New Mexico State of the State Address; 2004

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AND GOVERNOR RICHARDSON WILL OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE. I'M BRINGS YOU LIVE COVERAGE OF "InFOCUS." RETURN TO OUR LIVE COVERAGE ADDRESS. >> Kate: RIGHT NOW, WE WILL WE WILL SOON RETURN TO LIVE COVERAGE OF THE >> Kate: WELCOME

BEER. >> TODAY NEW MEXICO PUBLIC ADDRESS. >> Kate: NOW, THEY CON AND. >> THIS IS GOING TO BE A >> Gov. Richardson: TODAY

IN 2004. GROWTH S WE ARE LAUNCHED IN WORLD IS A PLACE WHERE THE AND THE GOVERNOR, THE STATE-OF-THE-STATE IS GOOD, AND NEW MEXICO IS MOVING FORWARD. FRONT. >> AND WE GOT RESULTS FASHION, THIS BIPARTISAN PARTNERS.

ON TRUST, IN THE LONG HALL, WHICH IS A BETTER NEW MEXICO. WITH BETTER JOBS FOR OUR WE WORKED TOGETHER LAST YEAR LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM, 20003 MARKED THE END OF POLITICAL GRIDLOCK. ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF YOU AS A LEGISLATURE PASSED YOURS, AND MINE, WE CUT TAXES FOR NEW MEXICO. WE ARE THE TALK OF THE

COUNTRY'S CIRCLES. WE GAVE TEACHERS THE DRAMATIC AND POSITIVE SALARY WE WE PASSED LEGISLATION DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND WHILE MANDATING TREATMENT. WE WORKED ON IT. OUTLINING A DETAILED AN TOGETHER WE CAN PASS THE

PEOPLE. WORK HARD EVERY DAY FOR THE GET THE JOB DONE. YOU GAVE US THE TOOLS. AND WE HAVE USED THEM TO JOBS. NEW MEXICANS. WILL ALWAYS BE A PRIORITY. CORNER OF STATE GOVERNMENT. OF DOLLARS OF FACTION PAYER MONEY. AND WE ARE WELL ON OUR WAY ELIMINATING OUR MODIFYING BAD STATE CONTRACTS.

FINDING SAVINGS, AND STATE BAG MANAGEMENT IN ALL CORNERS OF STATE GOVERNMENT. AND FRAUD FROM PUBLIC INVOLVING PUBLIC HAD PRIVATE STATE PASSENGER TRAIN

BERNALILLO, INTO ALBUQUERQUE. REDUCING AIR POLLUTION, AND TO A STRONG 20G9 CENTURY. WE SPREAD THE WORD FAR AND WIDE THAT NEW MEXICO IS OPEN COMPANIES SEEKING GOOD AS 12,000 NEW JOBS MADE CLEAR, THE WORD IS OUT ABOUT WE TIGHTENED SANCTIONS ANGUISH ON OUR FAMILIES.

NOTHING CAN BE A HIGHER MEXICO'S RESPECTING SELF DETERMINATION TO IMPROVE OUR PEOPLE. MEXICANS. (APPLAUSE). >> Gov. Richardson: AND FOR IN STATE GOVERNMENT, WE THE LEGISLATURE AND BARGAINING RIGHTS TO

AGAIN OF ENJOYING THE (APPLAUSE). >> Gov. Richardson: AND THE ARE STRONG AND GOOD. ON HEALTH CARE, WE PASSED TO RECRUIT AND REFORM HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. PRESENTS ONE OF OUR GREATEST FISCAL CHALLENGES. ON EDUCATION, I'M SO PROUD OF WHAT WE DID TOGETHER ON EDUCATION. THAT RATIFIED, ALTHOUGH NARROW LLY, WHAT WE WANTED EDUCATION AMENDMENTS, AND AMENDMENTS, EDUCATION IS NOW

A BLANK SLATE ON WHICH WE WILL TOGETHER WRITE A NEW GOVERNANCE PLAN TOGETHER. IT IS A UNIQUE HISTORICAL OPPORTUNITY TO PUT OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM ON A PATH TO EXCELLENCE. I ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK A PILOT PROGRAM THAT WILL MID SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS WILL RECEIVE LAB TOP COMPUTERS IN THE FIRST AND KNOW HOW TO OPERATE A (APPLAUSE). >> Gov. Richardson: EVERY TRAINED IN HOW TO MAKE USE

THEIR SUBJECT AREAS. WHAT'S NEXT? THIS. DEVELOP AN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM THAT COUNTRY. >> Gov. Richardson: AND WE ARE WELL ON THE WAY TO DEVELOPING MULTI-AGENCY, ANTITRUE ANTIPROGRAMS IN ALL ADDITION TO CRAFTING A NEW GOVERNANCE PLAN. OF 20003 SET AMBITIOUS GOALS FOR SCHOOL REFORM. LICENSURE SYSTEM FOR NEW PROFESSION.

