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Torrance County Commission passes resolution protecting local school boards from NMPED

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On Friday, the Torrance County Commission passed a resolution to protect the elected Torrance County municipal school district boards of education by affirming state statute that grants them “certain powers and duties which include developing educational policies for school districts, overseeing budgeting and procurement, and adopting rules pertaining to the administration of all powers and duties of the Torrance County municipal school boards” without threats from Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s New Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED).

The action comes after duly elected local school boards, including Floyd Municipal Schools in Roosevelt County, have been under fierce attack by the Governor, who has attempted to suspend them and install her hand-selected NMPED bureaucrats in their stead. 

Floyd Municipal School Board rejected the Governor’s mandates instituting forcible masking of children, instituting segregation based on vaccination status, and instituting a surveillance state where students must show proof of vaccination at all times. Lujan Grisham “suspended” the Floyd School Board members after the duly elected body opposed her edicts.  

The Commission noted, that “dictates by the New Mexico Public Education Department to Torrance County municipal school boards threatening punitive actions such as adverse licensure decisions against school district personnel, suspension of Torrance County municipal school board governance, and other enforcement measures, and regarding operations and policy decisions without legislative approval or going through the proper rule-making process and that do not include input from the local community are antithetical to the concepts of local control, federalism, and the rule of law and violate state statute, the New Mexico Administrative Code, and the Constitution of the State of New Mexico.”

Rep. Stefani Lord (R-Bernalillo, Sandoval, and Santa Fe) wrote on Facebook that the Commission “set aside money for legal defense.” Lord added, “the testimony from the people, especially the kids, was compelling.”

State Sen. David Gallegos (R-Eddy and Lea) was also in attendance for the event, where he spoke about the importance of local control. 

The County Commission’s resolution noted that the “Torrance County municipal school district boards of education be permitted to adopt rules and policies pertaining to the administration of all powers and duties of the Torrance County municipal school boards, which include the responsibility to identify community and school district needs and opinions, and to develop short and long term strategies for the educational success, health, safety, and welfare of students and staff.” 

All three commissioners, LeRoy Candelaria, Kevin McCall, and Ryan Schwebach signed onto the resolution.  

Today at the county commission special session, they amended and passed a resolution to protect the ELECTED school board, allowing them to make decisions that are best for their District without bullying and threats from PED or the Governor.

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Seventh Republican, pro-life leader Ethel Maharg, running for governor

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On Saturday, pro-life leader Ethel Maharg announced that she is seeking the Republican nomination for governor of New Mexico, making her the seventh GOP contender for the coveted post to take out scandal-ridden alleged serial groper incumbent Democrat Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. 

Maharg announced her run at New Beginnings Church of God in Albuquerque, with many in attendance. Maharg, the former three-term mayor of Cuba, New Mexico touted her experience and how during her time running the municipality, she “brought economic development to the very economically distressed part of our state. What I left is still standing today, continuing to provide economic stability to the area. We brought national attention to the state with an event that showcased the White House Christmas tree. This event brought in double the gross receipts revenue for that quarter. When I left office, I left it with 1.9 million in the bank.” 

Maharg said, “I am running for governor to breathe life into New Mexico by restoring the foundation, for it is the foundation, our values, and our Constitution, that made our country the envy of the world.” 

She is a supporter of law enforcement, saying, “I am pro-law enforcement. Without respect for the law-no society can exist. I will never defund the police.”

In 2018, Maharg coordinated the Convoy of Hope for Albuquerque, an event that brought over a million dollars’ worth of goods and services to area residents. She also worked with the Hispanic Action Network to distribute 350,000 voter guides throughout the state in an effort to help with the last governor’s race in 2018. For five years, she worked for the pro-life pregnancy center Care Net and currently serves as the executive director of the Right to Life Committee of New Mexico.

“I will continue to work hard in bringing a Godly administration to serve my fellow New Mexicans,” she said.

Maharg joins Sandoval County Commissioner Jay Block of Rio Rancho, businesswoman Karen Bedonie of Mexican Springs, financier Greg Zanetti of Albuquerque, ex-Gary Johnson staffer Tim Walsh of Albuquerque, state Rep. Rebecca Dow of Truth or Consequences, and businessman Louie Sanchez in the crowded Republican field.

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MLG whines about rising NM crime despite signing anti-police bills, backing ‘defund the police’ groups

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On Friday, KOB 4’s Tessa Mentus had an interview with scandal-ridden alleged serial groper Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, where the Governor complained about crime in New Mexico, especially in Albuquerque. She said the upcoming legislative session in 2022 will focus on crime.

