Kudos to Diane Denish on Transparency
Lt. Governor Diane Denish is running for the state’s top office in 2010. She will be a formidable candidate, there is no doubt about it. Her biggest hurdle is most likely to be the time she has spent closely associated with current Gov. Bill Richardson. And, while it is true that they did not run [...]
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Fiscal Restraint Remains Popular (at least among voters and those trying to get elected)
It is gratifying to see politicians continuing to embrace fiscal responsibility when they run for office, even while the politicians that occupy office behave in just the opposite fashion. One exhibit of this is Albuquerque Mayoral candidate Richard Romero’s article in today’s Albuquerque Journal. In the article he touts his fiscal responsibility with nuggets [...]
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Setting Jerry Ortiz y Pino Straight on the Tea Parties
Not surprisingly, New Mexico Sen. Comrade Ortiz y Pino is not a big fan of the Tea Party Movement. He shared his views of what he calls the “tea baggers” here in The Alibi. I responded to his negativity with my own take on the tea party efforts and why Ortiz y Pino is flat [...]
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Defending the Tea Parties
Since April 15 and the outpouring of taxpayer anger that manifested itself in the form of the tea party movement, a great deal has been made about what they mean. I discussed this issue with a couple of liberal skeptics on the Venus Transit Authority radio show on KRSN AM 1490 which is based in [...]
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Paul Gessing Discusses Taxpayer Abuse in Town of Bernalillo
Channel 13 investigative journalist Larry Barker has done it again. This time he is exposing some very questionable travel and expense practices in the town of Bernalillo. I spoke to Larry for 30 minutes or so about the issue and appear in the report. Take a look at the report here.
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They Just Don’t Get the Tea Parties
The tea parties are now the issue of the day. What do they mean? Were they a true grassroots efforts or simply top-down “astroturf” as Nancy Pelosi said? For my part, what I saw in Albuquerque was a group of people organizing from the grassroots, with housewives who had never done anything political before leading [...]
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Government Goes Gargantuan
Commentator and syndicated columnist Deroy Murdock will be speaking at an upcoming event on May 14 in Albuquerque. Check this site for additional information. His recent column in the Washington Times arguing that federal bailouts now equal 90.14 percent of GDP.
This $12,798,140,000,000 costs every American man, woman, boy and girl $42,105. A family of four’s [...]
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The debt we’re leaving our children
If you missed our event last week with Sheila Weinberg of the Institute for Truth in Accounting, here is Ms. Weinberg’s powerpoint presentation outlining the scope and depth of the fiscal problem our nation and taxpayers face.
This realization forms the basis of the Tax Day Tea Parties all over the nation that are taking place [...]
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Get Some Truth In Accounting
Okay, if you care about your children and grandchildren, the topic of the federal deficit and our out-of-control government are really depressing topics. Despite that fact, our politicians are spending us into oblivion and we’re responsible because we’ll either have to pay those bills or our currency will be devalued.
Jim Scarantino and I had Ms. [...]
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Bi-Partisan Expansion of Government
Much has been made — and justifiably so — about the massive growth in spending under President Obama. In fact, the Rio Grande Foundation is hosting an event on Tuesday, March 31 from 7pm to 8:30pm at the Albuquerque Museum. The event will be a discussion with the Founder of the Institute for Truth in [...]
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