Ray Powell - Restoring Trust

Ray Powell

From NMPolitics.net - The land commissioner is probably one of the most important and powerful positions in state government today. The land commissioner can sell, lease or trade the land without anyone else’s approval. The land commissioner looks after 13 million acres of your state trust land and billions of dollars of raw natural resources, and the land commissioner helps oversee a $14 billion permanent fund. Our working public lands generate $500 million a year. This money supports our public schools, universities and hospitals. This is money that you and I don’t have to pay in additional taxes. From 1993 to 2002, I had the honor to serve as your New Mexico state land commissioner. I built a team of honest, knowledgeable and hard working individuals and we were recognized as one of the best land management agencies in the country. Read more here:

Ray Powell - Restoring Trust