News New Mexico live Wednesday, Michael better
Best of Show Tuesday - Michael under the weather
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He is home and says he will be in studio Wednesday, full of stories about going to the Emergency Room at Memorial Medical Center. He says they did very well, but there were quite a few stories to pick up. See you Wednesday.
5.2 quake strikes New Mexico
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| No, this is Japan, New Mexico was fine |
The KOAT-TV newsroom was flooded with phone calls from people who felt the earthquake.
Residents in Silver City, Truth or Consequences, Tucson, Arizona, and El Paso, Texas, said they felt the tremor.
The epicenter was located about 31 miles northwest of Lordsburg.
Officials said there were no reports of injuries or serious damage.
Swickard: Job is not a four letter word
Our society has put up many barriers to young people working. So many young do not get a no-brainer job and learn to work. They must learn to work as the boss says and to not quit until they have another job lined up. There is nothing wrong with working and going to school to get that first job. The key to my success over forty years was to get that first job and learn from it so I could get the next job and so on. Today many young people are in their middle twenties and still have not had a first job. I say to them that job is not a four letter word.
There are three reasons many young people have not had their first job: first, they have not valued the things to learn from a first job. Secondly, many are not being forced by the economics of their life to get a job as long as they do not mind going in debt with student loans. Finally, many young people have not gotten that first job because the job market has collapsed.
Many jobs are not open to young people because these young people do not have any job skills so employers are reluctant to hire young people who must be paid the minimum wage while they cannot return that productivity for the employer.
In this tough economy many employers are slimming down their workforces and paying more to productive members of their staff while not hiring young people. There is a national push to make this worse by raising the minimum wage further. No one is speaking out for these young unemployed.
Know this: they cannot get a second job without getting their first job. Further, they cannot get productive skills if employers will not hire them because of the minimum wage.
There should be a waiver that if someone has never had a job previously then they can make any deal with an employer for a first job. Suddenly, they would be attractive. Read full column
Española councilor charged with pistol-whipping man, shooting at truck
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| Espanola City Councilor Eric Radosevich |
Councilor Eric Radosevich, 43, is accused of pistol whipping a man and shooting at his vehicle two times. On June 21, the victim told the sheriff's office he was at a gas station when an unknown male approached his pickup truck to speak to his wife.
The man said he confronted the stranger and then got into an argument. While trying to leave the gas station, the victim said the man followed him in a white Chevy pickup with other men inside.
When he drove to the Roadrunner Cafe in Pojoaque, the victim said the stranger came out of his truck and struck him several times with a black handgun. The stranger then allegedly fired two rounds toward the victim while driving away--striking the victim's truck.
Through the investigation, the sheriff's office learned the white Chevy pickup belonged to Radosevich. He was arrested on Wednesday and remains in custody at the Santa Fe County Detention Facility. More
Lack of imagination: a fatal flaw
They can picture a pecan farm twenty years in the future, and the way the house might look, with rich hardwood floors, high ceilings, and hand-created tile counter tops, but they are nearly hopeless at combating "common folklore" such as "the hook doesn't hurt the fish," despite the fact that the fish appears to be trying desperately to get off it.
H. L. Mencken wrote, about 100 years ago, that people hadn't bathed until the last 75 years. He did that deliberately to see how many people would believe it. My father said he was thinking about that statement (and believing it) standing in front of a Roman bathtub in the Pliny Gardens in Florence, Italy.
H. L. Mencken wrote, about 100 years ago, that people hadn't bathed until the last 75 years. He did that deliberately to see how many people would believe it. My father said he was thinking about that statement (and believing it) standing in front of a Roman bathtub in the Pliny Gardens in Florence, Italy.
He said the dichotomy almost did not occur to him. He was standing directly in front of proof that people bathed 2,000 years ago while thinking "I believe that people did not bathe until 75 years ago … and yet, here I am, standing in front of a bathtub that was hand-carved out of marble 2,000 years ago."
It must have helped us survive, somehow, to have this ability to believe a certain set of facts that aren't facts at all, but it might not be so good for us as individuals. I know that for years the school system has said that children have to go to public schools "because they have to learn to get along with these people; they will be with them when they grow up."
It's not true. Getting along is among the most natural of any human qualities. Any two people sitting next to each other on an airplane can adjust to each other's differences in minutes, and find grounds for a first-rate conversation. Read full column
State sets aside money for special education dispute
The State Board of Finance
has approved $26 million as a safety net if
The board on Tuesday agreed to a
transfer of the money from this year's budget accounts. The Legislature
provided the money as part of a contingency plan for an ongoing fight over
whether New Mexico
Federal officials contend New Mexico
Deputy Public Education Secretary Paul Aguilar said up to $18
million could be needed if the federal government rules against the state for
this year's budget.
The board's bookkeeping move makes up to
$26 million available if it's necessary when the dispute is resolved.
Information from The Associated Press.
Information from The Associated Press.
State working to eliminate feral pigs
State
and federal wildlife managers in
They say they have eliminated the majority of invasive porkers from
10 counties and progress is being made in another seven counties where pigs
have taken up residency.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Service
Division says federal hunters tracked down and eliminated about 700 pigs last
year as part of a $1 million pilot project. Most of the work was done across New Mexico
Officials say most of the pigs removed were female, which should put a
dent in the population's ability to multiple again.
Officials will be targeting
two counties in New Mexico
Information from The Associated Press.
Judge says Ruidoso can't ban negative opinions
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| Ruidoso Village Council |
A
federal judge has come down hard on Ruidoso officials who tried to ban
residents from saying anything negative at council meetings.
U.S.
District Judge James O. Browning issued an injunction Monday finding that the village of Ruidoso
Under the village rules, a speaker could praise personnel, staff
or the village council, or could make a neutral comment, but could not voice
criticism.
In an 89-page opinion, Browning granted summary judgment to lawyer
William Griffin, who sued after the council refused his request to speak at a
meeting. Browning said limits can be placed on time and topic, but not on the
speaker's opinion.
Rep. Garcia challenges primary election results
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| Mary Helen Garcia |
Attorneys
for the campaign of Rep. Mary Helen Garcia have formally a filed a motion
challenging the results in the June Primary Election.
Specifically, the
attorneys cite irregularities in the signatures associated with absentee voting
in the primary election for New Mexico House District 34. Rep.
Garcia said.
“The fact that Sunland
Park
Attorneys for Rep. Garcia submitted information by a forensic handwriting
analyst, citing at least 17 cases of signatures not matching voter rolls.
Third
Judicial District Judge Jim T. Martin set August 12 as the trial date for
the election challenge.
Information from The Associated Press.
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