New Mexico in Focus; 2003 State of the State Address

SRT Captions File Generated by MXFplus SEPARATE BILL. LEGISLATIVE FEED BILL IS >> John: THE GOVERNOR HAS RESIGNATIONS, RESIGNATIONS ACTIONS LIKE THIS THAT WILL FUTURE? >> Rep. Hobbs: I DON'T THINK HE HAS GOT THE VOTES, EVEN IF SOME REPUBLICANS DON'T DEBATE IN APPROPRIATIONS SENATE FLOORS b THE GROWTH >> John: LET ME GO BACK TO SOMETHING YOU SAID EARLIER. AGENDA IS REALLY ALMOST A RATHER THAN A RULE BY >> Rep. Hobbs: I WANT TO

ITEMS ARE REPUBLICAN ITEMS, WILL NOT GET IN REPUBLICAN >> John: YOU HAVE SOME TELL ME ABOUT THOSE. >> Rep. Hobbs: ONE; WE WILL REQUIRE VOTER ID, BEFORE YOU VOTE AT THE POLLS, IN ORDER WILL BRING UNDER CONTROL THE AUTHORITY, AND IT CAN'T GET >> John: RICHARD ROMERO HAS SAID SOMETHING LIKE THE ISSUE THAT JUST GRINDS THE A BIG ISSUE? >> Rep. Hobbs: IT WILL AND TOTALLY PARTISAN VOTE. THERBGS DON'T SUPPORT IT.

IN A POSITIVELY WE LOOK LAST TIME AROUND, BEFORE 80% OF SAY THEY THINK IT MAKES BUSTER, AN I TKFRPLGTS TO WHAT'S WRONG WITH AN ID TO >> John: FINE LIKE THE TONE >> Rep. Hobbs: I THINK IT TO THE DEA AGREE THAT THAT PARTISAN DEBATES BETWEEN THE LEGISLATIVE DEMOCRATS AND TO HELP THAT SOMEWHAT. >> John: THANK YOU VERY >> Dan: WE ARE BACK IN THE STUDIO AT KNME WITH DR. LEE ZINK, AN ECONOMIC POLICY STATE-OF-THE-STATE SPEECH BY MAJOR TOPICS, HE PROMISES

NEGOTIATE WATER ISSUES, NOT FIGHT LEGAL BATTLES WITH TO BRING TO THE STATE OF NEW TAXES. HOBBS EXPRESS SIGNIFICANT SKEPTICISM ABOUT THE ABILITY TO CUT THE CAPITAL GAINS TAX, CUT THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX, HAVE YOU SEEN ANYTHING ELSE >> Lee: NO, I THINK IT WOULD >> Dan: HE SPOKE, TED HOBBS, MINORITY HRAOERD OF THE MILLION IN SAVING THAT IS AND HALF 6 THAT GOES TO HE CONTROLS ABOUT 13% OF THE

STATE'S $4 BILLION BUDGET. AGENCIES HE DIRECTLY $500 MILLION? >> Lee: HE HAS SOME VERY TO BE A REAL CHALLENGE. >> Dan: WHAT DO YOU THINK COMMISSION THAT WILL GET ON RECEIPTS TAXES THAT ARE OWED >> Lee: WELL, AGAIN, I THINK A LOT OF UNCOLLECTED TAXES IN IN, NEW MEXICO THE GROSS BACK AGAIN TO AN OLD FRIEND, FRANKLIN JONES, THAT WAS THE IN NEW MEXICO, AND I THINK JOB FOR US THROUGH THE >> Dan: YOU WORKED FOR WAS THE LAST MAN TOO REALLY

PRESENT FORM, A MASSIVE 1970s. CHANGE, LIKE THE DEPARTMENT >> Lee: I THINK IT CAN, AND I THINK PERHAPS IT SHOULD, LEGISLATURE COMING TO AGREE WITH THE GOVERNOR ON IN A. >> Dan: HE PROMPTED AN END CO-EQUAL PARTNER. BECAUSE HIS RULE WAS BY VETO THEM AT ANY ONE POINT. FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF SHOULD COME AWAY FROM THIS >> Lee: I THINK BASICALLY, NEW MEXICO IS A GOOD PLACE.