“You want the safest community – that should be the standard in New Mexico. And in addition, Albuquerque and too many other communities in New Mexico are just not safe.”

She said to lawmakers regarding crime, “If you want a priority, make it a priority. And I expect all policymakers to be more engaged in public safety issues statewide. It’s not Albuquerque or… it’s not Santa Fe or…. We got to all do it together.” 

She added, “I’m open to any kind of legislative effort that makes a difference in the quality of lives (sic) for New Mexicans, and if that means making us safer, so be it.”

Mentus noted, “But we have seen legislative efforts before at our Roundhouse time and time again, and they go nowhere. Public safety bills get introduced, most of them by Republican lawmakers representing the metro, and they barely make it out of committee. Forget ever seeing them make it to the Governor’s desk.” 

When asking how this would be different to the Governor, in a commanding manner, the Governor said, “If I set that tone that this is what I expect, I get it.”

Lujan Grisham added, “I’ve got the votes, and I’ve got bipartisan support.” 

But if Lujan Grisham was focused on eliminating crime, she would not have been a staunch supporter of many anti-police bills proposed last legislative session, including H.B. 4, which put targets on peace officers’ backs by stripping them of qualified immunity and opening police departments and localities up to frivolous lawsuits — bankrupting them.

H.B. 4’s sponsors, Speaker Brain Egolf (D-Santa Fe) and state Rep. Georgene Louis (D-Bernalillo), just so happen to be “civil rights” attorneys who would directly profit off of their legislative proposals. Lujan Grisham signed the anti-police, anti-public safety bill anyway. 

Lujan Grisham’s allies in the Legislature, such as state Sen. Linda Lopez (D-Bernalillo), sponsored the most extreme anti-police bills in the nation, including S.B. 227, which would have implemented the “strongest” anti-police “use of force” standard in the nation.

Now, Lujan Grisham, amid record-breaking homicide rates in Albuquerque and some New Mexico streets looking like warzones, is trying to save face despite her support for Black Lives Matter protesters who want to defund the police. 

And if public safety was such a priority for Lujan Grisham, she would call a special session like she did to implement recreational marijuana in New Mexico. 

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NM Democrats push for socialist ‘guaranteed basic income’ proposal

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This week, state lawmakers in the Revenue Stabilization and Tax Policy Committee heard a presentation on “guaranteed basic income,” a socialist proposal that would aim to reduce “income inequality” by specifically giving “free money” to “financially fragile constituents.” Unlike universal basic income (UBI), guaranteed basic income specifically takes from the haves and gives to the have nots instead of giving all people regardless of income level a check that is taken from tax dollars. 

“It did send shockwaves throughout the legislature,” state Rep. Moe Maestas (D-Bernalillo) said. “It’s something that I think we should move forward with and consider doing.”

According to KOB 4, Maestas says, “Ideally, the state would pay $2 to $3 million for a pilot program next year, and then expand it two to three years down the road if all goes well.” Maestas added that New Mexico could be sending out monthly checks to 50,000 to 100,000 residents in the state.

However, state Rep. Larry Scott (R-Lea) said he had many “reservations” about the “free” money proposal, which he said would cause the state to spend “more than we can afford” on welfare programs.

The socialist proposal has been implemented in places like Stockton, California, and in Hawaii, far-left communities, which have had problems with poverty. It does not appear the free checks have helped. 

The fringe far-left extremist Rep. Javier Martinez who is racist against white people was recently elected to be the Democrats’ majority floor leader after former Rep. Sheryl Williams Stapleton was caught up in a federal corruption scandal. 

He has long been a proponent of the socialist “universal basic income” agenda, writing in 2019, “It’s time to start the conversation about a universal basic income.” 

In the heat of the pandemic in March 2020, Martinez said, “Universal healthcare and universal basic income would really be useful in a time like this.”

Now, with Martinez at the helm, it could mean the socialist guaranteed basic income agenda may be seen in the 2022 30-day legislative session.

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Meet the Democrats’ new racist NM House floor leader

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On Tuesday, it was announced by the House Democrats that their caucus had elected far-left “social impact lawyer” state Rep. Javier Martinez (D-Bernalillo) to be their next floor leader succeeding former Rep. Sheryl Williams Stapleton (D-Bernalillo) being caught up in a large corruption investigation, resulting in her resignation. 

