I recently penned an article for several papers around the state, including the Las Cruces Sun-News, explaining some of the issues surrounding government employee pensions and why New Mexico policymakers should embrace the bi-partisan (or even Democrat-driven) pension reforms enacted in Rhode Island.
I was especially pleased to see that Senate Finance Committee Chair John Arthur Smith had criticized Gov. Martinez for not being aggressive enough in tackling the pension issue in a recent KOB-TV story.
[...] mostly in so-called “blue” states that seem to have the worst pension problems (Rhode Island, New York, and now even Illinois seems to be getting on the reform [...]