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Decapitated Bodies Turn Up On Border

From directorblue- Details are still coming, but the bodies were found today by the Army on the highway that connects Matamoros with Ciudad Victoria, according to El Universal, the Mexico City based media company. Authorities have not shared any insight into the killings, but the region has been marked recently by intense fighting between two factions of the Gulf Cartel drug-trafficking organization.

Pay Attention New Mexico! Senators Udall and Bingaman Continue to Vote for High Gas Prices and Unemployment

The Senate had yet another chance to unleash billions in private sector dollars for a job creating project that will also lower gas prices. Those New Mexicans who understand the laws of supply and demand should click on the vote link below. Why? Because if you simply understand why more supply of oil will reduce gas prices (Economics 101) and why billions in private investments will create employment opportunities, you need to now how your elected officials voted in the U.S. Senate. It is not an opinion to say that Senators Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall couldn’t care less about job creation or the high gas prices we pay. It is a fact. Here are the votes of Bingaman and Udall on the getting the Keystone Pipeline going. This is a project former President Clinton advised both of them to embrace. Instead of going with a no-brainer they voted to block it.
It is noteworthy that Senators Mark Begich of Alaska and Mary Landrieu of Louisiana both voted for the pipeline to go forward. These Senators also represent voters in states that also natural resources to help pay the bills.

What are New Mexicans to think of Tom Udall and Jeff Bingaman? One could start with recognizing they two lawyers are economically illiterate dreamers. Their votes are compelling admissions that they have no clue how jobs are created or how damaging high gas prices are on the average New Mexican.

Amazingly, Martin Heinrich also went on the record last week (for those paying attention) to say he was opposed to the pipeline project. Representative Ben Ray Lujan has also cast similar anti-consumer and anti-job votes. In November Martin Heinrich wants to take Bingaman’s place in the Senate and Ben Ray is also Lujan seeking re-election. Unfortunately, New Mexicans won't get a chance to send Udall packing for another two years.

To be fair there are two sides to this story. Those New Mexicans who don’t mind paying high gas prices and seeing the unemployment rate remain high should consider continuing to support these people. The rest of us should make note of these absurd votes and tell all our family members and friends. These guys need to go.

Romney Really Might Not Have the Delegates by June

Mitt Romney

Aaron Henry Diaz Note: The New Mexico Republican primary is June 5th 2012. Expect to see Republican presidential campaign activity in New Mexico this Spring because of the delegate process.

Real Clear Politics - The Republican primary has revealed distinct geographic tendencies. Mitt Romney is dominant in New England and in the West. Newt Gingrich has run well in the Deep South, while Rick Santorum has done well in caucus states, the Great Plains, and the peripheral South (it remains to be seen whether his support has bled into Gingrich's strength in the Deep South). That leaves the Midwest as a battleground between Romney and Santorum. While Romney had a good night on Super Tuesday, the truth is that he did nothing to alter the basic regional nature of his support. He won handily in New England and the West, essentially tied in the Midwest, and ran poorly in the South. Given the structure of the primary season, this portends a long slog to the nomination, and makes it difficult for Romney to wrap up the nomination early on. Read More News New Mexico

NAACP Asking UN to Condemn U.S. Voter ID Laws

From cnsnews.com -Riled by state-level voting law changes that it alleges are designed to suppress “the political participation of people of color, the poor, the elderly, and the young,” the NAACP is turning to the U.N. Human Rights Council for support. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People president Benjamin Jealous and other association representatives plan to visit Geneva next week to address the HRC, a forum that frequently witnesses clashes between Western democracies and repressive states. The NAACP delegation hopes the HRC will take up its concerns about legal initiatives such as voter ID laws passed by more than a dozen states, which proponents say are designed to prevent voter fraud but the NAACP charges are part of an orchestrated campaign to disenfranchise minority groups. More News New Mexico