MISUNDERSTANDING: WE WANT TO IN EVERY SCHOOL, IN EVERY SCHOOL, NOT JUST 20% OF OUR SCHOOLS. AND WE WILL DO THAT. AND WE SPREAD THE WORD FAR AND WIDE THAT NEW MEXICO IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS, AND WILL PROVIDE A COMPANIES SEEKING GOOD THERE ARE 12,000 JOBS THAT MADE CLEAR THE WORD IS OUT. WE BROUGHT A NEW VITALITY TO TRADE AND CULTUL CONCTS ACROSS THE NEW MEXICO-CHIHUAHUA BORR. MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT FOX,

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ND, AIR, A WATER P VADE ASPECT OF WHAT MEXICAN. >> Gov. Richardson: WE ARE PARKS. RESPONBILITY GIVEN TO THE OUR WAY OF LIFE. THATESPONSIBILITY. ON HEALTH CARE, ON HEALTH CARE, SHODDY CONTRACTS, POOR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, HAVE LOST THE STATE TENS OF WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THIS SYSTEMS OF ACCOUNTABILITY IN

CARE SERVICES TO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF NEW MEXICANS. THESE ARE JUST A FRACTION OF 20003. CREATING NEW HOMEOWNER SHIP NURSES AND POLICE, THE FIGHTING TO PROTECT OUR LT. GOVERNORS'S CAUSES. PROVIDE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WE HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE. TO PAT OURSELVES ON THE BACK. WE HAVE GOT THINGS MOVING. BUT WE MUST KEEP PUSHING, SO WE DON'T LOSE MOMENTUM. LAST YEAR, MANY PEOPLE, THE PRES, THOUGHT IT WAS THE YEAR OF THE GOVERNOR.

THIS YEAR, LET'S MAKE IT THE YEAR OF THE LEGISLATURE. (APPLAUSE) TKPWOEUF. >> Gov. Richardson: WE'RE IN AGREEMENT ON MOST ISSUES (LAUGHTER) LET'S WORK VISION. PLAN FOR MOVING NEW MEXICO IDEAS. GOOD THINGS FOR MANY YEARS. THIS AGAIN IN OTHER AREAS. TOP PRIORITY, EDUCATION. EDUCATION SHOULD BE THE TOP ADMINISTRATION. I'M COMMITTED TO KEEPING THE

SUCCESS, AND EFFECTIVELY AND RESPONSIBLY IMPLEMENTING STRAIGHT FORWARD. SCORES. IN EVERY CLASSROOM. RATES. 5: CLOSE THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP. FOR RETENTION OF QUALITY IMPLEMENTATION OF STATE WIDE CREATES A TESTING PROGRAM TO ACCURATELY GAUGE STUDENT PROGRESS AND PUTS IN PLACE INITIATIVES SUCH AS FAMILY RESOURCE SERVICES TO MEET FAMILY NEEDS. CONCENTRATE ON TEACHING NEW

(APPLAUSE CLOSE (. >> Gov. Richardson: THE APPROXIMATELY $90 MILLION IN NEW DOLLARS, A SIGNIFICANT EDUCATION FOR OVER 320,000 CHILDREN, IN 740 SCHOOLS, IN 89 SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS DOLLAR. EDUCATEOR QUALITY AND TEACHERS. DOLLARS FROM THE GENERAL OPERATING THE PUBLIC SCHOOL KINDERGARTEN FOR NEW MEXICO

KINDERGARTEN DONE THIS YEAR, (APPLAUSE). >> Gov. Richardson: MY PLAN WOULD ALSO USE AN ADDITIONAL $44 MILLION OF EDUCATION INITIATIVES, INCLUDING THREE TEARED TEACHER STRENGTH EDGE INDIAN TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS. INDIAN EDUCATION -- (APPLAUSE). >> Gov. Richardson: INDIAN EDUCATION IS KEY. MAKEUP FOR NOT HAVING DONE ANYTHING. MEMBERS OF THIS LEGISLATURE

MOVING AGAIN. (APPLAUSE). >> Gov. Richardson: RURAL COMMUNITIES, WE WILL STRENGTHEN OUR RURAL FORGOTTEN. EDUCATION CONSTITUTIONAL OF LISTENING. RURAL EDUCATION COMPONENT EDUCATIONAL ACCOUNT ABILITY TRUANCY AND DROP OUTS IN OUR NOW, WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF THE MONEY? NOT TALKED ABOUT? I WANT TO PUT THAT MONEY IN EDUCATION LOCK BOX, PUT IT

WISELY. SUFFICIENT FUNDS ARE THREE TIERED SALARY INTO THE FUTURE. SPENT. BUT THOSE DOLLARS SHOULD BE ELSE. (APPLAUSE). >> Gov. Richardson: AND AS OUR TEACHERS AND OUR PUBLIC UNIVERSITY FACULTY, AND THAT WE CAN'T DO BECAUSE OF I'M PROPOSING A 4% ONE TIME

BONUS FOR TEACHERS AND OTHER LICENSED PERSONNEL, A 2% ONE TIME BONUS FOR OTHER THIS FAIR. PERFORMANCE REVIEW OF OUR IT'S BEEN A MESS. BUSINESS. I'LL WORK HARD TO MAKE THESE AND BUILD THEM INTO FUTURE SCHOOLS. CHARTER SCHOOLS. STRONGER. PROCESS. THE 27 CHARTER SCHOOLS

