“Now more than ever, state government needs to think outside of the box and come up with innovative ways to fill in the gaps in the budget. In order to reach consensus on this vital issue, everything has to be on the table and evaluated in the context of what is necessary to enhance the health, safety and welfare of our citizens. It is imperative that the availability of these services- and of educational enrichment- not be impaired. In working to resolve the budget issues, I remain committed to protecting education and avoiding layoffs of state government workers.”
Senator Sanchez noted that because New Mexico’s educational system is the largest public employer in our state, cuts to that system would have a profound impact on our current state economy.
“Reducing funding for education may help to resolve our deficit in the short-term, however the ripple effects of such action could exacerbate already weakened state and local finances for years to come,” stated State Senator Michael S Sanchez.
At this point in time a number of State Senators unlike the front man for the GOP Senator John A. Smith are beginning to stand up and tell the GOP that cuts to education are not the answer to balancing our state budget in Santa Fe. Any reductions in education could only further harm our state's income and reduce our state’s ability to compete for future high wage jobs.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Unknown
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Will Rogers
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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Lora O'Brien
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C. S. Lewis
"Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives."
"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dream shall never die."
The O'Coilean (O'Collins)
'A great host with whom it is not fortunate to contend, the battle-trooped host of the O'Coileain."
Abraham Lincoln
"With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations."
From NPR Radio
"Rosa sat so Martin could walk.
Martin walked so Obama could run.
Obama ran so our children can fly!"
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new."
Unknown
"Friendship is loving someone no matter what is in their past. It is accepting the fact that they are human and that they have made their share of mistakes over a life time. Trust is being able to tell your friend the most private secret knowing that they will not judge you. A life is not lived well without that one true and trusted friendship."
Mary Harris "Mother" Jones
"My job is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable"
Albert Einstein
"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."
Will Rogers
"I don't belong to an organized party--I'm a democrat."
President John F. Kennedy, Democrat
“If by a ‘liberal’ they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people—their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties—someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a ‘Liberal,’ then I’m proud to say I’m a ‘Liberal.’”
Martin Luther King Jr.
"Faith is taking the first step, even when you don't see the whole staircase."
Lora O'Brien
"All I can do is share one person's experiences on her own path, not tell you how to walk yours. If a guru is what you are looking for, find another! If I am a teacher, it is because I am already walking the path that you, Dear Reader, may wish to be on. Although each of us must make our own way, I can put up signs at least, and make the way slightly less hazardous for those who wish to walk a similar path."
C. S. Lewis
"Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives."
A Female Democrat
1/1/10 A new year and a number of future elections to cover. The budget will be a major issue this year and we must work hard to protect the core values of our party.