Governor Prepares to Veto Pork Proposals

KOB TV- Governor Susana Martinez is sharpening up her pork knife, threatening to use her line-item veto powers to slash some state lawmakers' pet projects in the capital outlay bill - the stuff politicians call pork. The Republican Governor says she is studying the bill, looking for "wasteful" projects, whether they are backed by Democrats or Republicans in the legislature.
"Some things the cities could do for themselves," said Martinez. "Maybe they could repair cabinets in a senior center, versus a big road project or a big dam repair, something that we're responsible for."
Exhibit A, $80,000 for musical instruments and bathrooms for a mariachi music program for at-risk kids in Roswell.
Exhibit B might be $25,000 for improvements to the rose garden at Albuquerque's Tony Hillerman Library.
Read full story here: News New Mexico

Governor Prepares to Veto Pork Proposals