AS ALTERNATIVES TO FAMILIES WHO WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE A VERY SPECIAL WOMAN WHO'LL I MET SHE WENT FROM ALBUQUERQUE'S EARN DEGREES FROM STANFORD, AND HARVARD. ENTREPRENEURSHIP AWARD, THE MILKEN AWARD, WHICH I SANDOVAL, THE SYMBOL OF OUR EDUCATION FUTURE TO THE >> Gov. Richardson: YOU GOT

A BIGGER HAND THAN I DID. (LAUGHTER) (APPLAUSE). >> Gov. Richardson: I WAS GNAW DID TO EARN THESE KRAOE TO GIVE BACK TO THE SOUTH VALLEY ACADEMY. A CHARTER SCHOOL. IS A LACK OF ANY PUBLIC FUNDS TO HELP PAY FOR CLASSROOMS, FOR BRICKS AND I PROMISE TO ALLOCATE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND IN CAPITAL FUNDS TO HELP

CREATE VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, SCHOOLS GET THE MORE SEEK L FOOTING WITH OUR TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS. ACCOUNTABLE, TOO. >> Gov. Richardson: LET'S NEW MEXICO'S COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES EDUCATE NEW AND SERVE AS A LUNCH PIN FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION. ONE, MAINTAINING SYSTEM OF EDUCATION, WHICH LINKING FUNDING TO INFRASTRUCTURE PLANS.

US ACCOMPLISH THESE GOALS. AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A NEW MEXICO'S FUTURE. INCREASES TO 3%, WHILE KEEPING ALL FINANCIAL CAREFULLY, BECAUSE I THINK PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO LOWER NEW MEXICANS (APPLAUSE) (. >> Gov. Richardson: WE CAN OUR RESPONSIBILITY. MY EDUCATION PLAN THAT YOU WILL LOOK AT FULLY FUNDS THE NEW HIGHER EDUCATION FORM ONE TIME 4% BONUS FOR

FACULTY AND A 2% BONUS FOR OTHER EMPLOYEES. LET ME TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ECONOMY. NEW MEXICO IS TAKING STEPS TOWARDS COMPETITIVENESS IN REGIONAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL ECONOMYS, WAGE INDUSTRYS, BY INVESTING INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR ECONOMY FACT THAT LAST YEAR, THE BUT TO DO SO WE HAVE TO TINA STRATEGY THAT WE STARTED. CUT TAXES. FORCE. WITH MEXICO, AND OTHER

TAXES. IMPLEMENTING YEAR TWO OF THE THEY ARE WORKING. MARON APPLAUSE) TPOEF WE WILL ALSO --. >> Gov. Richardson: WE WILL INCLUDING TAX CREDITS FOR TECHNOLOGY STARTERS, AND BEFORE. THE LEGISLATURE, I HAVE AN IDEA ON SOMETHING WE CAN LEGISLATURE'S PLAN, BUT A SERVICES. (APPLAUSE).

>> Gov. Richardson: I YOU TO PAY FOR THESE CUTS, BUT LET'S GET IT DONE NOW, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT NEED (APPLAUSE). >> Gov. Richardson: LET'S CONTINUE TO EXPAND OUR TOURISM, PROTECT OUR THE MAIN STREET PROGRAM, THE MARKETING EFFORTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT. PROTECT OUR MILITARY BASES MARON APPLAUSE) >> Gov. Richardson: I DON'T WE WILL CONTINUE TO RECRUIT

NEW MEXICO ECONOMYS, AND WE WILL DO IT BY STAEPBG INVESTING IN WORK FORCE PROGRAMS, EXPANDING EFFORTS IN THE FILM DIVISION. OUR BOLD FILM INDUSTRY INITIATIVES AND AGGRESSIVE ATTENTION OF THE HIGH WAGE JOBS FOR OUR THEY ARE FILLED BY OUR ELIZABETH TKPWOEBL, A MOM RETURNING TO THE WORK FORCE, THE FILM INDUSTRY, AS A PRODUCER.

A NEW MEXICAN, A HAND (APPLAUSE). >> Gov. Richardson: NOW, ELIZABETH ALWAYS DREAMED OF BUT THIS YEAR, WITH STRAIGHT TRAINING AND MENTORING, SUMMIT THAT AIRED ON PUBLIC AND MOJAVE". SHE WORKING ON A MEDIA CAMPAIGN FOR OUR TRUANCY PRODUCER, AND ELIZABETH, CLOSE (.

