Not a Good Start for Change in the Future of New Mexico

The fur is flying even before the January 20, 2009 legislative body convenes. In November of 2008 New Mexico became a blue state by the hands of the voting public so who among the state democratic senate would be willing to hand control of the state senate over to the Republican Party at this point in history. This could bring a large number of democrats out to vote in the 2010 election if they felt that their voices had not been heard in the state senate. How could our country go blue and the state senate go red with its control? The attacks of Tim Jennings in order to protect a republican was not a welcome sight in this last election and he has clearly been a poor loser over this issue. Maybe it is time for Mr. Jennings to become a republican if he feels that is where his loyalties lie but to divide the party at this point is a sad statement of his values and beliefs.

We need people in the state senate who are going to be looking to make smart reforms when it comes to how we spend our money in the future. We like most states are facing some hard decisions on what to cut back on and what will be of benefit to the entire state. We need senators that value education over prisons. We need people who value renewable energy over oil companies. We need people who understand that the educational dollars should be in the classroom and not paying for high priced administration. We need people who understand that mass transit is a better bang for the buck then highways that get more and more clogged every year. We need elected officials who are willing to provide the jobs and education that will drive our state forward and not backward in the future. We need state senators that will listen to the needs of New Mexicans and not lobbyists. Power brokering for its own sake is not good for anyone in this state. The time for change is now. My advice to the state senators is to stop the fighting and get back to the job you were elected to do in the first place before the voting public thinks twice about ever voting for you again.