Wednesday, October 21, 2009
KKIM NEWS ALERT
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The latest from the Roundhouse.........there are smoke in them hills .I think it is coming from the Roundhouse! The Gov is meeting with Legislative members...here is a report from State Rep. Janice E Arnold Jones from the Roundhouse.........just got this moments ago...........
Dewey:
Please allow me to vent. This system of one party domination is hurting our State! We are $325 million short on paying the bills in 2009 and it is clear we will not have the income necessary to meet the 2010 budget - a shortfall of $660 million. Worse -- we are four months into the 2010 year with little hope of a "repair" that will soften the budget catastrophe looming in 2011.
The saddest part of all this is my colleagues, on the other side of the isle, know what is right yet they continue to try to protect and defend the Richardson/Denish Administration. If you or I managed our business budgets in the same way the Governor has managed the State budget, we would both be looking for a new job! To watch my colleagues condone the Governor's neglect and bullying is heartbreaking.
So here we sit on the floor House, waiting, waiting to convene the Appropriations Committee. It was supposed to meet at 11:00 AM, Waiting to convene the Floor Session that was supposed to convene at 1:00 PM. It is now 6:20 PM. We are still waiting.
My colleagues are in a caucus hoping to come to an agreement between themselves and I assume with the Governor. And we wait...
Thanks for allowing me to vent . . .
Very pleased about your accomplishment. So wonderful news.
Thanks.
Janice E. Arnold-Jones
Representative, House District 24
7713 Sierra Azul NE
Albuquerque, NM 87110
(505) 379-0902 cell
(505) 986-4451 Capitol Room 412C
Also things really heated up for the Gov. when this was announced...from www.nmindependent.com
State investment officer Gary Bland resigns
The head of the State Investment Council resigned this afternoon, a spokesman just confirmed.
In recent months, Gary Bland has been dogged by this lawsuit, (in which he is named) among other things, but hasn't issued a public statement yet on why he's leaving.
New Mexico spent $220,123 between March and July on lawyers to defend the state on the lawsuit over an alleged pay-to-play scheme, known as Foy v. Vanderbilt, according to records obtained by The New Mexican. That's in addition to $119,680 spent on the case in January and February.
Bland's resignation comes as other financial scandals abound.
Bland's resignation letter says he's "saddened and disappointed" to tender his resignation, effective immediately, but doesn't say why.
A Gov. Bill Richardson spokesman said the governor has accepted the resignation.
"Governor Richardson has accepted Gary Bland's resignation and thanks him for his service to New Mexico. The governor will start the process to name a successor to run the State Investment Office," Richardson spokesman Gilbert Gallegos said.
The announcement comes as the investment council this afternoon posted a notice about an emergency meeting for tomorrow, but later canceled it.
The latest from the Roundhouse.........there are smoke in them hills .I think it is coming from the Roundhouse! The Gov is meeting with Legislative members...here is a report from State Rep. Janice E Arnold Jones from the Roundhouse.........just got this moments ago...........
Dewey:
Please allow me to vent. This system of one party domination is hurting our State! We are $325 million short on paying the bills in 2009 and it is clear we will not have the income necessary to meet the 2010 budget - a shortfall of $660 million. Worse -- we are four months into the 2010 year with little hope of a "repair" that will soften the budget catastrophe looming in 2011.
The saddest part of all this is my colleagues, on the other side of the isle, know what is right yet they continue to try to protect and defend the Richardson/Denish Administration. If you or I managed our business budgets in the same way the Governor has managed the State budget, we would both be looking for a new job! To watch my colleagues condone the Governor's neglect and bullying is heartbreaking.
So here we sit on the floor House, waiting, waiting to convene the Appropriations Committee. It was supposed to meet at 11:00 AM, Waiting to convene the Floor Session that was supposed to convene at 1:00 PM. It is now 6:20 PM. We are still waiting.
My colleagues are in a caucus hoping to come to an agreement between themselves and I assume with the Governor. And we wait...
Thanks for allowing me to vent . . .
Very pleased about your accomplishment. So wonderful news.
Thanks.
Janice E. Arnold-Jones
Representative, House District 24
7713 Sierra Azul NE
Albuquerque, NM 87110
(505) 379-0902 cell
(505) 986-4451 Capitol Room 412C
Also things really heated up for the Gov. when this was announced...from www.nmindependent.com
State investment officer Gary Bland resigns
The head of the State Investment Council resigned this afternoon, a spokesman just confirmed.
In recent months, Gary Bland has been dogged by this lawsuit, (in which he is named) among other things, but hasn't issued a public statement yet on why he's leaving.
New Mexico spent $220,123 between March and July on lawyers to defend the state on the lawsuit over an alleged pay-to-play scheme, known as Foy v. Vanderbilt, according to records obtained by The New Mexican. That's in addition to $119,680 spent on the case in January and February.
Bland's resignation comes as other financial scandals abound.
Bland's resignation letter says he's "saddened and disappointed" to tender his resignation, effective immediately, but doesn't say why.
A Gov. Bill Richardson spokesman said the governor has accepted the resignation.
"Governor Richardson has accepted Gary Bland's resignation and thanks him for his service to New Mexico. The governor will start the process to name a successor to run the State Investment Office," Richardson spokesman Gilbert Gallegos said.
The announcement comes as the investment council this afternoon posted a notice about an emergency meeting for tomorrow, but later canceled it.
# posted by Dewey @ 7:36 PM 
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