The Party is Over

The victory parties are over and now it is time to get down to work and move our state and nation forward for change that we can believe in for the future. Word out of the state capital is looking to see major cuts in education but that was not what was said on the campaign trail. Educational Assistants are begging for a pay increase and maybe just a little respect from an administration who for the last eight years has become top heavy with high paying jobs that have nothing to do with providing our children a quality education. Now is the time to tell anyone earning over $100,000 that they are the ones facing no pay increases and that if they leave that no one will replace them. The money saved could then be used to pay front line teachers and educational support staff higher wages. The same could be done for higher education jobs.

Even if budget cuts must be done our state representatives should look at smart ways to achieve savings while protecting the quality of our children’s education. We can either spend the money now for education and the people who provide education in front line jobs or we can watch our public school system destroyed and leave this state with education for the very rich only that can afford private schools and charter schools. I am sure that the Republican Party would be thrilled to see that day come in New Mexico since it would turn New Mexico red once and for all.

The Republican Party has found the perfect solution to protect themselves from the poor uneducated masses they just build larger prisons to lock them away for good. The question is what is our democratic leadership in Santa Fe going to do next? I can honestly say that the voting public is watching very carefully. Action groups are being formed now from the Obama grassroots organization that will fight for the issue that they value most both on the local and the national level.