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From Brian Colón for Lt. Governor:
The holiday season is right around the corner. What a great time to spend with our friends and family. I hope you'll join me on Tuesday, December 15th, for a fundraiser and Toys for Tots ...
Congress
Brian Williams
Brian Stevens
Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter Conservation Chair Ken Hughes of Santa Fe is one of 29 U.S. Sierra Club members who will be joining President Obama and other world leaders at the international Climate Conference in Copenhagen starting December 7.
Ken and the Sierra Club team will be urging ...
Other
USDA Rural Development State Director Terry Brunner congratulated the community of Columbus, New Mexico, which will benefit from $54.5 million in USDA Rural Development funds to Sappire Energy . The company will build and operate a pilot, demonstration and commercial scale bio-refinery facility ...
World
Harry Teague
Mexico
Governor Bill Richardson today joined Governor Bill Ritter in announcing that New Mexico and Colorado are teaming up on a new initiative to indentify and protect key wildlife travel and migration corridors between the two states.
The two governors have finalized a Memorandum of ...
World
Bill Richardson
Mexico
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This week the South Valley Economic Development Center ( SVEDC ) announced that it
will host a Holiday Open House on Friday, December 18th, from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Members of the community are invited to attend and learn more about the SVEDC, as well as ...
World
Economic Meltdown
The award winning documentary, " Made in Pakistan ," will be screened twice at the Santa Fe Film Festival this weekend. Executive Producer Ayesha Khan will be holding a Q&A; after each screening:
December 4th at 8:30 PM at Devargas Cinemas #3 (562 N. Guadalupe Street, Santa Fe)
...
World
Pakistan
Today, Congressman Harry Teague (NM-02) introduced legislation that would make algae-based biofuels eligible for the same tax incentives available for cellulosic biofuels such as ethanol. H.R. 4168 , the Algae-based Renewable Fuel Promotion Act, expands the definition of cellulosic biofuel to ...
Congress
Harry Teague
Mexico
Gene Green
From the Committee to Elect Diane Denish:
Please Join
Esteban Aguilar Jr. . C. Shannon Bacon . Toni Balzano
Belinda Barreras-Medrano . Heather Brewer
Robin Brule . Cristy Carbon-Gaul . Morris J. Chavez
Katy Duhigg . Gretchen Elsner . Michelle Frost
Michael J. Garcia . Teala Kail . ...
Congress
Don Young
Appropriations Committee
Rep. Martin Heinrich (NM-01) was gracious enough to call me today to discuss his views about last night's speech on Afghanistan by President Obama. We exchanged some back and forth about the President's strategy, and what comes next. Bottom line: Rep. Heinrich believes the President made a ...
World
Afghanistan
Martin Heinrich
Barack Obama
From Joe Campos for Lt. Governor :
Reception with Rep. Joe Campos
Candidate
for
Lt. Governor
Talk to Joe and hear how he is going to
Energize New Mexico!
Friday, December 4, 2009
6:00 – 8:00 PM
Exhale Bar and Grill
6132 4th Street, Albuquerque
all donations appreciated
Click for ...
World
Mexico
I thought you might like to download and read a couple of documents released yesterday by the White House related to President Obama's speech last night. The first is a complete transcript (pdf) of his address at West Point and the second is a document called " Fact Sheet: The Way Forward in ...
World
Afghanistan
Barack Obama
Pakistan
(Updated with Teague Statement) New Mexico Members of Congress Respond to Obama's Afghanistan Speech
Update: Despite asking Rep. Martin Heinrich's office for a statement, I haven't gotten a response yet. He said something positive about Obama's plan to the Albuquerque Journal but I haven't seen anything else. I did just receive a statement from Rep. Harry Teague on the speech:
“For too ...
World
Afghanistan
Barack Obama
Mexico
Harry Teague
Tom Udall
Jeff Bingaman
We received the following statements from our members of Congress tonight responding to President Obama's speech on Afghanistan. If and when I receive more, I'll add them.
Senator Tom Udall:
“I appreciate President Obama’s thoughtful and deliberative approach in both determining and ...
World
Afghanistan
Barack Obama
Mexico
Tom Udall
Jeff Bingaman
I could write a long post about President Obama's speech tonight, but I'm too depressed and angry to do so with any clarity. Instead I'll paraphrase what reporter Michael Ware -- who has spent many years on the ground in the region -- said tonight on CNN of all places:
Rooting out corruption ...
World
Afghanistan
Barack Obama
CNN
Governor Bill Richardson today announced his plans for a Hispanic Education Act while speaking at the New Mexico Hispanic Education Solutions Summit in Albuquerque.
“I want New Mexico to be the flagship state for leading the movement to close the achievement gap for our Hispanic students,” ...
World
Bill Richardson
Mexico
Civic Plaza: Ray Powell, Akilah Sanders-Reed, Andrew Padilla
Local leaders representing 1Sky New Mexico today gathered at a media conference at the Civic Plaza in Albuquerque to urge President Obama to fight for a fair, ambitious and binding international treaty on climate change when he ...
World
Barack Obama
Mexico
International Monetary Fund
From New Mexico Interfaith Power and Light :
New Mexico Interfaith Power and Light will join with faith communities on Wednesday, December 2, for a “Light a Candle for Hope” prayer vigil for the International Climate Change Meeting in Copenhagen that takes place on December 7-18. The vigil ...
World
Mexico
This month's DFA-Democracy for New Mexico Meetup is set for Thursday, December 3, at 7:00 PM, at the Social Hall of the First Unitarian Church on the SW corner of Carlisle and Comanche in Albuquerque. If you plan to attend, please RSVP now . (You can also join the group and get on the email ...
World
Brian Williams
Democratic National Committee
Mexico
KRQE News report on the appointment of Manny Gonzales
Bernalillo County Sheriff's Captain Manuel Gonzales was unanimously selected by the Bernalillo County Commission at their meeting today to replace Sheriff Darren White, who will serve as the Public Safety Director at the City of ...
Congress
I'm sure you've noticed by now that the main political strategy of the GOP, both nationally and here in New Mexico, seems to consist of going negative early and staying negative for the duration. The out-of-power Republican Party, still teetering from its massive losses in 2008, doesn't have ...