Santa Fe Mayor to Run for Ben Lujan's House Seat

Mayor David Coss

From capitalreportnewmexico.com -Santa Fe mayor David Coss ill run for the state House of Representatives seat that has been held by outgoing Speaker of the House Ben Lujan since 1975. Two extremely reliable sources within the Democratic Party in the Santa Fe area confirmed that Coss, who has served as Santa Fe’s mayor since 2006, is expected to make the announcement as early as Friday (March 8). “Put that in the bank,” one source told us Thursday night. “He’s definitely in.” Coss still has two years left in his term as mayor. It’s unclear whether Coss would step down as mayor should be win the election to the state House of Representatives or serve out his term doing both jobs. One of our sources says that by law Coss could do both jobs but the expectation is that if Coss wins in District 46, he would formally resign from his mayoral duties when that term expires in 2014. More News New Mexico

NM Law Creates Broader Property Tax Notice

Gov. Susana Martinez

From boston.com -A new state law will give homeowners in New Mexico an early warning of possible increases in their property taxes. Gov. Susana Martinez signed legislation into law on Wednesday to require county assessors to provide more information on property tax notices sent each spring to homeowners. The documents currently show the taxable value of property. The new law takes effect in July and will require the notices to include the previous year's property tax as well as instructions for homeowners to calculate an estimated tax for the next year on their residential property. The legislation was sponsored by Rep. Alonzo Baldonado, a Los Lunas Republican. More News New Mexico

Hiker and Cat Found in Gila Forest

From krqe.com An Albuquerque woman who’d been missing for nearly a month was found Wednesday alive, but barely. Search and rescue crews say they found Margaret Page, 31, in the Gila National Forest and she wasn’t alone. They also found Page’s cat, who never left the woman’s side. Officials say on Wednesday they spotted Page’s blue sleeping bag about a mile up from the Railroad Canyon Trail, they believe that’s where she’d gone hiking back in February. Page had likely been stranded in the Gila for the past three weeks, nibbling on food she had brought with her and drinking water from a nearby creek. She told crews she’d ran out of food about a week ago. When Page was found she was barely able to speak and had lost one third of her body weight. She had been able to stay warm thanks to her thick blue sleeping bag. Crews were startled at first to spot a small animal crawling out of Page’s sleeping bag, but quickly realized the furry little creature was actually a house cat. More News New Mexico

George Noory Narrowly Escapes Kidnap in Mexico

From theblaze.com- Radio talk show host George Noory — host of Coast to Coast — had his vacation plans unexpectedly changed into escape plans when the limousine he was supposed to be taking ended up being driven by a would-be kidnapper. The incident, Noory says, began when a limousine style van picked him up at the airport, purporting to be his transportation to his hotel. On the way, Noory noticed that the van was taking him through a less-than-savory area of Mexico and that the driver was behaving oddly. When Noory tried to exit the van, the door handle broke off in his hand. Only through a real stroke of luck was he able to get away by hailing another car and paying the driver $100 in cash. More News New Mexico

Feds Close Cattle Gate at N.M. Port of Entry

From wisconsinrapidtribune - The livestock gate at one of the international ports of entry in southern New Mexico is closed now that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is restricting its veterinarians from crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. The agency cites safety concerns, but New Mexico's two U.S. senators are urging the Obama administration to find a way for cattle to be moved through the Columbus port. Sens. Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall sent letters to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Wednesday. They say the decision to close the gate places a significant burden on ranchers. New Mexico ranchers buy cattle from Mexico to supplement their herds. Other animals are also transferred through the crossing. Before animals are allowed to come into New Mexico, they are inspected by a federal veterinarian to ensure they are disease-free.

NM Environment Secretary Urges Congress to Fund LANL Cleanup

David Martin

From therepublic.com - New Mexico Environment Secretary David Martin and a delegation of New Mexico leaders were in Washington this week pushing for more money to cleanup toxic waste at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Martin says the delegation stressed the need for more federal funding to ensure the lab can meet its promise to remove thousands of barrels of radioactive waste that is stored above ground on lab property by 2014. Martin says the delegation stressed the need for more federal funding to ensure the lab can meet its promise to remove thousands of barrels of radioactive waste that is stored above ground on lab property by 2014. The potential dangers of the waste made national headlines last summer when the Las Conchas fire raged near the lab. Martin and the newly formed Regional Coalition of LANL Communities met with the New Mexico congressional delegation, National Nuclear Security Administrator Tom D'Agostino and others on Monday and Tuesday.

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