>> Gov. Richardson: WE WANT PEOPLE LIKE ELIZABETH. UNVAIL TO YOU TODAY. $10 MILLION TO DESIGN, PLAN, AND BUILD A FILM TRAINING INSTITUTE, TO TRAIN NEW PEOPLE, IN EVERY FACET OF FILM PRODUCTION. SHOULD BE TO TRAIN NEW MEXICO INTO A MEDIA CENTER. CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EVERY PROJECT, FILM, VIDEO, OR DIGITAL, FROM START TO FINISH. WATER: WATER AND SCHOOLS. IF THERE ARE TWO AREAS THAT SUMMARIZE OUR OBJECTIVES SCHOOLS. OUR FUTURE, AND COMMITTING

WISELY, STREFP IF FARTHER, IS KEY IN CONSERVING OUR WATER. OF COMMUNITY WATER AND WASTE WATER NEEDS TO BE DONE WE HAVE TO COMMIT THE RESOURCES. ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS. OUR 2004 CAPITAL WATER BUDGET MORE THAN DOUBLES THE I'M ALSO PROPOSING SOMETHING NEW, AS PART OF MY CAPITAL PLAN. A WATER INNOVATION FUND. THIS MONEY WILL BE USED TO FUND PROMISING WATER REUSE PROJECTS ACROSS THE NOT JUST THOSE IN THE

BUREAUCRACY. THE STATE TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE WATER REGIONAL SYSTEMS THAT AUTHORITY WILL PROCESS ALL THE TABLE WITH LOCAL COMBINE WITH OUR STATE AND LET ME TURN TO ANOTHER ONE NEW MEXICO HAS LONG BEEN RECOGNIZED AS THE ENERGY BUDGET SURPLUS, ONE OF THE ENERGY PRODUCTION. COUNTRY. AND ALSO DEVELOP WORLD-CLASS

CLEAN, RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES TO THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. >> Gov. Richardson: WE MUST DO THIS. OUR PRECIOUS, NATURAL AND REDUCE OUR COUNTRY'S DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL IN EXPAND OUR RENEWABLE ENERGY CAPABILITIES FOR THE LONG HAUL AND HELP EXISTING THANKS TO THE LEADERSHIP OF BEING SUPPLIED TO OUR HOMES, SOLAR POWER, HOWEVER, IS THE NATION IN SOLAR ENERGY POTENTIAL. TO CAPITALIZE ON THIS ABUNDANT NATURAL RESOURCE.

FORM A SOLAR POWER TASK FORCE TO IDENTIFY A CONSTRUCTION BY 2006. (APPLAUSE). >> Gov. Richardson: IT IS A SECTOR TO SUCCEED, THE REWARDS CAN BE SUBSTANTIAL, IN HIGH WAGE JOBS, AND CAPITAL PROGRAM, $6 MILLION IN CAPITAL PROJECTS ENERGY TECHNOLOGIST IN STATE FACILITIES, UNIVERSITIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS MONEY BY REDUCING ENERGY COSTS.

GOVERNOR'S ASSOCIATION, WE ENERGY AND POLITICAL LEADERS AN CONVENIENT TO DEVELOP AND ENVIRONMENTALLY (LAUGHTER CLOSE (. >> Gov. Richardson: KEEPING NEW MEXICO SAVE. AND I CONSIDER THE BIGGEST THREAT TO THE SAFETY OF OUR DWI IS NONPARTISAN. IN OUR STATE. ACROSS PARTY LINES,

UNACCEPTABLE. STOP DRUNKEN DRIVING? RIGHT NOW. >> Gov. Richardson: AND I RIGHT THING AND WORK WITH US, IMMEDIATELY PASS THE PASSED LAST YEAR, AND PASS THAT HAS STRONG COMPONENTS. AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AGAIN, WE NEED MORE TOOLS, IN THIS CASE, TOUGH, NEW LAWS, INCREASING PENALTIES, FOR OFFENDERS FOR FATE THEIR

OF THEIR HANDS. CHILDREN IN THE CAR. MEXICO'S KIDS. LAWS. SHOW OUR PEOPLE AND OUR CITIZENS THAT OUR STATE CAN BY TAKING TOUGH, SWIFT LET'S HAVE SOMETHING BETTER TO SAY TO THE SURVIVORS OF DWI VICTIMS, LIKE, I'M SORRY, FOR YOUR LOSS. SURVIVORS LIKE THE PARENTS OF DANIELLE ROMERO, THE BEAUTIFUL PLACITAS TEENAGER WHO WAS KILLED BY A DRUNK COLLISION IN 2002. I'M SURE MOST OF US SAW ON

TELEVISION DANIELLE'S GRIEVING, HEART BROKEN PARENTS, AND IN THE JUDGE SENTENCED THE DRUNK SIX YEARS FOR KILLING LOVING GIRL, WHO UNTIL THAT HORRIBLE CRASH, HAD HER THE DRIVER GOT SIX YEARS. FOR CHOOSING TO DRIVE DRUNK. DANIELLE NEVER HAD A CHOICE. AND NOW, HER PARENTS WILL SPEND THE REST OF THEIR LIVES MOURNING HER LOSS. DANIELLE'S PARENTS HAD LEO TODAY, AND I WANT TO THANK (APPLAUSE). >> Gov. Richardson: I'M