WHAT STATE DOESN'T? LEADERSHIP TO MOVE FORWARD, >> Dan: ON THE ISSUE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, MUCH PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL AND TALK TO THE PERSON. I THINK HE SIGNALED PRETTY STATE. SEE US. >> Lee: RIGHT. >> Dan: AS A VETERAN BACKLASH, WHEN YOU SEE THE GERMANY, SOUTH AMERICA. >> Lee: INDEED IF HE DOES OBVIOUSLY, AND AM I SUPPOSE RECOGNITION AND THE FACT

>> Dan: ONE THING THAT I DID HEAR, HE SEEKS A RURAL TAX THAT PAY MORE THAN 110% OF THE PREVAILING WAGE. THAT ALMOST NOBODY HAS OF BOOSTING THE COMMITTEES IN SMALLER TOWNS? >> Lee: I THINK HE AND HAS HAD THE LAST COUPLE OF BEEN LARGELY IN CALL TO DO. TEND TO GO TO CITIES, NOT TO >> Dan: THE GOVERNOR MADE CONROY CHINO, AS THE

SECRETARY OF DESIGNATE TO LIKELY TO FACE A TOUGH TIME, CONRON, EVEN THOSE HE IS A VETERAN REPORTER, HE HAS I THINK THAT ASIDE, THERE JUST SYMBOL I AM. P DIVERSITY IN OUR STATE. >> Lee: WELL, I THINK IT IS DIVERSE GROUP, TOO. NECESSARY LIKE BUSINESS WITH THE CABINET, WILL BE >> Dan: NOW, BACK TO HE WANTS TO INCREASE THE A MONEY THAT GOES INTO THE CLASSROOMS DIRECTLY.

STATES, ONLY 57 CENTS OF EVERY DOLLAR GETS INTO THE ADMINISTRATION COSTS. >> Lee: WHICH I THINK, IF BELOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. KHREUFPL BUT YOU'RE NOT A WHOLE LOT OF DOLLARS IF SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THEIR >> Dan: ON AN ECONOMIC STATE'S PERMANENT FUND TO BOOST LOCAL NEW MEXICO WE USUALLY JUST RELY ON THE IS WERE ACTUALLY THERE FROM SPENDING PART OF THE >> Lee: SOME PINK FLAGS. HE CAN'T SPEND ANY OF THE

ALWAYS TALKING B BUT THE AND SOMETIMES INVESTING IN A NEW MEXICO BASE IS L. NOT WERE INVEST TPHGT STOCK >> Dan: AND THAT'S THE ISSUE PAID THE PRICE IN THE REKEPT CRASH. >> Lee: RIGHT, BUT P WE DID >> Dan: STANDING BY WITH LAWRENCE UP AT THE >> John: SENATOR, THE DO YOU SEE THE MONEY IN THE BUDGET FOR THE GOVERNOR'S >> THERE ARE CERTAINLY SOME THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS HE IS ASKING FOR TAX SALARY INCREASES.

TAXES AND I THINK WE HAVE GOT, IT IS NOT GOING TO BE AND HE IS DOING SOME GOING TO OBJECT TO. TO HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET, WORK VERY HARD ON THOSE BIPARTISAN MANNER, I'M ALL >> WE HEARD ALL ABOUT BUY PARTISAN SHIP, AND EARLIER DO YOU SHARE THAT SAME OPTIMISM. >> SURE. LEGISLATURE, EVERY DAY IS A NEW TPWHUPB THE EYES OF THE GOVERNOR, DEPENDING ON THE THERE ARE THINGS HE MAY WANT

ABLE TO DO IN THE WAY HE ALL EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE MONEY BACK TO THE LOOK AT THE MEDICAID PROBLEM, BOOMING EXPENSE THING, AND HE HAS GOT SOME SOLUTIONS I HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT >> John: IS THERE ANYTHING >> SENATOR INGLE: I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HEARD SOMETHING PERTAIN TO RIGHT TO WORK, OPEN UPRIGHT ON THE BORDERS. I THINK HE HAS PRETTY WELL

