Stateline New Mexico; 109; Governor Gary Johnson

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THIS IS A PRESENTATION OF >> Dan: SIX MONTHS AWAY FROM PRIVATE LIFE, THE BOOK MIND WITH GOVERNOR GARY >> Dan: WELCOME TO PUT YOUR CALLS THROUGH TO

OUR TOLL FREE NUMBER IS 1-866-337-5172. GUEST IN A MOMENT, BUT FIRST PORTALES AND QRWG ANY LAS CRUCES FOR HELPING US REACH FOLKS ALL ACROSS NEW MEXICO. GARY JOHNSON. >> Gov. Johnson: THANKS, INSULTS. >> Dan: WE MIGHT GET THEM YOU HAVE SOME NEWS ABOUT THE >> Gov. Johnson: A FIRE IN TAKING PLACE, IN THAT AREA. IF I HADN'T MEDIAL BUT I HAVE SENT

>> Dan: THANK YOU FOR THAT >> Gov. Johnson: YES. >> Dan: HOW BIG IS THAT? FIRE? >> Gov. Johnson: WHAT'S THE >> Dan: PECOS, TRAPPAS, AND I'VE LOST TRACK OF IT. >> Gov. Johnson: I HAVE LOST WE ARE VERY, VERY DRY. FIRES HAVE BEEN LIGHTNING >> Dan: AS THE CALLS START NIGHT IS, SIX MONTHS AGO, WHAT WOULD YOU TKOU TELL PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS. >> Gov. Johnson: WHAT I'M ISSUES ON THE FRONT BURNER WE HAVE TACKLED THE BIGGEST

ISSUES FACING THE STRAIGHT WE BUILT A COUPLE OF PRIVATE BRINGSS ON. LEGISLATOR. THAT'S NEVER HAPPENED >> Dan: HOW ABOUT GOVERNMENT THE OVER SIDE OF THE >> Gov. Johnson: I'LL TELL THESE EXPENDITURE, WE ARE AGAIN, I KEEP GOING DOWN THE OVER THE LAST SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS. FIVE STATES IN THE UNITED THERE IS A REIN FOR THAT. >> Dan: WE WILL PUT THAT >> Gov. Johnson: WE WILL NEW FOUR LANE HIGHWAYS,

THE BIG I. THAT'S THE STATE HIGHWAY >> Dan: FAIR ENOUGH. INVOLVES A ROAD ISSUE. >> Caller:. >> Dan: I DON'T HEAR THAT PROBLEM AND WHETHER OR NOT >> Gov. Johnson: CLEARLY IT RESOURCES TO GETTING DWI TO THOSE PEOPLE THAT WOULD OUR RESOURCES. THE WAR ON DRUGS. HALF THE COURTS, HALF THE RESOURCE TO INDIVIDUAL THAT THEMSELVES AND PUT OTHER

IN THE CONFINES OF THEIR OWN ANYBODY OTHER THAN PRISON FOR SMOKING POT. ADDRESSING OUR PROBLEMS. RESOURCES IN THERE. PEOPLE DOING HARM TO OTHERS, >> Dan: WE LOST FIRST CALL, HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT >> Caller:. >> Dan: WE ARE HAVING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. >> Gov. Johnson: IT IS >> Dan: PETE DOMENICI WAS ON THIS SHOW, AND GARY JOHNSON THEM NO FAVORS ABOUT THE

SAY ABOUT THAT? >> Gov. Johnson: I W456 WE ARE SPENDING ON THE DRUG PROBLEM, FUNDSMENTELLY, AS A HEALTH PROBLEM, RATHER 1.6 MILLION PEOPLE A YEAR IN -- I'VED ADVOCATED THE I'VE ADVOCATED HARM REDOUSE DEATH, DISEASE, AND THE STRATEGY OUGHT TO PUT MORE RESOURCE NOOSE TREATMENT, FOR THOSE WHO IS CRAZY AND IF WE WANT TO MILLION AMERICANS ARRESTED >> Dan: YOU'RE A POLITICIAN.

IS, WHO THE AUDIENCE IS, AND THERE IS THE DEBATE ABOUT WHETHER YOU'VE DONE THE PUSHING THE ISSUE, HOWEVER TRULY FELT YOU BELIEVE. JOURNAL, THEY HAD YOU UP ON HOLDING? WHERE DOES THAT >> Gov. Johnson: WHERE DOCK AS A COUNTRY, 80 MILLION SIDE ABOUT IT, AND THEN THAT WE ARE ARRESTING -- YOUR FAMILY USES DRUGS. DRUGS. TAX PAYING CITIZENS, RESPONSIBLE PENAL, AND YET OF THOSE PEOPLE WE ARE

MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE OUT. >> Dan: SENATOR ROBERT BIRD AND HERE WE HAVE A BEYOND HIS PEOPLE TO SAY, I POSITION, THIS WAR ON DRUGS EVERYBODY JOKES. >> Gov. Johnson: I COULDN'T >> Dan: IS THIS WHERE YOU >> Gov. Johnson: WHICH DRUGS, PASSIONATELY HAS SOME PRACTICAL SOLUTION. AGAIN, IF WE WANT TO CONTINUEO KILL HEROIN ADDICTS, WE ARE ON THE PATH HEROIN ADDICT, YOU DON'T