INCREASE THE PENALTIES FOR INJURING SOMEONE WHILE I THINK, AND I HOPE YOU DO, THAT IT IS THE RIGHT THING MANY FAMILIES THAT WE GREET. TINA ROMERO'S SAID HER DAUGHTER'S DEATH WAS NO GET BEHIND THE WHEEL AND IN NEW MEXICO, AND YOU HURT LAND ON YOU. EXPERTS REPORT MAJORITY OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENTS EXACERBATED BY DRINKING. WHICH HAVE BEEN PUT FORTH BY THE FIRST LADY, WHO TIRELESSLY HAS FOUGHT THAT

VIOLENCE PROGRAMS HAD DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCREASED OFFENDERS, AND INCREASING STALKING AND HARASSING LAWS TO PROHIBIT ELECTRONIC, OR CYBER STALKING, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE ALSO ILLEGAL DRUG LABS. NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS OUR LABS ARE A DANGER TO NEARBY RESIDENTS, AND ANYONE IN THE AND OUR STATE POLICE ARE TARGETING THESE ILLEGAL DRUG RAISE THE PENALTIES FOR

PRESENT. HARDEST WORKING, MOST POSITIVELY IS HE ORIENTED LT. GOVERNOR IN OUR HISTORY >> Gov. Richardson: I CAME IN THIS MORNING, SHE HAD (LAUGHTER). >> Gov. Richardson: OUR PART OF OUR CRIME FIGHTING THEY DESERVE OUR RESPECT AND BUDGET TIMES, LET US GIVE AND TO RECRUIT THE BEST AND

(APPLAUSE). >> Gov. Richardson: THIS UNDER THE CAPABLE HANDS OF GENERAL SOBEL, LT GOVERNOR'S HAS PREPARED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES THE OFFICE OF MILITARY BASE HAND PLANNING AND SUPPORT, STAY OFF THE LIST OF BASE THAT IS FAVORED, A FAVORITE OF YOURS AND MINE, CAPITAL >> Gov. Richardson: LADIES LEGISLATURE, WE NEED A NEW WAY TO ALLOCATE OUR PRERB US

CAPITAL RESOURCES. FOR THE PROJECTS THAT LOCAL ENTITIES CONSIDER DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE. LET'S SIMPLY REPLACE THE CURRENT POLITICAL FORMULA A EXTRA TAOEPBLG I CAN CAPITAL SPENDING TO ENSURE BUILT WITH ANYONE HALF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, HIGHER LOCAL PROJECTS AND STATE OWNED FACILITIES AROUND NEW PROJECTS ACTUALLY GET BUILT. AROUND, UNUSED, WHILE PRIORITY PROJECTS GO UNFUNDED.

I KNOW KNOW THAT THESE ARE PRIORITY. DISTRICTS, YOU KNOW BEST, PRIORITIES IN YOUR DISTRICTS, NONRECURRING GENERAL FUND BOOST. LET ME TURN TO KIDS, AND CARING FOR KIDS. 260,000 NEW MEXICO CHILDREN SERVICES. BUDGET, I PLEDGE, HERE AND NOW, TO PROTECT MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY LEVELS FOR (APPLAUSE) >> Gov. Richardson: NOW

CUTS THAT ANY GOVERNOR MAKES AMONG THE 50 STATES. BUT WE HAVE TO DO IT TO BE PAYING FOR AN EXPLODING PROGRAM, THAT NEEDS STRONGER ACCOUNTABILITY. MEDICAID BY APPROXIMATELY $55 MILLION IN NEW STATE FUNDS, TO MATCH FEDERAL FUNDS. FOCUS ON RAISING CHILDHOOD IMMUNIZATION RATES. IMMUNIZING MOST OF NEW DOWN THE ROAD. (APPLAUSE). >> Gov. Richardson: THIS IS DECREASE THE NUMBER OF THOSE LISTS.

HEALTH CARE IS A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY OF THE INDIVIDUALS, AND THEIR AND EASY FIX FOR THE HEALTH CARE PROBLEMS FACING NEW MEXICO. THAT HAVE BEEN ENFORCED BY A HEALTH EXPERTS FROM AROUND BY SENATOR DEDE FELDMAN. NUMBER 2, A STATE WIDE EXTRA TAOEPBLG I CAN HEALTH PLAN HEPATITIS TIS C, OBESITY, TEENAGE SUICIDE RATES, DIE AFTER THOSE KILLERS THAT LASTLY, A HEALTH CARE

PURCHASING AUTHORITY, A HEALTH CARE. NOT PUTTING ALL PUBLIC INSURED PERSONS INTO A SINGLE PLAN. HEALTH CARE FOR ALL NEW OVER SITE SIMPLY REPORTING. A REPORTING RETIREMENT FOR OUR HOSPITALS AND NURSING GOING TO CLOSE, WHEN THEY LASTLY, I WANT TO CREATE A NEW WAY TO CONSOLIDATE SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH INTO A SINGLE MENTAL HEALTH IS NOT

CANCER, AND OTHER AIMMENTS. THAT IS WRONG. BY CONSOLIDATING OUR HELP THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE AND IT IS NOT GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN HEALTH CARE, EXECUTIVES. THE HEALTH CARE PURCHASING PUBLIC SCHOOL INSURANCE WE HAVE TO BE SURE THAT THEY PURCHASE, AND THEY PURCHASE BUT NOT A SINGLE PAYER

