New Mexico in Focus; 416; Legislative Leaders

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HEALTH, EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT THE POLITICAL SURPRISES DIDN'T THIS WEEK AN UNUNUSUAL THEATRE IN THE SENATE I'LL TALK TO HOUSE AND SENATE IT WAS DANGEROUS GOING UP

WEDNESDAY MORNING GOVERNOR OF ICE DURING HIS DAILY JOG LATER THAT DAY, MANNY ARAGON DISCONTENT ON HIS WAY CHAIR AND FOUND HIMSELF TAKING WITH THE GOVERNOR TEMPORARILY VOWING TO FIGHT THE ELECTION JOINING ME IN THE SECOND HALF REPRESENTATIVE TED HOBBS BUT FIRST JOINING ME REPRESENTATIVE BEEN LUJAN, OF THE HOUSE, AND SENATOR THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN ROMERO, I WANT TO ASK YOU TAKE ON THE POWERFUL MANNY >> Arcie: YES, I HAVE >> ROMERO: I FELT FOR AT LEAST TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS, THAT

AND I DECIDED JUST TO GO AFTER >> Arcie: YOU WERE NOT ELECTED BUT RATHER BY REPUBLICANS AND IT HAS BEEN ARE SAID DO YOU THINK YOU CAN GAIN THAT >> ROMERO: LET ME MAKE THIS I THINK PEOPLE FORGET. MANNY ACTUALLY SET AS YOU SAID EARLIER. I MEAN, SO, WHAT I AM DOING IS NOT HE WAS ABLE TO GET SUPPORT. I THINK I'LL BE ABLE TO GET I AM NOT GOING TO BE PUNITIVE TALENTED AND BRIGHT PEOPLE IN MAKING THIS TRANSITION, I THINK YOU'RE AWARE AND, WE HOPE TO MAKE IT

>> Arcie: IF YOU READ ON MONDAY, LINDA LOPEZ WILL BE DURING THE VOTE, I GUESS IT IF THERE IS A TIE, WILL >> ROMERO: I REALLY DON'T I UNDERSTAND, THAT IT HAS I KNOW THAT IN THE U.S. AND THE PRESIDING OFFICER, I DON'T KNOW. I GUESS WALTER BRADLEY, >> Arcie: YOU KNOW THAT MANNY DO YOU THINK THIS IS GOING >> ROMERO: I CAN TELL IN THE SENATE AND I SEE THAT CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THOSE

IMPORTANT DURING THE CAMPAIGN, NO. 2, WE WANTED TO IMPROVE WE TOLD OUR CONSTITUENTS WHEN AND I FORESEE THAT WHOEVER THOSE ARE THE ISSUES THAT >> Arcie: SPEAKER LUJAN, >> Lujan: WELL, YOU KNOW, THE BUSINESS OF EACH BODY TO THE SENATE TO ORGANIZE IS ALL OVER AND DONE WITH, SURE DEMOCRATS WILL COME >> Arcie: SPEAKER LUJAN, CRITICIZED FOR FAILURE

WILL YOU BE ABLE TO PRIORITIZE WILL YOU BE ABLE TO WORK SOME OF THE PET PROJECTS ASIDE >> Lujan: WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE AND, I THINK THAT TAXPAYERS TO RECEIVE SOME OF THESE CERTAINLY WE WILL LOOK SCHOOL CAPITAL OUTLAY WILL I DO NOT SEE THAT THERE IS ANY THE CITIZENS OF OUR >> Arcie: YOU HAVE AT LEAST DO YOU THINK THAT THIS MONEY >> Lujan: WELL, AGAIN, THE 400

IT IS, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL THAT FOR RECURRING REVENUES, BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE ARE RECEIVING IS AND THAT IS A VERY VOLATILE IF WE WERE TO USE A LOT EXPENDITURES AND OIL AND GAS AND IT WOULD COME DOWN AS FAR AS RETURNING SOME TO THE FOLKS, IF WE CAN WE HAVE IN NEW MEXICO, THE COMMITMENT THAT WE HAVE