MAYBE HE WILL LOOK AT THOSE DON'T KNOW. >> Dan: I'D LIKE YOU TO ASK FROM, WE HAVE HEARD TALK >> John: I BELIEVE HIS CALLING YOU BACK TO WORK, GOVERNOR CALLED FOR, GOING >> I DON'T THINK THOSE ARE MILLION IN BACK TAXES, TO WANT TO HAVE THIS TAX AND FORM SOME IDEAS, AND I LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE THINGS, THOSE ARE THINGS WE WANT TO

VERY IMPORTANT TO THE STATE GET THAT CAN CLOSED. >> John: FISCALLY THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Dan: BACK IN THE STUDIO KICK AROUND THE ISSUES AND DISCUSSION WE HEARD FROM THE INCREDIBLE SKEPTICISM OF OF SPENDING AT THE COLLEGE MONEY FOR THE WATER PROJECTS HEALTH CARE AND 24% OF THE A LONGSTANDING PROBLEM. THERE.

>> Lee: BASICALLY THAT IS 75% FEDERAL DOLLARS. HAVE TO COME FROM THE >> Dan: JOHN LAWRENCE HAS BEEN BUSY UP AT THE FOR COMMENT. >> John: P SPEAKER SANCHEZ, ABOUTS IN NEW MEXICO. HEAVILY DIVIDED TO THE POINT COOPERATION? >> Raymond: THE INTERESTING RICHARDSON'S OPENING REMARKS RECOGNIZED THE NEW MEXICO HE MADE A SPECIFIC REFERENCE GRIDLOCK. RECOGNIZES AND ANTICIPATES

WORKING WITH THE CO-EQUAL BRANCHS, IT IS EXTREMELY VIEWPOINTS BE TAKEN INTO CERTAINLY DIDN'T TAKE US A JOHNSON CAME INTO OFFICE, RAISE TEACHER SALARY WITHIN A FIVE YEAR PERIOD, TO THE REGIONAL AVERAGE. GOVERNOR JOHNSON CAME IN, NOT UNDERSTAND ANY BE HAD THAT TAKEN PLACE. SPEECH WAS TODAY, THAT HIS PLAN FOR PROGRESS OR HIS PATH TO PROGRESS, IS GOING RESTRAINTS ALONG WITH SOME >> John: LET'S TALK BRIEFLY

IS IT REALISTIC? >> Raymond: IT IS REALISTIC ALLOTTED, AND THE FISCAL CONSTRAINTS YOU HAVE, YOU WON'T ABLE TO PUT ALL OF DAY SESSION. PERIOD OF YEARS. I WAS ONCE TOLD, AND I SAID WITH WHERE YOU'RE AT, MOVE YOU'VE GOT TO BE TO WANT TO >> John: FINE LIKE LET ME PWFD. UNITED BEHIND THE GOVERNOR? REPUBLICAN >> THEY HAVE GOT TO BE P INDEPENDENT.

LAST EIGHT YEARS, BUT NEGOTIATION. AWAY WITH ALL OF THE GROSS IT, AND THEY CERTAINLY RECEIPTS TAXES LOSS. NO ONE WHO IS A DEMOCRAT LOST REVENUE FROM, AND HOW TERMS OF TRYING TO EDUCATION, AND ECONOMIC RURAL NEW MEXICO BUSINESSES. >> John: SPEAKER SANCHEZ, >> Dan: I HAVE A QUESTION MADE TOO MANY PROMISES,

>>. >> John: IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY THAT THE >> Raymond: THAT'S THE POINT YOU HAVE TO SET LOFTY GOALS, AND PEOPLE'S EXPECTATIONS SHOULD BE GREAT. HIS CERTAINLY ARE HIGHER SET OUT IN THE LAST EIGHT DAN, I THINK THAT THE EXPECTATIONS HAVE BEEN AREN'T INSURMOUNTABLE, AND GOVERNOR WANTS TO MOVE FAST, IN TERMS OF LEGISLATIVE TIME, TWO YEARS, THREE KWRAOERBGS >> Dan: THANK YOU, JOHN, THAT CONCLUDES OUR COVERAGE

2003 LEDGE TURBGS AND 7:00 ON STATE LINE NEW RICHARD ROMERO AND JOE THOMPSON.