THERE ARE MORE THAN MANY CONSOLIDATION. SO MEDICAID. IT'S OUR BIGGEST HEALTH CARE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS THEIR OWN. EFFICIENCIES, AND ERRORS IN THAN A MILLION DOLLARS, MORE ANOTHER $750,000 FROM REFERRALS WE MADE TO THE TO STOP WASTING TAXPAYER MONEY. WE ARE SUPPORTING AND INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR

DECREASE I'M ASKING FOR IN PROVIDER FEES. 3 .5%. WE PROTECT SERVICES, AND WE MAINTAIN ELIGIBILITY WERE THERE PLAN. GOING TO FACE CUTTING DOWN THE ROAD. DECISIONS TO CONTROL THE MOST PHYSICALLY RESPONSIBLE WAY -- FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE LET ME SAY IN RESPONSE TO BUDGET IN THIS SESSION, AND BUDGET. OTHERS SAY THAT WE CAN PAY

CHOICES UNTIL NEXT YEAR. OR MAKE DEEP CUTS IN ELIGIBILITY IN OTHER MAINTAIN BENEFITS NOW. NEW MEXICANS. (APPLAUSE/LAUGHTER) -- WE HAD A FIRST GREAT YEAR. AND I HAVE GREAT EXPECTATIONS FOR THIS YEAR. I THINK TOGETHER, WE CAN AND PROGRESS THAT WE STARTED LAST YEAR. SOME WILL GRUMBLE THAT I'M MOVING TOO FAST, AND TRYING TO DO TOO MUCH. AND SO MUCH THAT WE NEED TO

CHANGE. (APPLAUSE). >> Gov. Richardson: I DON'T SEE MUCH APPLAUSE ON THAT (LAUGHTER CLOSE) CHEERS). >> Gov. Richardson: AS I'VE MEXICO IS THE BEST JOB I'VE NOW, IT'S TIME TO GET BACK TO WORK. NEW MEXICO. LONG, AGENDA, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO TOGETHER. AND I WANT TO DO IT WITH

YOU KNOW THAT THESE ARE THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE. LET'S SHOW THE PEOPLE OF NEW TOGETHER, TO LIVE AND OUR PEOPLE. THE FUTURE FOR NEW MEXICO IS GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. (APPLAUSE) >> Kate: AND THAT WAS THANK YOU FOR JOINING US JOINING ME HERE IN THE DAYS, IS STEVE LAWRENCE,

LEGISLATORS IN THE CAPITAL. FOR ABOUT ONE HOUR, SPEECH BY ANNOUNCING THAT HE HAS PUT ON THE PLATE, HOW WILL DO YOU THINK HE IS TO CEDE THE SPOTLIGHT TO THOSE >> Steve: IT IS A REMARKABLE 30 DAYS. DAYS. GOVERNMENTAL PROCESS, IN THE DIVISION OF PORK, CAPITAL OUTLAY PROVISIONS, EVEN TO THE CUTTING IN ARTS --.

>> Kate: LET'S START BY EDUCATION REFORM, OBVIOUSLY COSTS OF MEDICAID. DOWN ON DWI AND METH LABS, HE WOULD LIKE TO INCREASE OUTLAY MONEY IS CLEARLY NOT NOT LEAST, WERE SOME WAYS TO SHORTAGES. >> Steve: I DIDN'T REALLY EVERYONE HAS BEEN TALKING THE WAY THROUGH THIS, I AS DID HE IN THE TAX REFORM AND THAT IS, HE SEEMS TO HERE IS WHAT I WANT TO DO.

AND MOST OF THESE THINGS ARE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT TO DO, IN GRUMBLING PEOPLE, AS HE SAID, ABOUT HAVING TO DO ALL OF HE MIGHT, IN A MORE GENTLE ATMOSPHERE, SAY, I'VE GOT >> Kate: GIVEN THAT THE WITH SOME VICTORIES THAT HAS HE PUT TOO MUCH ON ON THEIR PLATE IN. >> Steve: HE REALLY HAS. I THINK THERE IS NOT GOING FIND IT HARD TO BE PRESSURE. THOSE 30 DAY SESSIONS.

THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE >> Kate: THAT SAEURBGSD WHY NOT COME AT IT WITH A AND TRY TO MOW THEM DOWN. >> Steve: LET'S SEE WHAT THROUGH A FUNNEL AT ONE TIME. AND THE LEGISLATURE IS A 29th, AND 30th DAY. HALF OF THE AGENDA. >> Kate: ONE OF THE REFORM PASSED QUICKLY, AND COMMENTS, HE SAID SOON. IF IT IS IMPORTANT TO HIM, SPEECH, HE SAID, I WANT THAT SCHOOL DONE AT THE END.

>> Steve: WELL, HE KNOWS HE OF CONTROVERSY ON ARTS MISJUDGED THE COME AT THIS PROPOSAL THAT'S COMING UP RECEIPTS TAX FOR ARTS ARTS FUNDING. THE LEGISLATURE ENACTED -- HE SIGNED A NEW DWI BILL WHICH CONTRADICTED ONE SIGNED, IS THE ONE INTO >> Kate: HE SAYS IN HIS THWARTING HER WILL. THE SORT OF ATTITUDE HE IS >> Steve: PERHAPS SO.