AND GIVE THEM AT LEAST WITHIN A REGION, AND WE HAVE >> Arcie: SENATOR ROMERO. IS THIS THE YEAR OF EDUCATION >> Romero: YOU BET IT IS. ARCIE, BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND WHEN OUR U.S. CONGRESSMEN COME WE LOOK AT IT IN TERMS OF JOBS NEED TO UNDERSTAND OUR PROCESS THE FEDERAL CONGRESS BUT, TO YOUR QUESTION SHOULD BE NO EXCUSE THIS YEAR TEACHERS A GOOD RAISE, SO THAT THE MONEY IS THERE, WE TALK AND IN BOTH THE HOUSE

IT IS OUR TOP PRIORITY. I DO KNOW THAT THE PUBLIC OF COURSE, ALONG WITH THAT, ACCOUNTABILITY, BECAUSE THAT I THINK WE WILL LOOK AT THAT. >> Arcie: JOHNSON WANTS A 5% >> Romero: I AM SORRY. >> Arcie: THE GOVERNOR WANTS >> Romero: CORRECT. >> Arcie: YOU THINK YOU WILL >> Romero: I DON'T SEE WHY USUALLY WHEN WE SAY WE CAN AFFORD IT THIS YEAR. THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR US NOT >> Arcie: GOVERNOR JOHNSON ANY SUCCESS THERE? >> Romero: I DON'T THINK I HAVE FUNDED OR SUPPORTED ALTERNATIVES ACT IN THE PAST

THE LEGISLATURE FOR I ACTUALLY ONLY WANTED TWO THE GOVERNOR VETOED IT. I THINK WE NEED TO GET SERIOUS I THINK THE VOUCHER ISSUE, I WILL BE HONEST, IT HAS AND THERE IS QUITE A FEW >> Arcie: YOUR THOUGHTS >> Romero: IT IS SOMETHING WE DO HAVE A SURPLUS OF MONEY. LIKE REPRESENTATIVE LUJAN SAID THAT IS A SURPLUS IS MONEY INDUSTRIES AND THERE IS I THINK THE GOVERNOR HAS SOME SOMETHING WE OUGHT TO CONSIDER >> Arcie: SPEAKER LUJAN, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?

>> Lujan: I THINK THAT A COUPLE OF AREAS HE MIGHT GET BOMB THE TO WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES, I THINK OF GETTING THROUGH AND ALSO THAT OTHER PROGRAM, ON HARMS REDUCTION, THAT IS PROVIDING REALLY SEE HIS OTHER SIX AREAS THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE >> Arcie: I WANT TO MOVE DURING THE SESSION? >> Lujan: THAT IS ALSO OPEN REAL HARD ON THAT, AND HE HAS OF THE PROVIDERS, AND IN NEW

MEXICO, FORTUNATELY, WE WERE FORTUNATE TO NOT HAVE THIS DEREGULATION COME INTO PLACE RIGHT AWAY. PNM IS OPEN AND THEY ARE INCREASE FOR FIVE YEARS, THAT OUT. IF IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE >> Arcie: SENATOR -- I AM SORRY, SENATOR ROMERO. THE SAME REGULATION DELAYED. DO YOU THINK THAT NEW MEXICO WITH PUTTING UTILITIES >> ROMERO: SPEAKER LUJAN MENTIONED THE WORK THAT SENATOR SANCHEZ HAD DONE. AND THEY HAVE A PRETTY GOOD THAT THIS WHOLE ISSUE JUST

ERUPTED IN CALIFORNIA BUT WE HAD A COMMISSIONER ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO. I AM QUOTING HIM. IN THE WORLD. IF CALIFORNIA SNEEZES, NEW THEY AFFECT THE ENTIRE WESTERN CAREFUL AND THE GOVERNOR NEEDS WE CAN'T BE IRRESPONSIBLE. >> Arcie: WE ARE OUT OF TIME. BASICALLY, ARE YOU UP >> Romero: AM I UP

