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KOB-TV.com - State lawmakers will get down to business in a special session starting 12 p.m. Tuesday. Governor Susana Martinez has an ambitious agenda and the one constitutionally-required job is one of the hardest things in politics. Every 10 years with the new census numbers, the Legislature draws new boundaries for our members of the U.S.
House of Representatives and for both chambers of Legislature itself. The idea is to give representatives democracy to the people as equally and as fairly as possible, which is a noble goal. But the deal is cooked up in the great sausage factory of politics, the legislator and all 112 members are potential losers. Some will not survive. Here is a snapshot of the problem. Rio Rancho with about 90,000 residents currently has one member of the State House of Representatives. Roswell, with about 50,000 people has four and somebody has got to go.
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Special session to begin Tuesday at noon
From KOB-TV.com - State lawmakers will get down to business in a special session starting 12 p.m. Tuesday. Governor Susana Martinez has an ambitious agenda and the one constitutionally-required job is one of the hardest things in politics. Every 10 years with the new census numbers, the Legislature draws new boundaries for our members of the U.S. House of Representatives and for both chambers of Legislature itself. The idea is to give representatives democracy to the people as equally and as fairly as possible, which is a noble goal. But the deal is cooked up in the great sausage factory of politics, the legislator and all 112 members are potential losers. Some will not survive. Here is a snapshot of the problem. Rio Rancho with about 90,000 residents currently has one member of the State House of Representatives. Roswell, with about 50,000 people has four and somebody has got to go. Read more
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