New Mexico is once again at the bottom of the nation when it
comes to child welfare. This year we ranked 49th in the country. The
governor sees this as progress? Our children go hungry. They do not have what
they need to be successful in school. Yet where is the governor who promised to
put our children first in this state? What is she doing to help our children
success in life?
Since Governor Martinez moved into the fourth floor of the
round house she has done nothing to help our children. She goes around handing
out books as a photo op. and nothing more. She has driven hundreds of
educations out of the field in this state. She has screwed up their pension
plans. She has placed a unskilled women who knows nothing about teaching in
charge of our school system. She is testing our children so much that they don’t
know how to think for themselves any longer.
Her agency in charge of making sure children are protected when things go wrong in the home is standing by as children die. Saving money
has been more important to her than saving the life of a child. Too often we
see the faces of small children on television who were killed by their own
parents. One of those children reached out for help only to be told that the people who would late kill him were good people.
Martinez has worked activity to prevent the growth of early
childhood education. She prefers to demand punishment at the level of the third
grade rather than helping younger children. State Senator Michael Padilla has
worked tirelessly to help our child but has been block by the Governor every
step of the way.
Now we are seeing the results of high school testing that
prevents our children from graduation. Students are dropping out of middle
school and turning to street violence. Low income parents have nowhere to turn
for help because of Governor Martinez's budget cuts that only please the Koch brothers. These children have no hope
for a job in our state because not even well educated adults are finding jobs
thanks to Martinez’s failure to encourage job growth in our state. Where is the
support to help our children succeed with these exams? Where is the campaign to
encourage children to stay in school so that they can get a good job? The only
thing that the governor has been campaigning for is Vice-President.
We need a real governor in New Mexico that puts the future of our
children first.