THE CHALLENGE THE VERY FIRST >> Arcie: YOU THINK THAT >> Romero: ABSOLUTELY. >> Arcie: I HAVE TO LEAVE IT >> Romero: THANK YOU. >> Arcie: JOINING ME IN THE STUDIO ARE MOUNTED A CHALLENGE TO SENATOR >> CARRARO: THE SAME REASON THERE IS A LOT OF TALENT THE PROBLEMS THAT FACE NEW IDEAS. KIND OF THING. WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD

WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT BIPARTISAN COOPERATION >> Arcie: WHY DID YOU BACK >> CARRARO: IT CAME AND PUSH TO BE THE PRESIDENT AND HAVE MANNY ARAGON BACK PRO TEM ROMERO NOW, I THINK ENOUGH TO INCORPORATE ALL >> Arcie: YOU THINK THAT YEAR? >> Carraro: I THINK WE ARE I THINK RIGHT NOW, IT IS GOING WHERE BILLS AND ISSUES WILL BE THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND WE DO

>> Arcie: REPRESENTATIVE GOING ON AT THE HOUSE; >> Hobbs: WE ARE PLEASED SPEAKER LUJAN AND PRESIDENT DIFFERENT STYLES. REPUBLICANS WHO ARE A PARTY THE CHANGE EARLY ON AT A TIME IN A POSITIVE WAY, I AM ENTHUSIASTIC. >> Arcia: DEMOCRATS STILL HAVE ASKING SENATOR CARRARO, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PASS MORE >> Hobbs: THE CHANGE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS WE WANT FAIR HEARINGS. I THINK THAT IS ALL WE ARE

>> Arcie: YOU THINK YOU WILL >> Hobbs: YES. >> Arcie: LET'S TALK TO BE THE EDUCATION CITY THIS >> Hobbs: EDUCATION WILL EVERYBODY SAYS EDUCATION IS IT ISN'T JUST MONEY; TOTAL SPENT. AND SALARY INCREASES. >> Arcie: THERE IS THAT 400 THIS YEAR. INCREASE VERSUS 8%. AND GOVERNOR WANTS 5%. OVER 5% THIS YEAR. EITHER ONE OF YOU CAN ANSWER. IS THERE MONEY FOR THAT?

>> Carraro: THERE IS MONEY ACCOUNTABILITY. AND MYSELF, JOINED TOGETHER OF EDUCATION AND WHAT IT IS WE NEED MORE TEACHERS. THERE SO MANY OTHER ANGLES AND WAYS BUT CLEARLY, MONEY WILL BE SO, I THINK THERE WILL BE MORE >> Arcie: GO AHEAD. >> Hobbs: WE NEED TO HAVE MONEY FOR TEACHERS. WITH A SURPLUS LIKE THIS, NOT WHICH IS A VERY IMPORTANT WE MUDDLE AROUND SAYING >> Arcie: HOW MUCH EXCESS DO A BIG DENT IN THE BUDGET;

IN THIS WINDFALL. HOW MUCH DO YOU REALLY HAVE? >> Carraro: WE HAVE GONE WE ALSO FIND WE OWE MORE. AND BALANCE THOSE THINGS. TO TAKE CARE OF DEBTS AND OTHER NEEDS. TO REALIZE -- I DON'T KNOW HOW MADE UP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE HOW DO I DO THAT? THAT IS WHAT WE, CERTAINLY, I THINK, GIVING TO HAVE A GROWING ECONOMY. IN THE ECONOMY WE HAVE. >> Hobbs: IF I CAN FOLLOW. ALMOST EQUIVALENT

