In spite of shortfalls in our state budget, Representative Lucky Varela is pushing a $4.6 million land purchase. Steve Terrell has the story in the Santa Fe New Mexican about Lucky's House bill for 15 acres by the College of Santa Fe. Apparently buying land next to a college in crisis shows support for education. This same alchemy explains how new athletic facilities will help school districts that can't afford teachers. ::waves wand::
If College of Santa Fe taught real estate this could be a graduate level course in government shenanigans. Maybe they could cover it in the Creative Writing and Literature program under Fiction.
Representative Luciano "Lucky" Varela (D-Santa Fe) and Representative Larry Larranaga (R-Albuquerque) discuss "double dipping" and Governor Richardson's veto of Varela's House Bill 616 "Public Retirees Returning to Work." They look back at the recent 60-Day Session and the difficulties of crafting the state budget for the rest of this year, given the $450,000 shortfall, and next year's budget as well. Varela and Larranaga provide an in-depth look at the state retirement funds, the College of Santa Fe, ethics reform, SHARE and the Dept. of Transportation, water issues, and the federal stimulus funds.
Posted by: MLM Leads | Monday, March 01, 2010 at 12:53 PM