Lab Cuts: A Response

Recently, I wrote in the Albuquerque Tribune about the impending lab cuts and whether they might be a good thing in the long run for New Mexico’s economy. I argued in part that it is the private sector, not the government that creates wealth and I stand by my point.
Nonetheless, I was attacked in a [...]

Lab Cuts, Crisis or Opportunity?

Los Alamos and Sandia Labs are on the chopping block in Congress. That is a fact and it has many of the Labs’ employees and local economic officials in a panic. But is it such a bad thing for New Mexico’s long-term economic future? In a recent opinion piece in the Albuquerque Tribune, I argue [...]

TIF/TIDD About Control, not Development

For the average politically-unconnected Albuquerque-area developer, dealing with local governments is a nightmare of red tape. Anti-development politicians and anti-“sprawl” and/or “not in my backyard” citizens have passed numerous laws that make it a wonder anything is built. Out-of-control impact fees, high taxes, opaque zoning laws, capricious government officials (see Wal Mart’s experience in Vista [...]

Spaceport in Trouble?

With the news that Doña Ana County is delaying its implementation of a gross receipts tax increase to fund the Spaceport, one might wonder if that project, like the Rail Runner extension to Santa Fe, is in trouble. We can only hope.
The problems are twofold: First and foremost, as discussed in the Las Cruces Sun [...]

Domenici’s Retirement: New Mexico’s political terrain shaken up

By now, most readers of this blog have heard that Senator Pete Domenici is not running for re-election in 2008. This is big news not just in New Mexico, but nationwide, since this makes it increasingly certain that Democrats will retain control of the US Senate. That said, what does Domenici’s retirement mean? Well, Heather [...]

Ode to the Rail Runner

RailRunner rides that same old line.
It’s good! It’s good! You’ll see, in time.
Ne’er mind the costs, we’re going to town!
What? How many more die till we shut it down?
Bill’s ok. He’s at his station.
“Let’s just have an investigation”
Our schools are crumbling. That’s ok!
We’ll hold classes, anyway!
Learn to drive!
Avoid Railrunner! Stay [...]

New Mexico’s Rupert Murdoch, where are you?

They say newspapers are a dying industry. Yes, there is no doubt that people have more ways to get information than ever before and some would even argue that blogs like the one you are reading now are helping to kill the industry. All of this may be true and, with the Albuquerque Tribune up [...]

Albuquerque Gets one Right

We have certainly had our differences with Greg Payne and the Albuquerque Transit Department (about the Mayor’s proposed trolley in particular), but I’ve got to give them credit for their recent deal to add about 100 new bus shelters (subscription required) at no cost to taxpayers.
The key to making this happen is a partnership [...]

Spend-o-Meter Back and forth

One of the most prominent features of the Rio Grande Foundation website is the spend-o-meter which tallies New Mexico spending in real time. I had an article in the Los Alamos Monitor that discussed the meter and what it means for New Mexico taxpayers. This elicited a response from a John Lilley who felt the [...]

KUNM Commentary

Readers of this blog and followers of the Foundation may have already read my recent Wall Street Journal column, but if you have not, you can listen to it as a commentary that recently aired on Albuquerque’s public radio station, KUNM.

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