Comments on: Louis Caldera resigns from White House job http://newmexicoindependent.com/27027/louis-caldera-resigns-from-white-house-job New Mexico news and politics Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: JoMa http://newmexicoindependent.com/27027/louis-caldera-resigns-from-white-house-job#comment-22393 JoMa Sat, 09 May 2009 05:40:26 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=27027#comment-22393 We've been able to send some skilled players to DC in the past. As of now, Bingaman is the only one with any chops left. Too early to tell if any of the newbies will amount to much. Sad. We've been able to send some skilled players to DC in the past. As of now, Bingaman is the only one with any chops left. Too early to tell if any of the newbies will amount to much. Sad.

]]> By: babyfatt http://newmexicoindependent.com/27027/louis-caldera-resigns-from-white-house-job#comment-22392 babyfatt Sat, 09 May 2009 04:27:13 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=27027#comment-22392 No, his failure as president at UNM was that he failed at the number one job of all university presidents: he demonstrated an utter inability to bring in money by the barrel full. He was lousy at all the political aspects of the job, but that failure would have been easily forgiven had he been able to grow the endowment significantly. His problem is not that he is a bureaucrat, it is that he is not a skilled bureaucrat. So of course he comes back to the elephant graveyard of politics: New Mexico. He and Richardson can hang out at the Rio Chama together talking about what they coulda/shoulda/woulda done back in DC, while watching the real players on basic cable. Oh, the humanity.... No, his failure as president at UNM was that he failed at the number one job of all university presidents: he demonstrated an utter inability to bring in money by the barrel full. He was lousy at all the political aspects of the job, but that failure would have been easily forgiven had he been able to grow the endowment significantly. His problem is not that he is a bureaucrat, it is that he is not a skilled bureaucrat. So of course he comes back to the elephant graveyard of politics: New Mexico. He and Richardson can hang out at the Rio Chama together talking about what they coulda/shoulda/woulda done back in DC, while watching the real players on basic cable. Oh, the humanity….

]]> By: babyfatt http://newmexicoindependent.com/27027/louis-caldera-resigns-from-white-house-job#comment-22390 babyfatt Sat, 09 May 2009 04:22:26 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=27027#comment-22390 Great, now he's gonna come back here to screw something else up. Great, now he's gonna come back here to screw something else up.

]]> By: JoMa http://newmexicoindependent.com/27027/louis-caldera-resigns-from-white-house-job#comment-22391 JoMa Sat, 09 May 2009 02:37:59 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=27027#comment-22391 Even if Caldera had seen to proper communications with the NYC authorities and the public through the city's mass media channels, the fact that this "photo update" cost the taxpayers $329,000 is the bigger outrage. Frankly, its not even a very good photo.<br><br>Its that kind of attitude towards "government money", embraced by most government bureaucrats, that drives me up the proverbial wall. Did this kind of thinking get UNM into the tight spot its in now? Even if Caldera had seen to proper communications with the NYC authorities and the public through the city's mass media channels, the fact that this “photo update” cost the taxpayers $329,000 is the bigger outrage. Frankly, its not even a very good photo.

Its that kind of attitude towards “government money”, embraced by most government bureaucrats, that drives me up the proverbial wall. Did this kind of thinking get UNM into the tight spot its in now?

]]> By: JoMa http://newmexicoindependent.com/27027/louis-caldera-resigns-from-white-house-job#comment-18901 JoMa Sat, 09 May 2009 00:40:26 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=27027#comment-18901 We've been able to send some skilled players to DC in the past. As of now, Bingaman is the only one with any chops left. Too early to tell if any of the newbies will amount to much. Sad. We've been able to send some skilled players to DC in the past. As of now, Bingaman is the only one with any chops left. Too early to tell if any of the newbies will amount to much. Sad.

]]> By: JoMa http://newmexicoindependent.com/27027/louis-caldera-resigns-from-white-house-job#comment-10667 JoMa Fri, 08 May 2009 23:40:26 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=27027#comment-10667 We've been able to send some skilled players to DC in the past. As of now, Bingaman is the only one with any chops left. Too early to tell if any of the newbies will amount to much. Sad. We've been able to send some skilled players to DC in the past. As of now, Bingaman is the only one with any chops left. Too early to tell if any of the newbies will amount to much. Sad.

]]> By: JoMa http://newmexicoindependent.com/27027/louis-caldera-resigns-from-white-house-job#comment-5884 JoMa Fri, 08 May 2009 22:40:26 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=27027#comment-5884 We've been able to send some skilled players to DC in the past. As of now, Bingaman is the only one with any chops left. Too early to tell if any of the newbies will amount to much. Sad. We've been able to send some skilled players to DC in the past. As of now, Bingaman is the only one with any chops left. Too early to tell if any of the newbies will amount to much. Sad.

]]> By: babyfatt http://newmexicoindependent.com/27027/louis-caldera-resigns-from-white-house-job#comment-5882 babyfatt Fri, 08 May 2009 21:27:13 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=27027#comment-5882 No, his failure as president at UNM was that he failed at the number one job of all university presidents: he demonstrated an utter inability to bring in money by the barrel full. He was lousy at all the political aspects of the job, but that failure would have been easily forgiven had he been able to grow the endowment significantly. His problem is not that he is a bureaucrat, it is that he is not a skilled bureaucrat. So of course he comes back to the elephant graveyard of politics: New Mexico. He and Richardson can hang out at the Rio Chama together talking about what they coulda/shoulda/woulda done back in DC, while watching the real players on basic cable. Oh, the humanity.... No, his failure as president at UNM was that he failed at the number one job of all university presidents: he demonstrated an utter inability to bring in money by the barrel full. He was lousy at all the political aspects of the job, but that failure would have been easily forgiven had he been able to grow the endowment significantly. His problem is not that he is a bureaucrat, it is that he is not a skilled bureaucrat. So of course he comes back to the elephant graveyard of politics: New Mexico. He and Richardson can hang out at the Rio Chama together talking about what they coulda/shoulda/woulda done back in DC, while watching the real players on basic cable. Oh, the humanity….

]]> By: babyfatt http://newmexicoindependent.com/27027/louis-caldera-resigns-from-white-house-job#comment-5881 babyfatt Fri, 08 May 2009 21:22:26 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=27027#comment-5881 Great, now he's gonna come back here to screw something else up. Great, now he's gonna come back here to screw something else up.

]]> By: JoMa http://newmexicoindependent.com/27027/louis-caldera-resigns-from-white-house-job#comment-5879 JoMa Fri, 08 May 2009 19:37:59 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=27027#comment-5879 Even if Caldera had seen to proper communications with the NYC authorities and the public through the city's mass media channels, the fact that this "photo update" cost the taxpayers $329,000 is the bigger outrage.<br><br>Its that kind of attitude towards "government money", embraced by most government bureaucrats, that drives me up the proverbial wall. Did this kind of thinking get UNM into the tight spot its in now? Even if Caldera had seen to proper communications with the NYC authorities and the public through the city's mass media channels, the fact that this “photo update” cost the taxpayers $329,000 is the bigger outrage.

Its that kind of attitude towards “government money”, embraced by most government bureaucrats, that drives me up the proverbial wall. Did this kind of thinking get UNM into the tight spot its in now?

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