IF WE DON'T HAVE JOBS, TO SEE THE MONEY GO DOWN TO FIND JOBS. WE HAVE HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT. TIED TO HAVING A GOOD ECONOMY. TO GROW THE JOB MARKET. >> Arcie: THERE ARE A LOT CAPITAL OUTLAY VERSUS PET IS NO PRIORITIZING OF CAPITAL OR LAST YEAR, IN THAT A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT WHAT WILL THAT CHANGE THIS YEAR? >> Hobbs: I THINK WE HAVE TIME. 30% TO THE SENATE AND 30%

PURE POLITICAL PORK. PRIORITIZATION OF WHAT SOME MONEY FROM THE HOUSE AND IT HAS GOT TO BE CHANGED, USED AS WELL AS IT COULD. >> Arcie: HOW UNPOPULAR WILL EVERYBODY WANTS TO TAKE PET >> Carraro: I SURE DO. WHEN WITH TED, CHANGE HAS TO BE PROJECTS THAT ARE DESPERATELY I TAKE -- WHENEVER I BRING USUALLY GOES TO COMPUTERS, THAT SOMEONE IN THE STATE OF THE MONEY, MOST

BIT OF SOMETHING HOME POLITICAL OR WHATEVER, I AM IN A POLITICAL ARENA. CENTER, TRY AND GET THESE TOGETHER WITH THE CITIES BUT I AM NOT SAYING THAT MADE, AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN >> Arcie: DO YOU THINK THAT >> Carraro: I THINK IT WILL. ESPECIALLY. I THINK WE WILL THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE >> Arcie: DRUG LAWS. >> Carraro: THAT HAS A CHANCE. WE HAD THAT BILL WHEN I WAS THEN.

WHEN YOU GET INTO DEBATE TO ACTUALLY GET PASSED. CLEARLY, DRUG ENFORCEMENT, POLICY IS IMPORTANT. AS EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE, ISSUES OUT THERE THAT HAVE WE ALREADY STARTED THE SESSION >> Hobbs: THE DRUG POLICY WILL ARE ACTUALLY THREE CATEGORIES. I THINK THE TREATMENT THAT WILL COST MONEY. MEDICAL MARIJUANA I GIVE IT >> Arcie: UTILITY

DEREGULATION. >> Hobbs: I WAS ON THAT ON IN CALIFORNIA. CALIFORNIA FORCED UTILITIES THEY HAD TO GO TO SPOT MARKET TO GET ELECTRICITY. SITUATION, IT IS UNFORTUNATE, BECAUSE I INFLUENCE A TWO-YEAR DELAY HE IS SPONSOR OF THE BILL. A FIVE-YEAR DELAY. DO -- >> Arcie: YOUR THOUGHTS. >> Carraro: WE NEED TO HAVE DIFFERENT THAN IN CALIFORNIA, IN THAT WE ONLY HAVE 1/10 I JUST THINK THAT IT IS CLEAR

WHY NOT GO AHEAD AND WAIT THEY HAVE. IN THE MIDDLE. >> Arcie: WE HAVE HAPPENING UP HERE NEXT WEEK >> Carraro: VERY DISRUPTIVE. AS I AM CONCERNED, REASONABLY. SENATOR ARAGON AND 19 OTHERS, FOR PRESIDENT PRO TEM WE NEED TO MOVE ON WAIT LONGER. THE SESSION UNTIL NEXT IT IS IMPORTANT WE MOVE

TO SENATOR ARAGON AND OTHER IT IS VERY DEVICIVE AS WELL. >> Arcie: WELL, WE ARE OUT THAT'S inFOCUS FOR THIS EVENING REPORTER" KUNM RADIO PAGE AT KUNM.UNM.EDU. TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE AND EDUCATION FOR OUR CITIZENS MAJOR FUNDING FOR inFOCUS IS HEALTH, EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENT

OF THE CITIZENS OF NEW MEXICO. [CAPTIONS PERFORMED BY NEW