Some Arizonans Blame Illegals for Some Fires
NM GOP's Watkins: Democrat Claims About Voter Fraud Don’t Pass The Straight Face Test
Albuquerque, NM – “Democrat claims about voter fraud don’t pass the straight face test,” said Republican Party of New Mexico Executive Director Bryan Watkins. The Executive Director of the Democratic Party of New Mexico contended in a statement released last week that, “There has never been a successful prosecution for voter fraud in New Mexico.” In fact, RPNM found many examples of voter fraud convictions in New Mexico. A couple examples to refresh Mr. Forrester’s memory include: In 1992, an Albuquerque community activist, and former state Democratic Party worker, and her assistant plead guilty and were convicted on federal charges of voter fraud (“Former Dental Clinic Head, Aide Sentenced for Embezzlement,” Albuquerque Journal, August 6, 1992).
In 2009, a former Democrat municipal court judge was convicted of false voting, making a false statement on his candidate declaration and falsifying documents in a municipal election (“Former Judge Gets 18 Months Probation In Vote Case,” Associated Press, October 9, 2009). Less than a year later that same judge’s wife was convicted of voting in Dona Ana County in 1998 and 2000 -- but not 2004 -- with the knowledge that she was not a qualified voter (“Wife Of Former Judge Sentenced,” Las Cruces Sun-News, May 14, 2010). Watkins continued, “Once again, Democrats are playing fast and loose with the facts and short-changing New Mexico families in the process. Secretary of State Duran is fighting to protect the integrity of the voting process and ensuring the voice of hard working New Mexicans is heard loud and clear. “As stated by the U.S. Supreme Court, ‘not only is the risk of voter fraud real,’ but ‘it could affect the outcome of a close election.’ New Mexicans deserve a clean, honest election process and they deserve to have confidence that their voice was not marginalized by fraudulent interests.”
NBC cut "under God" out of the Pledge of Allegiance
(NewsNM - Swickard) I am at a loss for words that a major television network would let this happen. It had to be planned. So I will plan to not watch NBC ever again. If one person does so NBC will not even notice. If a million people stop watching, now you have their attention.From News Busters.com - By Noel Sheppard - NBC on Sunday decided to cut the words "under God" from the reading of the Pledge of Allegiance that accompanied the beginning of its coverage of the U.S. Open Golf Championship. In fact, this happened twice during the show's introduction Read more:
Single-engine air tankers battle blazes
NewsNM - Swickard, we celebrate the pilots who risk their lives along with all fire fighters. Thanks! From KOB-TV.com - The Swallow Fire that burned nine homes in Ruidoso could have been a lot worse, according to fire officials. All the ingredients of another White Fire, which burned more than 10,000 acres, were there. But firefighters got some help from above, and helped turn the tide to save more homes than were lost. Two 1,300 horsepower single-engine air tankers, or SEATS, sit at the Sierra Blanca Airport near Ruidoso waiting for the call. Crews are expected to be airborne within 15 minutes. On Thursday, the call came in around 2:30 for the Swallow Fire when it started about eight miles away. Pilots suited up, ground crews filled up and in less than 10 minutes, the planes were en route. Hundreds of gallons of fire retardant began raining down on the fire line. SEATs can carry as much as 800 gallons of retardant. With cockpit controls, pilots have pinpoint accuracy, and can decide how much is dropped in one pass. The planes can maneuver around personnel and target structures to help protect lives and property. The SEATs have been placed at a number of airports around New Mexico and can provide air support anywhere in the state within minutes. Read more
Tailgaters (the bad kind) beware: RRPD is watching
From the Rio Rancho Observer - Rio Rancho Police recently conducted a study involving the major causes of crashes over a six month period. In that time, at least 50 percent of the crashes, about 300, involved drivers who were following too closely. This is significant because most of the crashes could have been avoided. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NTHSA) previously came up with guidelines for safe following distances. The three-second rule was adopted as a National Standard. The rule is a simple way to double-check driving at a safe following distance. To do this, simply choose a fixed point that is even with the car in front of you like a road sign or a building. If you reach that same fixed point before you can count to three, then you are driving too close to the car and you need to fall back a bit. (NewsNM Swickard, Yes, four cars will pull into the gap one after another, but you will have the satisfaction of knowing you did the right thing, eh?) Officers will target peak traffic volume and density locations, complaint areas and areas where statistical data revealed a high propensity for following too close and inattentive driving collisions. Officers will use LIDAR (Laser Radar) equipped with the Distance Between Cars (DBC) function to measure following distances of motorists in target areas. Citations will be issued for, but not limited to, following too close, aggressive driving and speeding... Read more
Taken for a ride? Police department's squad car take-home policy raises questions
From the Santa Fe New Mexican.com - by Geoff Grammer -Though Santa Fe Police Department officers spend their work hours patrolling the City Different, when they punch the time clock at the end of the day and drive home, the vast majority of them leave Santa Fe. In fact, just 34 of the department's 154 sworn officers actually live in the city they are paid to serve and protect. The other 78 percent live outside Santa Fe, with most of those officers residing outside Santa Fe County in Rio Rancho, Pecos, Albuquerque and even Las Vegas, N.M.Note: there is an editorial about the lack of affordable housing sending the police to live out of town. It is also in the Santa Fe New Mexican.
