NM governor up; former governor gets a big lump of coal in his stocking

By Rob Nikolewski | New Mexico Watchdog

SANTA FE — A Democratic polling organization says New Mexico Republican Gov. Susana Martinez has “some of the most impressive approval numbers in the country” while the man she replaced — Bill Richardson – “continues to be one of the most reviled political figures in the country.”
Just yesterday, Richardson walked away from [...]

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Tall Tales from Solar Valley, NM Part II

By Jim Scarantino on July 20, 2010
For a company that had already landed $1.5 billion in industrial revenue bonds from an Arizona city, solar start-up Green2V should have at least had a website.  And the investment firm that procured that deal for the company, one would think, would have had more in the way of [...]

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Bill Richardson’s Mansion Not For The Little People

By Jim Scarantino
In Bill Richardson’s movie, the New Mexico Governor’s mansion is where millionaire movie stars get married.  There’s no place on the set for the citizens of New Mexico who own the mansion and pay the light bills.
Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart held their nuptials on June 15, 2010, in a location People magazine [...]

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The Governor’s $57,945,507 Million Discretionary Stimulus Fund: Where’s The Money Going?

Gov. Bill Richardson got over $57 million in discretionary funds under the 2009 federal stimulus bill.  What’s he doing with the money? Here’s the latest tally, numbers provided by the New Mexico Office of Recovery and Reinvestment.
First, those projects for which a formal notice of fund allocation has been issued, meaning the money is encumbered [...]

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“Work for Kerry on Saturday”

Here’s video of the train bringing Democratic Presidential candidate to Las Vegas, NM on 8/7/04. Did Lt. Governor Diane Denish use public funds to promote or assist this campaign visit? See this related report.

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