YOU'RE ENGAGED IN GUN, RATHER THAN COURTS, AGAIN, WE COULDN'T BE MORE EFFECTIVE AT KILLING DRUG WANT TO BELIEVE THAT IT IS A THIS SITUATION BETTER. HALF OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, FACING THIS STATED TO. WHAT'S HAPPENED. >> Dan: ANYONE IN THE CASES. >> Gov. Johnson: OKAY, I'M WITH TWELVE PORTLAND JUDGES, DISTRICT JUDGES HERE IN NEW WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY ON THIS

ANECDOTALLY ABOUT WHAT IS CHANGED, AND EXACTLY WHAT IT PORTLAND, OREGON, TO HEAR >> Dan: LET ME STOP THREW TO APOLOGIZE TO OUR VIEWERS, YOUR EAR PIECE AND YOURS. WE WILL JUST CONTINUE WITH I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. LET'S MOVE ON TO YOUR RELATIONS AS POLITICIAN WITH LEGISLATOR. ARE CHANGED BYLAWS, WHAT PURPOSE HAS BEEN SERVED BY >> Gov. Johnson: LET'S NOT

GOVERNMENT, AND ALL THREE BRANCHS VIEW FOR POWER, WELFARE REFOR. WE WILL WORK, AND WE GOT THE COURTS BASICALLY IS GOING TO SEND ME TO JAIL MAKES IT MUCH MORELAX. TODAY WE CELEBRATED FIVE YEARS -- IN OTHER WORDS, WE I WOULD HAVE JUST AS SOON SEEN IN A LIMIT AT THREE AGAIN, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE NOT DELAY THEM. WITH THEM. REFOR, MEDICARE.

>> Dan: WE FINALLY GOT A FROM SOCORRO. >> Caller: YES, HI GARY. >> Gov. Johnson: HI. >> Caller: GARY, CAN YOU >> Dan: YES, KEY HEAR YOU >> Caller: GARY, I WAS DISABILITIES IN THE PUBLIC WHY THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO CANNOT BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH >> Dan: ARE WE BREAKING SOME >> Gov. Johnson: NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE. IF YOU WANT TO BELIEF THAT WE ARE IN DOLLAR ITEM.

THAT ISN'T JUST NEW MEXICO, BEING REMISS IN ANY AREA. >> Dan: THIS IS A RACE. HERE. QUESTION ABOUT GRAM. >> Caller: GOOD EVENING, I'M WONDERING, WHAT DO YOU GAMBLING CASINOS ON THE >> Gov. Johnson: WELL, JUST SPEAKING STATISTICALLY, THE GROSS RECEIPTS TAX REVENUES AT A LESSER RATE THAN THEY WOULD HAVE HAD WE NOT HAD INDIAN CASINO, BUT THEN I'LL ALSO GET BACK TO MY BELIEF, GRAM SBLG A FEDERAL LAW THAT THAT FEDERAL LAW, INDIANS HAD GAMBLING IN NEW MEXICO,

AND WE HAVE HAD FRATERNAL, VETERAN, AND HORSE TRACKS IN PRECEDENT THAT INDIANS WERE, TO HAVE CASINOS. IS CASINO GAMBLING A GOOD THING, I WOULD NEVER HAVE JUST LIKE THEY SHOULDN'T DO CIGARETTES, BUT PEOPLE DO AND INDIAN TRIBES ENGAGED IN IT I THINK HAVE BENEFITED THE BIGGEST AREAS OF POVERTY PUEBLOS, FOR THOSE THAT ARE >> Dan: THE NEXT CALLER >> Caller: YES, GOVERNOR. >> Dan: WE CAN HEAR YOU.

FOR GOVERNOR GARY JOHNSON. >> Caller: I WAS WONDERING DAVIS BAKE AND ACT. AND WHAT'S THE POINT IN PITTING AGAINST OTHER PEOPLE >> Dan: THE DAVIS BACON ACT SAYS YOU HAVE TO PAY THE >> Gov. Johnson: I'VE ALWAYS RESULT OF REPEELING DAVIS BACON. IT AMOUNTED TO, IT WAS A VICE BACON, I THINK YOU SIT LONG-TERM, REPEAL IT, AND -- THEY ARE A FUNCTION OF

HAVE A SENSE WAGES WON'T -- DAVIS BACON. SECTION OF NEW MEXICO, THE ONLY THING KEEPING PEOPLE'S ARE GUARANTEED IS A CERTAIN WAGE. >> Gov. Johnson: WHAT I OF THE YEAR, INSTEAD OF SIX SIT ON THE SIDELINES AND NOT >> Dan: NEXT CALL COMES FROM CORRALES. >> Caller: GOOD EVENING, GOVERNOR GARY JOHNSON. >> Gov. Johnson: YES. >> Caller: WE ARE TAX $FOR GROCERIES, FOOD IS NECESSARY >> Gov. Johnson: NANCY, I