DOESN'T PAY ATTENTION TO >> Kate: IF WE ARE LOOKING 2000 PIECES OF LEGISLATION, >> Steve: SOUNDS LIKE IT. >> Kate: THE TRAFFIC JAM >> Steve: IT REALLY COULD. 30 DAY SESSION. FAR TOO MUCH TO CHEW ON. >> Kate: ONE OF THE OTHER COPY AS WELL WAS THAT IMPROVING THE WATER ISSUES PERHAPS BEING TOO HOT TO >> Steve: I DON'T KNOW, THE WATER ISSUES ARE THE CASES ON THE SENIOR

RIGHTS TO CONSERVE, TO HAND THEM OFF, OR SELL THEM OFF CAN YOU DEVOTE A WHOLE JUST TO WATER ALONE. HE WANTED TO SOLVE WATER, HE SESSION SESSION -- SPECIAL >> Kate: WITHIN THAT WATER MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF MONEY THE POLITICAL TURF OF DRAINING ELEPHANT BUTTE LAKE, AND SAVING THAT WATER UNDERGROUND. >> Steve: SURE, AND IF AS THE STATE ENGINEER SAYS 75% AGRICULTURAL, WE NEED TO AGRICULTURE SECTION OF THE

EFFICIENTLY AND CONSERVE. >> Kate: ON THAT ISSUE OF CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS, TO ACKNOWLEDGE TO HIS ENTERING UNPOPULAR POLITICAL TURF. A THIRD, THE SENATE GETS A GETS A LITTLE TO TAKE HOME, SHOW THEIR PEOPLE THAT THEY CORRALES SENIOR CENTER, PAID LET'S PAY FOR THAT KIND OF TO THE BIG PROJECTS AROUND THROUGH? >> Steve: EVERYBODY SEEMS TO AND A HRE INDICATION OF

THAT REALLY SHOULDN'T BE. SGSZ, TO SAY, FORGET IT. WE MONEY AWAY FROM THE >> Kate: THERE IS ALWAYS LEGISLATORS AGREE WERE YOU, ALL THE WAY. >> Steve: THAT'S RIGHT, AND CONSTITUENCIES, THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY I DID BEFORE. I THINK IN AN OFF YEAR, PERHAPS PEOPLE WOULDN'T EFFICIENCY, WOULD SAY, WE PATTERN; I WANT MORE >> Kate: LET'S TALK ABOUT

HIM A CABINET SECRETARY, AND FOR HOW HE WOULD LIKE TO REFORMING EDUCATION. CAN WE DO SOMETHING >> Steve: I VOTED FOR THE PERMANENT FUND FOR A LITTLE TEACHER RAISES. NOW I FIND, THAT'S NOT WHAT >> Kate: THEY YOU'VE >> Steve: THAT'S RIGHT. FORCE STUDIES. STUDY ALL THESE THINGS,

>> Kate: HE IN THE SPEECH DELINEATED $1880 MILLION OF ACTUAL SPENDING ON EDUCATION >> Steve: WHERE HAVE WE >> Kate: ISN'T IT A LOCK BOX THOUGHT. NOT MOST OF THE VOTERS WHO VOTE TODAY TAP THAT FUND, VOTING FOR. I FEEL A LITTLE BIT BLIND SIDED. >> Kate: I THINK A LOT OF THERE TO WHO SAY THAT PAYING TEACHERS BETTER TO ATTRACT WHEN TWO OF THE THINGS THAT TEACH IN OTHER WORDS A

>> Steve: EXACTLY. TO HAVE BETTER PAY AND MORE PEOPLE WHO HAVE GONE INTO SIMPLY TOO MANY BUREAUCRATIC >> Kate: AND AT THIS POINT, THEM THIS THREE TIERED LICENSURE SYSTEM, WHICH TRAINING. >> Steve: AND AT THIS POINT, WHO ARE TEACHING FOR A LONG, HAPPEN THERE. >> Kate: LET'S TALK ABOUT N WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DOING SOME CUTTING OF PAYMENTS TO MEDICAID RECIPIENTS, RAISING SOME HOSPITAL BED TAXES, AND

A LITTLE TAX ON YOURS AND MY PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE. >> Steve: YES, INDEED. >> Kate: IS THIS THE FIX? >> Steve: I DON'T THINK IT SYSTEM THAT'S REALLY NOT CARE SYSTEM, NOT ONLY STATE I LIVED IN CAN AT THAT FOR FOUR YEARS AND SUBJECTED MYSELF TO THE CANADA SINGLE YOU THAT THE CANADA SYSTEM AT LEAST THE COST IS RIGHT. BUT THIS SYSTEM, WHICH WE >> Kate: THAT SAID, THE ALL THE STATE WORKERS INTO SORT OF BUYING COOPERATIVES THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE

BREAKING INTO A KWHOR US OF "O CAN TKPA. " THAT THE WAY POWER, IS A GOOD WAY TO GO. PASSED BY THE CONGRESS AND FORE BIDS IT IN TERMS OF INDUSTRY WHERE COSTS ARE OUT BUYING POWER AND LOWER >> Kate: ONE OF THE CONCERNS GOING TO INCREASE THE PRICES ANOTHER, THIS HEALTH CARE >> Steve: THEY DO, INDEED. IT COULD VERY WELL SHINE A VERY GOOD.

