2/ “There is no baseline, positive nor negative, for what is going on in our schools and we are ultimately failing the next generation,” said @LeaderTownsend#nmpol#nmleg
3/ @LeaderTownsend: “Decades of status quo educational policies have created an environment in which many New Mexicans are fearful of the future for our students post-graduation." #nmpol#nmleg
4/ @LeaderTownsend: "This Governor simply cannot keep telling New Mexicans that throwing money at the problem is the solution" #nmpol#nmleg
5/ @LeaderTownsend: - "the Yazzie decision clearly revealed that our state has failed historically, and presently, in supporting at-risk students and families..."
6/ @LeaderTownsend: "...the Public Education bureaucracy in Santa Fe cripples local school boards from being effective in building strategies tailored to their community’s needs.” #nmpol#nmleg
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1/ Biden announced today additional emission regulations, and @govmlg took the opportunity to cheer on bigger government while announcing her plans to increase the gasoline tax on YOU. #nmpol#nmleg
2/ @LeaderTownsend: “@govmlg is so desperate to please her donors and DC friends, that she is willing to sell out New Mexicans for her version of the Green New Deal- this coming from a politician that reportedly turned down a cabinet position with Biden’s Interior Department..."
3/ @LeaderTownsend: "@govmlg’s administration is defined by selling out New Mexicans to the highest bidder- she lobbied for and was ultimately turned down for the Health cabinet secretary in DC..."
BREAKING: @speakeregolf dissolves important hispanic Land Grant committee in spat with Democrat lawmaker. #nmpol#nmleg
2/ Rep. Montoya: “It is a travesty that we are seeing play out exactly what so many Hispanic lawmakers, from both sides of the aisle, echoed in the Roundhouse this week..." #nmpol#nmleg
3/ Rep. Montoya "if you are a Hispanic and do not conform to so-called progressivism, you are not the right type of Hispanic and are no longer useful. Once again, we are witnessing the diminishing returns progressive democrats are finding in Hispanic voting groups." @nmpol#nmleg
1/ Today ABQ Rep. @BillRehmNM issued the following statement regarding the four officers shot in Albuquerque and the ongoing crime crisis plaguing the metro area: #nmpol#nmleg
2/ @BillRehmNM: “Here we are, eight months into 2021, and our community is still being rocked by almost daily senseless tragedies with Albuquerque setting a new murder record...” #nmpol#nmleg
3/ @BillRehmNM "The people of this city need to make their voices heard—‘enough is enough.’ We do not need social media posts or meetings about crime- we need real leadership and support for our criminal justice system that finally holds criminals accountable for their actions."
ICYMI: @GovMLG's spending spree with your tax dollars is even worse than we thought! The NM Auditor has opened an investigation into the misuse of public dollars. #nmpol#nmleg kob.com/new-mexico-new…
Last night @LeaderTownsend called on #nmleg to reopen schools and let #ThePeople live, just as @GovMLG has been living while spending thousands from discretionary fund while YOU were told to isolate. #NMPOL
House GOP Leadership today called on @GovMLG to do the right thing and release her mansion visitor logs from March 15, 2020 to present. NM families were told to skip Easter, Thanksgiving & Christmas, and a public official should be held accountable to her own freedom restrictions
HAPPENING NOW: HB 291, NM Tax Changes, is up for debate. We just heard from @JasonHarperNM, questioning the sponsor. He outlined several issues and pointed out that these proposed changes will burden NM small businesses already struggling. #nmpol#nmlegsg001-harmony.sliq.net/00293/Harmony/…
HB 291, NM Tax Changes, sponsor now talking about economic fallout one year ago with COVID. Democrats spent down reserves and the $2 billion surpluses before the crisis. House GOP called for responsible spending and shoring up reserves for two years before crisis. #nmpol#nmleg
Rep. Small lamenting the special session in June 2020, when lawmakers were forced to return to balance Democrats overspent budget for NM government. #nmpol#nmleg
1/3 Full statement from @LeaderTownsend re: @GovMLG press conference: "I cannot commit to any session that excludes the public. That is why I believe we should postpone the 2021 session, until public participation is guaranteed and satisfactory." #nmpol#nmleg
2/3 "I learned of a possible special session at the same time everyone else did, during the Governor's press conference this afternoon. Right now the House Republicans are focused on the needs of our communities because the Governor has shut down our economy again." #nmpol#nmleg
3/3 "Until we are brought to the table for real and tangible economic relief, we will continue to work with our communities on dealing with the virus that the Lujan Grisham administration cannot seem to get a handle on." #nmpol#nmleg