TAXS ARE TOO HIGH IN NEW IF WHICH ABLE TO REDUCE INCOME TAX TAXES, WOULD I BE ON SERVICES AND CERTAINLY THESE ARE, AND N. MY OPINION, >> Dan: NEXT UP, WE HAVE A CALL FROM SANTA FE ON YOUR >> Caller: HELLO GOVERNOR JOHNSON. WHERE DO YOU SEE THE MOST >> Gov. Johnson: THE MOST AND HAVING STARTED UP THIS AFTER I'M BEING GOVERNOR. I'M TALKING A LINE HERE. ELECT OWED INITIALS, THOSE

THE AMERICANS AGAINST ITS GOVERNORS, CONGRESS MEN, AND >> Dan: THE CALLER THAT WE CHARLOTTE FROM ALBUQUERQUE, >> Caller: MY QUESTION IS, DOES THE GOVERNOR THINK THE PUBLIC IN A REASONABLE WELL ENOUGH TRAINED TO DO SNOW. >> Gov. Johnson: YES, ADD, WHEN I LEAVE OFFICE, I WHICH HAS NEVER HAPPENED STATISTICAL MANY RAFRPBLG OF SEVEN AND A HALF PERIOD. HARD WORK THAT THEY DO DO,

AND THEY ARE A VERY KNOWLEDGE, WE ARE NOT >> Dan: GOVERNOR, VERY EARLY PUBLIC AFFAIRS SHOW ON THIS AS EDWARD ABBY WAS TO LOGGING, GARY JOHNSON WAS TO WRENCH IN THE SYSTEM THAT THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN WAS I WRONG? THAT YOU ARE THE MONKEL WRENCH OF STATE GOVERNMENT? >> Gov. Johnson: I CERTAINLY WRENCH BUT I MAKE THE CASE PEOPLE, AND WE ARE DOING >> Dan: WE ARE STILL STILL 50th AND 49th WITH FEWER PEOPLE. DEBATE THAT WE ARE 48th,

49th IN EDUCATION, BUT WHAT FACTORED IN IS THE NATIVE KNOW IF IS IT STA TIS PARTICULARLY WE WILL EVER STATISTIC HE IS THE WORST MEXICO, TEXAS. LINKED TO SOME OF THOSE ISSUES. WHO CHOOSE TO LIVE ON WORK, AND --. >> Dan: ARE YOU BLAMING >> Gov. Johnson: NOT BLAMING OF THESE STATISTICS. LIVED IN SOUTH DAKOTA. I LIVED IN MINNESOTA.

SINCE MY FAMILY MOVED TO NEW I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO >> Dan: WE WILL GIVE YOU >> Gov. Johnson: WE HAVE GOT THE POINT. WE LIVE IN A GREAT STATE. >> Caller: GOODS EVENING, GENTLEMEN. GOVERNOR GARY JOHNSON, DO OIL, PLASTIC, AND PAPER, THAT MARIJUANA COUSIN, HEMP, COULD OFFER WITH AMERICAN'S FARMERS WITH THE CONTINUED ILLEGALALTY WITH MARIJUANA? >> Gov. Johnson: I DON'T SEE BENEFIT BEHIND IT, AND THE IN THAT WE WOULDN'T BE USING REGARDING IT.

>> Dan: NEXT UP, WE HAVE TED FROM PENA BLANCA. >> Caller: I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU --. >> Dan: TED'S QUESTION INVOLVES WATER AND THE OTHER DAY, I THOUGHT I DESERT IS FOR PEOPLE, NOT GROWING CROPS IN THE HIGH CONTRADICTING 400 YEARS OF >> Gov. Johnson: NOT A BIT. DONE, HE HAS ADJUDICATED THE PRIOR FOUR DECADES MARKETPLACE FOR THAT WATER. WATER SHOULD BE PUT TO ITS

BE ABLE TO DO THAT. >> Dan: THAT WAS THE >> Gov. Johnson: I THINK WE >> Dan: IT SHUNNED SOUNDED >> Gov. Johnson: WHAT I GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR SO, AGAIN, WE ARE GOING BACK >> Dan: YOU'RE PREDICTING >> Gov. Johnson: I'M BUT WHEN YOU SPEAK DEMISE, AGAIN, YOU'RE GOING TO BE INDIVIDUALS SELLING THE >> Dan: ABOUT WILL L. WE GET THAT YOU'RE PREDICTING? >> Gov. Johnson: THAT IS MY

80 PERCENT OF A COMMUNITY'S WATER USE IS RESIDENTIAL 20 PERCENT OF OUR WATER IS MEASURED IN THE STATE. OWNS IT, AND WE NEED TO CONSERVATION OF THE WATT LONG-TERM. >> Dan: I WILL CUT YOU OFF >> Gov. Johnson: IS THIS >> Dan: IT GOES LIKE THAT, GOVERNOR. THANKS TO THE FOLKS IN JOIN US AGAIN NEXT MONTH STATE ENGINEER, TOM TURNEY, TAKES YOUR CALLS LIVE.

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