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| John Grubesic |
Grubesic: You Can't Seal the Truth
O'Neill Sponsors Lobbying Regulation Bill
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| Bill O'Neill |
Garcia's Bill on Social Promotion Clears One Committee
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| Mary Helen Garcia |
Pearce Warns Legislators of Federal Deficits
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| Steve Pearce |
NM: Turning Into 3rd World Country This Week
Record cold temperatures have done more than shatter the global warming theories of those seeking social justice this week. They are endangering the lives of the citizens of New Mexico. Regulatory micro-management of virtually all viable energy producers has made assuring appropriate energy supplies an impossibility in the state. As News New Mexico was finishing up the final segment of programming this morning, its own flagship station (KSNM-AM 570 in Las Cruces) reported it had been knocked off the air by yet another rolling blackout. This also means heating in homes in the affected areas went off.
A single question remains. How long will voters sit back and allow New Mexico to turn into a THIRD WORLD COUNTRY? Policymakers in Santa Fe under the command of House Speaker Ben Lujan (Brian Egolf - House Energy Chairman) seem hell bent and determined to permanently damage resident's access to energy in the name of saving the planet. Not only are those holding this dubious viewpoint a small minority, their global temperature theories have been exposed this week. How many people will have to freeze to death before voters storm Santa Fe?
Unprepared for a Record Cold Snap
SANTA FE – This evening, Governor Susana Martinez continued to work closely with leaders across the state to provide emergency assistance to New Mexicans impacted by interruptions in natural gas and power services caused by record low temperatures. To hasten the supply recovery, Governor Martinez ordered state operations not providing critical services to close tomorrow in order to decrease the strain on energy supplies throughout the state.
The Governor will be holding a press briefing at 8:30 p.m. tonight with Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry at the Albuquerque Joint Information Center. “Due to statewide natural gas shortages, I have ordered all government agencies that do not provide essential services to shut down and all non-essential employees to stay home tomorrow, February 4,” said Governor Martinez. “I have also encouraged all schools that have not already announced closures to strongly consider doing so.
“As we work to restore natural gas services, I hope that all New Mexicans will do their part to preserve the resources we do have and care for those most in need by turning down their thermostats and assisting friends, family, and neighbors who are without heat. An up-to-date list of emergency shelters is available on the Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management’s website as well as the Governor’s website for anyone who is experiencing unbearable cold temperatures in their homes. I encourage all of my fellow New Mexicans to take appropriate measures to stay safe and warm.”
Reality of Data is Setting in on Global Warming Gospel
Arizona Public Media - Temperatures in Tucson fell to 18 degrees overnight and dipped even lower in surrounding areas, according to the National Weather Service. The unprecedented lows--with wind chills that made the temperatures feel more like 3 or 4 degrees--triggered a number of utility outages affecting thousands of residents across Southern Arizona. Increased demand left 14,000 Southwest Gas customers without gas and heat. Additionally, 2,000 Tucson Water customers are without water. Officials with Tucson Water say the outage was brought on by the extreme cold, which caused electronic controls at various reservoir and booster sites to malfunction, automatically shutting down pumps. Other customers don’t have water due to frozen or burst pipes within their homes or businesses, says Tucson Water.
Several Tucson schools and at least six libraries affected by the gas and water outages closed for the day as a result. Reports from the Tucson Police Department linked the cold to two deaths, as well. Tucson Mayor Bob Walkup called the cold's impact on the region and its dangers "very real" in a press conference this afternoon. "We have to put our resources into making sure our people are safe," Walkup told reporters. To that end, Southwest Gas is urging customers who still have gas service to conserve it by turning down their thermostats and water heater settings. Tucson Water's Fernando Molina suggested residents check their water lines for damage and insulate any exposed pipes, particularly at the point where water enters the home, with rags or styrofoam insulation. Read full story here:
Gas company explains cause of shortage
From KOB-TV.com - by Jeremy Jojola, KOB Eyewitness News 4; Charlie Pabst, KOB.com - New Mexico Gas Company is speaking for the first time about why tens of thousands of New Mexicans have no natural gas service. The company blames supply and demand, and a lack of pressure to push the gas through the pipelines. Power blackouts in Texas have cut off power to compressors in West Texas that feed gas into New Mexico. With the low pressure and high demand for natural gas, the gas utility says it's impossible to supply everyone. Up to 24,000 customers across the state are doing without natural gas. We asked New Mexico Gas Company why those compressors in Texas don't have emergency generators. Ken Oostman, Vice President of Technical Services for New Mexico Gas company said Thursday, "Some do and some don't. I can't really comment on all of our upstream suppler situations." Those compressors do not belong to New Mexico Gas Company—they belong to other suppliers. Read more
Swickard Commentary - The answer is government. What is the question?
by Michael Swickard, Ph.D. -“Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us.” – P.J. O’Rourke
The mantra for the last half of the 20th century: The answer is government. Few of us were alive back when that was not so. Our government attempts to be all things to all people in all ways and at all times. This is what many people want to hear: The answer is government. The notion is that our government knows what it is doing economically when it borrows money from China so it can send some of the borrowed money back to China as foreign aid. Does it make any sense that about half of everything being spent by the national government is borrowed with no plan to pay any of it back? Who has no plan whatsoever to ever pay back the borrowed money? The answer is government. Read more
On This Day In New Mexico History -
On this day in New Mexico History - February 4, 1864 – What would come to be called the Long Walks started in January 1864. On this day in New Mexico History bands of Navajo led by the Army from their traditional lands in eastern Arizona Territory and western New Mexico Territory started to arrive at Fort Sumner in the Pecos River Valley. The area was called the Bosque Redondo, means "round grove of trees" in the Spanish language. Between 8,000 and 9,000 people were settled on an area of 40 square miles with a peak population of 9,022 by the spring of 1865. Bosque Redondo had serious problems. About 400 Mescalero Apaches were placed there before the Navajos. The Mescaleros and the Navajo had a long tradition of raiding each other; the two tribes had many disputes during their encampment. Furthermore, the initial plan was for around 5,000 people, certainly not 10,000 men, women and children. Water and firewood were major issues from the start; the water was brackish and the round grove of trees was quite small. In 1865 Navajo began leaving. By 1867 the remaining Navajo refused to plant a crop. The Treaty of Bosque Redondo between the United States and many of the Navajo leaders was concluded at Ft. Sumner on June 1, 1868. On June 18, 1868, the once-scattered bands of people set off together on the return journey, the "Long Walk" home. This is one of the few instances where the U.S. government relocated a tribe to their traditional boundaries.
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