Martinez previously ran for floor leader but was unsuccessful. This time, the race-obsessed state representative won the support of his caucus, which has shifted far to the right over recent years.

Martinez is known for his harsh criticism of Republican policies, his support for far-left policies, such as abortion up-to-birth, the anti-police agenda, the “Green New Deal,” and higher taxes. Martinez also supports disrespecting the American flag.  

He also advocated for raiding the state’s Land Grant permanent fund for socialist policies. Martinez claimed the state is “racist” not for doing so sooner, writing, “Years of policies that uphold historically racist systems like..failures 2 invest land grant fund in youngest kids, failures 2 build water systems in communities w/out, failures 2 build an economy that works for ALL..are big part of reason why #Covid19 is hitting us the hardest.” 

Martinez believes in racist ideals, including that “one cannot be racist against White people,” which delegitimizes and silences the voices of white people in the state. If his sentiment was reversed and he said, “one cannot be racist against Black people” or “one cannot be racist against Hispanic people,” it would be very much a racist statement.

This makes Martinez the second openly racist floor leader the party has chosen, with Sheryl Williams Stapleton disparaging Mexican Americans, calling the former Gov. Susana Martinez “the Mexican on the fourth floor,” which she was forced to apologize for saying. 

Martinez supports illegal aliens being teachers in schools and socialist universal basic income. 

“I look forward to the increased responsibility and opportunity of this role to move our caucus, Legislature, and state forward in a way that’s truly representative of New Mexico’s diverse communities,” said Martinez after being elected Democrat House floor leader.

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Join the NM Redistricting Committee meeting in Roswell on Wednesday

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On Wednesday, the New Mexico Citizens Redistricting Committee will meet at Eastern New Mexico University, Instructional Technology Center in Roswell at 3:00 p.m. to discuss redistricting plans in the San Juan County area, including state House, state Senate, congressional, and Public Education Commission maps.

This redistricting year is the first in the state’s history where citizens are allowed to submit their very own district maps along with written testimony for free.

According to the committee staff, “Use the public input portal to submit a map or written testimony.  The link to do that is here. Submit a Public Comment or Map – New Mexico Citizens Redistricting Committee (nmredistricting.org) This is the first time that communities have had access to this kind of FREE mapping technology during redistricting to help policy makers better understand and respect what we want and need in terms of representation.”

In order to ensure fair districts are drawn, New Mexicans are encouraged to submit their maps to keep communities of interest together and to ensure the maps do not give any side a partisan advantage. The Committee will listen to concerns from voters and make determinations based upon the public’s input, which makes attending these meetings extremely important.

You can attend via Zoom or in-person, so it is even easier to join the meeting. 

Here are more details about Saturday’s event:

  • WHERE: (Portales) Eastern New Mexico University (Portales Campus) Student Union Building, Room: Zia, 1500 S Avenue K, Portales, NM 88130

To submit a public comment, district plan, or community of interest online, visit the CRC’s Public Redistricting Portal.

For in-person attendance at meetings:
Masks are required for those who have not been vaccinated and encouraged for those who have been vaccinated. You are also encouraged to practice social distancing.

To attend the meeting virtually, please see the details below: 

Agenda & Meeting Materials: Click Here

Join Zoom meeting through internet browser:  
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82516642991?pwd=Q21CalMzTUZUWU1pQUREWUU2NWhtQT09 

Meeting ID: 825 1664 2991 

Dial-in Number: 1 (346) 248–7799 

Passcode: 247365 

CRC Rules of Procedure 

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‘The fourth floor’s revolving door’: Latest cabinet official jumps ship from MLG’s regime

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On Tuesday, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced yet another departure from her ever-changing administration, full of scandal and controversy. This time, the Children, Youth, and Families Department (CYFD) secretary Brian Blalock announced he was jumping ship from the Lujan Grisham regime to “support his wife’s pursuit of new work opportunities in California.” 

In his place, Lujan Grisham appointed former associate justice to the New Mexico Supreme Court Barbara J. Vigil to be acting secretary.

“We are lucky to have her, and I’m very grateful to her for her willingness to step back into the arena and take on a challenging opportunity for the benefit of children and families of New Mexico,” said Lujan Grisham.

Republican House Leader responded to the latest departure, writing, “In order for any management system to work, you need consistency and the only thing consistent about [Gov. Lujan Grisham]’s management is that she is constantly replacing staff. I sure hope that the many new cabinet secretaries are able to hold steadfast and not get sucked into the fourth floor’s revolving door.”