>> Kate: WHAT ARE YOU THINGS WERE PRETTY LOVEY-DOVEY LAST YEAR. >> Steve: YES. GOING TO STAY. APPLAUSE FROM THERE. >> Kate: THAT WOULD BE THE >> Steve: THAT'S RIGHT. WE NEED TO BACK OFF. REPUBLICANS, A MAN LIKE TED HOBBS, WHO IS A VERY >> Kate: NOT ONLY THAT, YOU REPUBLICANS ARE LOOKING TO EMBARRASS THE DEMOCRATS TO CAMPAIGN AGAINST THEM WITH. >> Steve: IT MAY BE HARD FOR >> Kate: LET ME BREAK YOU PICRAUX, AN ALBUQUERQUE

DEMOCRAT. >> Rep. Picraux: I'M JUST >> Kate: ARE YOU END JOINING >> Rep. Picraux: IT'S WUFL. >> Kate: I'M TALKING WITH GOVERNOR IS READY TO CEDE THE SPOTLIGHT TO >> Rep. Picraux: HE DID MAKE THE LEGISLATURE SHALL -- WE WILL WORK WITH THE STATEMENT. AND THEN, OF COURSE, HE WENT ON TO TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAM >> Kate: FOR ONE HOUR, >> Rep. Picraux: 13 AND A THIS WAS CLEARLY A GOVERNOR -- HE SAID HE WAS A GOVERNOR HE HAS MADE GREAT CHANGES. THE MOVE.

COMING OUT THROUGHOUT THE NEW MEXICO. AND IN THE LANGUAGE OF A FEW BOLD VISION, AND NO HOLDING >> Kate: QUICKLY RUN THROUGH TO COME OUT OF THIS SESSION? >> Rep. Picraux: THE MOST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOB HE WILL SAY NEW MEXICO IS HE WILL TOUT THE TAX REFORMS WE HAVE HAD. TO ATTRACT PEOPLE. OUTLAY PROGRAMS, THAT WE ARE THAT TRAIN. WE ARE GOING TO USE PUBLIC CARS, THAT WE ARE GOING TO

AND THEN ON UP TO SANTA FE, WILL BE NEW HOMES FOR LOTS OF PEOPLE. >> Kate: AS NICE AS THAT TAXPAYERS WOULD LIKE TO SEE REFORM. >> Rep. Picraux: I THINK IT IS SMALL STEPS OVER SEVERAL YEARS. THAT'S REFORM THAT COSTS WE NEED CLASSROOMS. SECOND YEAR OF THE THREE GOOD CLASSROOMS, PRODUCE KIDS THAT LEARN, AND THEN FIRST YEAR, WHERE YOU NOW AND THEN NEXT YEAR, FOR THE

TAX, AND LAND AND PERMANENT TRUST FUND TAX -- THEY ARE PERMANENT TRUST FUND YOUR KOFFERS. COMMITMENT THAT EVERY CHILD OR SHE NEEDS. KINDERGARTEN, BRINGING THE GRADES. CLASSROOM SIZES. >> Kate: VERY QUICKLY, IN A THE GOVERNOR ALLUDED THAT THINKS CAPITAL OUTLAY >> Rep. Picraux: I THINK WE MY BET IS THAT MOST OF US

THEN OUR LOCAL PROJECTS. PROBABLY ALL SAY WE ARE HEALTH CARE REFORM. UNINSURED PEOPLE. HELP GET THESE PEOPLE ADMINISTRATIVE UNIFICATION TKPWOFGTS, LOCAL STESZ, WHATEVER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN THE NOT DISTANCE FUTURE, THEY ARE LEFT OUT. AFFORD T WE ARE GOING TO BE THEY WILL PAY THEIR OWN WAY. THE STATE DOES NOT SUBSIDIZE

THAT. BUT WE ARE GOING TO OPPORTUNITY. >> Kate: THANK YOU, HOUSE PUBLISHER OF CROSSWINDS THAT CONCLUDES OUR LIVE BE SURE TO JOIN ME AGAIN FOR OUR REGULAR EDITION OF CAUCUS. GOOD FE. GO, CLIFFORD!

WATCH WHAT HAPPENS CLIFFORD, STOP! BLHH BLHH BLHH BLHH BLHH! SORRY, T-BONE. IS YOUR SAND CASTLE IT'S A GREAT THANKS. I'VE BEEN AND--WHOA! HEY! YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT, I HAVE THE MOST MAC, YOU ALMOST COOL? I'LL TELL YOU GUESS WHO'S COMING WHO?! WHO?! CHAMPION OSCAR OWENS NEVER HEARD OF HIM.

SORRY, MAC.