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Author Archives: merilee
Small business needs a real relief act
Before it vanishes into the vapor, mourned by almost no one, let me tell you about the Small Business Regulatory Relief Act. Promising title, wasn’t it? It could evaporate this year. It’s named in a long list of things to … Continue reading
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Obstacles to state restructuring may be set in concrete
In the old days, a friend reminisced long ago, we had to move after every election. State office buildings were rented, she explained. After the election the new governor could reward political supporters with leases. Mediocre facilities, scattered all over … Continue reading
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What shall we do with a drunken worker?
This was submitted to the Albuquerque Journal in response to a Journal news story and published in January 2011. The Journal’s latest report of an apparently outrageous workers’ compensation case touches on a genuine controversy in workers’ compensation (“Drunken Worker … Continue reading
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Size matters in government, too
The New Mexico Economic Development Department employs fewer than 100 people and has a pretty simple business model: it promotes economic development. The New Mexico Health Department employs well over 3,000 people. It operates eight residential medical facilities, including hospitals … Continue reading
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Too fat to drive? What’s next?
“I’m takin’ little white pills and my eyes are open wide.” Remember that? “Six Days on the Road,” composed in 1963. An anthem celebrating the great American truck driver, knight of the road, proud and free, lean and mean. The … Continue reading
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Fixing the real problem, whatever that is
My friend and I are discussing the legacy of Governor Bill Richardson. Aside from all the controversies, what did he really do for New Mexico ? “He finally got education reformed,” my friend says. “Replaced the old state school board … Continue reading
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What the next governor didn’t plan for
Bob Woodward was all over the talk shows a few weeks ago. Woodward is the indefatigible Washington Post reporter and author of many “insider” books about presidents; his newest is “Obama’s War,” about President Obama and the Afghanistan war. According … Continue reading
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Are you really ready to vote early?
Early Voting begins in New Mexico on October 16. Are you ready? Perhaps you have reached a firm decision on your choices for Governor and your district’s representative to Congress. Good. How about the rest of the ballot? New Mexico … Continue reading
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Whatever happened to local radio?
When was the last time you tried to get a weather report in a snowstorm while driving? The medium that used to be universal and accessible to everybody doesn’t work anymore. That is, the radio in your car: the moving … Continue reading
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What work comp doesn’t cover
This was a response to an article in the Albuquerque Journal, published as an op-ed article by the Journal in September, 2010. Something must be missing from the recent Journal column by Joline Gutierrez Kruger about a workers’ compensation claim … Continue reading
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