Blalock is known for implementing the Gov. Lujan Grisham regime’s data deletion policy, where public records were deleted from the communication application “Signal.” 

Once two officials at CYFD tried to bring the policy’s security and transparency concerns to the attention of Blalock, they were fired, in what they contend was retaliation.

Now, it is clear that a similar public records deletion policy exists across the administration, with the “Microsoft Teams” application auto-deleting public documents, in direct violation of the Inspection of Public Records Act (IPRA).

Blalock’s sudden departure comes after other cabinet secretaries and staffers have left abruptly, including former staffer to Lujan Grisham who allegedly tried to silence the governor’s sexual accuser Dominic Gabello.

Department of Workforce Solutions (DWS) Secretary Bill McCamley quit after revelations that DWS was missing $250 million due to “fraudulent claims and human error”

In July, the Governor’s Department of Health and Department of Information Technology (DIT) secretaries left following multiple scandals, including the data deletion issue overseen ad implemented by DIT. 

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Vandals urinate, defecate on sacred Cross of the Martyrs dedicated to slain Catholic priests

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According to Virgil Vigil, the president of the Hispanic cultural group Union Protectiva de Santa Fe, vandals desecrated the Cross of the Martyrs monument dedicated to 21 slain Franciscan missionaries who were brutally slaughtered in the 1680 Pueblo Revolt at the hands of Popé. The bloody revolt led to the death of 400 people in total.

According to Vigil, the cross, which was dedicated and is owned by the Caballeros De Vargas surrounded by City of Santa Fe land, was urinated and defecated on, among other things. “This is direct proof that our religion is being attacked,” said Vigil. The cross was also spray-painted with “1680” in an apparent reference to Popé’s deadly revolt, while a banner was hung on the cross with red paint and the word “NOW.”

Just blocks away, another monument dedicated to Kit Carson was also vandalized by what appears to be the same group of culprits. They used red paint to deface the external barrier protecting the Kit Carson obelisk monument from external evil forces trying to destroy it.

Last year, Democrat Santa Fe Mayor Alan Webber gave the green light for police officers to not act on domestic terrorists toppling the 153-year-old Soldiers Monument sitting in the heart of downtown Santa Fe. When the vandals were finally recognized and arrested, the First Judicial District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies refused to give them jail time.

Webber’s failed response to the obelisk vandals came months after he promised a Marxist “Truth and Reconciliation Commission” to have conversations about taking down monuments. 

The Cross of the Martyrs was previously desecrated in October 2020 with the words “LAND BACK” written on stones near the cross. Local media has largely ignored the anti-Hispanic and anti-Catholic hate targeting a large swath of New Mexico’s residents who identify with age-old New Mexico tradition and culture. 

The new attacks on the historic monuments eerily mirror previous attacks on the downtown Soldiers Monument obelisk, which was hailed by extremist anti-Hispanic hate groups including The Red Nation and Three Sisters Collective. These groups could very well be responsible for the vandalism. Coincidentally, on Tuesday the far-left online magazine The Nation wrote a fluff piece on The Red Nation’s radical agenda to decimate capitalism and steal land from Americans.

“Who would do something like this?” said Vigil, whose organization has fiercely advocated for Hispanic culture amid the attacks. Democrats added a statue of the bloodthirsty killer Popé as one of New Mexico’s two statues housed in the U.S. Capitol. Tuesday, August 10 marks the day Popé was born.

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Roswell school board to vote on resolution challenging NMPED mask mandates

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On Tuesday, the Roswell Independent School District will be meeting to consider a resolution challenging Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s New Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED) school mask mandate instituted in the “COVID-19 Response Toolkit” issued July 26, 2021.

The resolution notes multiple factors regarding the forcible masking of elementary school children, such as that the vaccine is not yet approved for children under the age of 12, the adverse effects of masking children, and the authority of the children, parents, and staff to make their own health care decisions.

