind paying high gas prices and seeing the unemployment rate remain high should consider continuing to support these people. The rest of us should make note of these absurd votes and tell all our family members and friends. These guys need to go.

Pay Attention New Mexico! Senators Udall and Bingaman Continue to Vote for High Gas Prices and Unemployment

Romney Really Might Not Have the Delegates by June

Mitt Romney

Aaron Henry Diaz Note: The New Mexico Republican primary is June 5th 2012. Expect to see Republican presidential campaign activity in New Mexico this Spring because of the delegate process. 

Real Clear Politics - The Republican primary has revealed distinct geographic tendencies. Mitt Romney is dominant in New England and in the West. Newt Gingrich has run well in the Deep South, while Rick Santorum has done well in caucus states, the Great Plains, and the peripheral South (it remains to be seen whether his support has bled into Gingrich's strength in the Deep South). That leaves the Midwest as a battleground between Romney and Santorum. While Romney had a good night on Super Tuesday, the truth is that he did nothing to alter the basic regional nature of his support. He won handily in New England and the West, essentially tied in the Midwest, and ran poorly in the South. Given the structure of the primary season, this portends a long slog to the nomination, and makes it difficult for Romney to wrap up the nomination early on. Read More News New Mexico

Romney Really Might Not Have the Delegates by June

NAACP Asking UN to Condemn U.S. Voter ID Laws

From cnsnews.com -Riled by state-level voting law changes that it alleges are designed to suppress “the political participation of people of color, the poor, the elderly, and the young,” the NAACP is turning to the U.N. Human Rights Council for support. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People president Benjamin Jealous and other association representatives plan to visit Geneva next week to address the HRC, a forum that frequently witnesses clashes between Western democracies and repressive states.  The NAACP delegation hopes the HRC will take up its concerns about legal initiatives such as voter ID laws passed by more than a dozen states, which proponents say are designed to prevent voter fraud but the NAACP charges are part of an orchestrated campaign to disenfranchise minority groups.  More News New Mexico

NAACP Asking UN to Condemn U.S. Voter ID Laws

Santa Fe Mayor to Run for Ben Lujan's House Seat

Mayor David Coss

From capitalreportnewmexico.com -Santa Fe mayor David Coss ill run for the state House of Representatives seat that has been held by outgoing Speaker of the House Ben Lujan since 1975. Two extremely reliable sources within the Democratic Party in the Santa Fe area confirmed that Coss, who has served as Santa Fe’s mayor since 2006, is expected to make the announcement as early as Friday (March 8). “Put that in the bank,” one source told us Thursday night. “He’s definitely in.” Coss still has two years left in his term as mayor. It’s unclear whether Coss would step down as mayor should be win the election to the state House of Representatives or serve out his term doing both jobs. One of our sources says that by law Coss could do both jobs but the expectation is that if Coss wins in District 46, he would formally resign from his mayoral duties when that term expires in 2014.  More News New Mexico

Santa Fe Mayor to Run for Ben Lujan's House Seat