The co-op may sound like a strange place for a U.S. Congressman to hold his office hours but our representative is more than a little willing to speak to constituents one on one to find out their needs and to hear their request for help in what can only be described as hard economic times. Having congressmen who are willing to go to the public instead of hiding from them in a ivory tower may be a new thing for most New Mexicans but the results should pay of big for our state in the long run.I personally spoke to the congressman about the purposed raise in payments required by instructional staff to the retirement fund that a bill before the state legislature would enact and how it would remove any benefit from the money we are now receiving from the federal government. I also asked the congressman to look at a national minimum wage for teachers and instructional support staff. I must thank Governor Bill Richardson for coming up with that idea.
Congressman Heinrich had his little boy with him
and he was dressed to save the world just like his father. We need more Congressmen like Martin Heinrich in the rest of the country so that President Obama will have a strong support team to help him bring about the change we need in this country in order to turn around the economy.I ran into a member of my ward today and she told me that she wanted to see more of the Obama activists join the party and become active members. In just a little short of two years Congressman Heinrich will need our strong support to run for reelection and we need to build a strong party system for him so that we can maintain our current congressmen in this state. The battle with the R+No party is just beginning and we will all need to work together to protect the gains we have made for this state in our federal representation.