The Board’s resolution noted, “[W]e recognize the importance of allowing parents and staff members to make medical decisions relating to the wearing of facial coverings and that mask mandates may have unintended consequences that are detrimental to the educational environment in schools. To ensure the ongoing support of students, educators, and communities through this worldwide pandemic, the Roswell Independent Schools Board of Education respectfully requests that the New Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED) reconsider its mandates contained in its COVID-19 Response Toolkit (July 26, 2021 version) and that NMPED revise its mandates and Toolkit after considering and recognizing the following:”

  1. That parents should have the ability to make medical decisions in the best interests of their students, this includes whether or not the student would wear a facial covering, regardless of COVID-19 vaccination status.
  2. That faculty and staff members of the District should have the ability to make their own medical decisions in their own best interests and the interests of their family to decide whether to wear a facial covering regardless of COVID-19 vaccination status.
  3. That school districts keep their focus on continuing vigilant and hygienic cleaning practices at school sites, rather than shifting resources to facial covering enforcement.
  4. That school districts continue to support the health, safety, and well-being of all students and educators within their districts, and not adopt practices that identify and stigmatize students and staff based on their vaccination status.
  5. That, as part of local school board duties granted under NMSA § 22-5-4, school districts through their local decisions making authority be permitted to adopt rules pertaining to the administration of all powers or duties of the local board, which includes the responsibility to identify community and school district needs and opinions and to develop short and long term strategies for the educational success of students.

The resolution further requested that the New Mexico Public Education Department “support and recognize each local Board of Education’s decision making authority, including the ability and responsibility to make the decision of whether masks will be required to be worn at their local school sites based on the conditions present in their immediate local area.” 

Also, the Roswell Independent School Board requested that NMPED meet with local school boards, either in-person or virtually, to hear community input on the subject.  

The meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 10, 2021, at 6:00 p.m. at the boardroom on 300 N Kentucky Ave., Roswell, NM 88201. 

According to an agenda for the Capitan Board of Education in Lincoln County, Capitan will consider a similar resolution on Thursday, August 12, 2021, at 5:30 p.m. Find out more details here.

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Tim Keller’s Albuquerque breaks highest annual homicide record ever recorded

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According to an August 8, 2021 report from the Albuquerque Journal, Democrat Mayor Tim Keller’s Albuquerque ​​“has had 81 suspected homicides – matching the highest annual total ever recorded in the city.” 

A City of Albuquerque crime report from August 9, 2021 shows that there was one more homicide investigation on that day, breaking the city’s annual record with an incident off of Yale Boulevard Southeast. 

That same report said that there were three homicides that occurred in the past seven days, with one case from late July being changed to “justifiable homicide.”

“If you just looked at national data, you would still see that murders in total, were higher in the early ’90s than they are now,” Paul Guerin, the director of the University of New Mexico’s Center for Applied Research and Analysis said. “What we’re seeing in Albuquerque is we’re actually seeing a higher number now than we saw in the ’90s.”

The trend in Tim Keller’s Albuquerque follows other Democrat-run cities. According to Charlie Kirk, Albuquerque saw an 81% increase in “murders” since 2020, Austin’s rose 96%, Houston’s 25%, Indianapolis’ 30%, Las Vegas’ 52%, Louisville’s 46%, Los Angeles County’s 82%, Oakland’s 58%, and Portland’s 327%.

The deadly trend in Democrat-run cities shows a troubling spike since the 1990’s, with the Journal report noting “The murder rate in 1996 – when the city had 100,000 fewer residents – was the highest ever recorded, at 16.64 per 100,000 people. In 2021, the rate is 14.41 per 100,000 people, but with 96 killings, or 15 more, Albuquerque would surpass the 1996 rate and reach a rate of 17 homicides per 100,000.” 

The homicide rate spike comes as Keller has embraced anti-police sentiments adopted by radical groups, including Black Lives Matter and ANTIFA, which have advocated for “defunding the police.” 

Keller has supported these cries to defund law enforcement, with steps to cripple peace officers’ abilities to respond to calls. In June 2020, in the heat of the George Floyd riots, it was reported that Keller would be sending social workers instead of police to respond to certain 911 calls, calling it a “civilian public safety branch.”


Keller denounced police officers, claiming they were not “trained professionals” regarding cases involving child abuse and other issues, saying, “We should have trained professionals do this, instead of folks with a gun and a badge.”

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Keller also stood behind radicals in the City Council who passed a resolution aiming at taking away donated tools from the Military to help the Albuquerque Police Department. 

He said, “Under our administration, APD has not received military-style equipment or weapons from this program. Their use is also out of step with our values around community safety. We fully support a formal end to Albuquerque’s participation.”

Councilor Lan Sena, who co-sponsored the resolution, claimed, “These equipments (sic) have been on the battlefields and they don’t belong on our streets.” However, Albuquerque now appears to look more and more like a warzone, as homicides and other violent crimes skyrocket.

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