Since anyone can seem to remember, the police department has allowed officers to drive their city-owned police cruisers from home to work on the city's dime. It wasn't until the perfect storm of rising home costs and a recruiting crisis hit the department in 2003 that the force extended its vehicle take-home policy to 60 miles outside city limits, opening the doors to potential cadets living in the Rio Rancho and Albuquerque areas. While nobody is suggesting the benefit be eliminated, many are saying the policy in its current form is far too generous, too costly — especially as scrutiny on city spending increases — and is defeating its original purpose of providing a visible police presence in neighborhoods around Santa Fe when officers are off-duty. Read more
Billboard hearing held
(NewsNM - Swickard) We only have real first amendment rights when what is written or said causes people to scream. Is the billboard covered by the First Amendment? We shall see. From the Alamogordo Daily News - For now, Greg A. Fultz's anti-abortion billboard will remain posted on White Sands Boulevard. That could change if 12th Judicial District Judge James W. Counts signs a recommendation forcing Fultz to remove it. Fultz was verbally ordered to remove the sign before Friday's hearing by the Domestic Violence Court Commissioner Darrell N. Brantley on June 1.
The billboard first came under fire when a Right to Life New Mexico representative said they asked Fultz to remove their endorsement of the billboard prior to it being displayed on Alamogordo's main thoroughfare. The billboard depicts an Alamogordo businessman, GEFNET owner Fultz, 35, holding what appears to be the outline of a baby in his arms as he is looking down at it. Next to the picture, in large print, is the statement, "This Would Have Been A Picture Of My 2-month Old Baby If The Mother Had Decided To Not KILL Our Child!" The billboard has drawn national attention. Read more
Arizona’s Undeclared War: The Desperate Need for Market Driven Management
From the Westerner - By Stephen L. Wilmeth - From the news this week, it was clear that Arizona is on its own to resolve the issues that are ravaging its resources and decimating its civil union. Its border is the most dangerous border in the world, and two of the fires burning in the state are the first and third largest fires in state history. One of those fires, the Horseshoe II Complex in southeast Arizona in the Chiricahua Mountains, was likely started by illegal aliens. The common theme of the debacle is the fact citizens of Arizona have little private dominion. Government controls the state. It controls their lives. Government, in one form or another, owns 85% of the state. Today, the logging enterprises of the greater Southwest are almost a thing of the past. When asked what caused the Wallow Fire, the Forest Service indicated an unattended campfire. The fact is the fire danger in Arizona and across the West is the result of the ongoing and cumulative effect of massive fuel buildup. Fire has been suppressed and historic private enterprises that effectively reduce and remove dangerous fuel supplies have been vilified, suppressed, reduced, and evicted from federal lands. The total elimination of grazing with complexity (sheep and goats), the dramatic and systematic reduction of cattle grazing, and the wholesale elimination of logging have consequences. When these methods of fuel reduction are reduced or eliminated in the face of natural fuel expansion, large fires will and do occur! Western states must find, elect, and field leaders who recognize the insanity that has been heaped upon our landscape and is being manifested in the scourge of Arizona. Something must give and it can no longer be the citizens and the communities that have been altered and debilitated by the federal actions that are destroying the very resources they are pledged to protect. The current events also remind us there is an overlooked value that should be added to the Declaration of Policy of the management of these lands. That value is the promise of national security on our borders. That value must take precedent over any and all values. Without it . . . failure is assured. Read more
The Heat is Growing for Gary King
From capitolreportnewmexico.com -The criticism of Attorney General Gary King is building. On Sunday (June 19), the reliably Democrat-friendly editorial page of the Santa Fe New Mexican published a harsh review of King’s performance, saying the AG “has been dragging his public trust to political depths previously unplumbed.” Wow. King has been getting especially rough reviews for his performance — or lack thereof — in handling a number of high-profile cases as well as his seemingly tense relationship with another Democrat, state auditor Hector Balderas. More News New Mexico
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Weiner and the Muslim Brotherhood
From americanthinker.com - Far more disturbing than the salacious details of Weiner's dalliances is the fact that apparently his mother-in-law is a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. Furthermore, Huma Abedin's brother, Hassan, "is listed as a fellow and partner with a number of Muslim Brotherhood members." Hassan works at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (OCIS) at Oxford University. The Egyptian Al-Azhar University, well-known for a curriculum that encourages extremism and terrorism, is active in establishing links with OCIS. Saleha Mahmoud Abedin, a professor in Saudi Arabia "belongs to the Sunni movement's women's division known as the Muslim Sisterhood." During the recent uprising in Egypt, which resulted in Mubarak's removal, "a special women's unit within the Muslim Brotherhood served as 'mules' to deliver messages and acted as messengers for the terrorist group." More News New Mexico
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