Contreras: Speaker Vote is Over

Victor Contreras

NMPolitics - On March 3, N.M. blogger Heath Haussamen asserted on this website, “When Republicans opted against Rep. Joseph Cervantes’ attempt to overthrow House Speaker Ben Luján earlier this year, they made a political decision that they would have a better chance of taking control of the House in 2012 if the controversial Luján was speaker.” It is an unwarranted, inferential leap to claim to know the collective Republican motive for not giving support to Rep. Joseph Cervantes, or any Democrat, for speaker of the House. Most importantly, it’s over. In regards to HB 78, I don’t think it’s particularly important that Speaker Luján broke rules. Most of our House speakers have. I think the real meat of this story is that some members found a way to get together and execute the will of the people. Also of significance is the transparency we enjoyed in the debate and passage of HB 78. Read full column here: News New Mexico

Contreras: Speaker Vote is Over