http://newmexicoindependent.com/27300/seeking-answers-on-finders-fee-windfalls New Mexico news and politics Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://newmexicoindependent.com/27300/seeking-answers-on-finders-fee-windfalls#comment-23457 babyfatt Thu, 14 May 2009 05:58:02 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=27300#comment-23457 I seldom agree with John Arthur Smith--though I am always (if reluctantly) grateful for the countervailing influence he provides with regard to state finances--but in this instance he's exactly correct. One hopes that our legislators will use the opportunity provided by the Bush recession (not to mention the Richardson scandals) to shine some light on how state investment funds are managed. The real problem is that in some ways New Mexicans have grown so inured to corruption from both parties and at all levels of our politics (from Domenici to Richardson, Wilson to Aragon) that corruption has lost its shock value. To paraphrase Simon and Garfunkle: God bless you please John Arthur Smith, our state turns its lonely eyes to you...coo coo choo. I seldom agree with John Arthur Smith–though I am always (if reluctantly) grateful for the countervailing influence he provides with regard to state finances–but in this instance he's exactly correct. One hopes that our legislators will use the opportunity provided by the Bush recession (not to mention the Richardson scandals) to shine some light on how state investment funds are managed. The real problem is that in some ways New Mexicans have grown so inured to corruption from both parties and at all levels of our politics (from Domenici to Richardson, Wilson to Aragon) that corruption has lost its shock value. To paraphrase Simon and Garfunkle: God bless you please John Arthur Smith, our state turns its lonely eyes to you…coo coo choo.

]]> http://newmexicoindependent.com/27300/seeking-answers-on-finders-fee-windfalls#comment-18697 babyfatt Thu, 14 May 2009 00:58:02 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=27300#comment-18697 I seldom agree with John Arthur Smith--though I am always (if reluctantly) grateful for the countervailing influence he provides with regard to state finances--but in this instance he's exactly correct. One hopes that our legislators will use the opportunity provided by the Bush recession (not to mention the Richardson scandals) to shine some light on how state investment funds are managed. The real problem is that in some ways New Mexicans have grown so inured to corruption from both parties and at all levels of our politics (from Domenici to Richardson, Wilson to Aragon) that corruption has lost its shock value. To paraphrase Simon and Garfunkle: God bless you please John Arthur Smith, our state turns its lonely eyes to you...coo coo choo. I seldom agree with John Arthur Smith–though I am always (if reluctantly) grateful for the countervailing influence he provides with regard to state finances–but in this instance he's exactly correct. One hopes that our legislators will use the opportunity provided by the Bush recession (not to mention the Richardson scandals) to shine some light on how state investment funds are managed. The real problem is that in some ways New Mexicans have grown so inured to corruption from both parties and at all levels of our politics (from Domenici to Richardson, Wilson to Aragon) that corruption has lost its shock value. To paraphrase Simon and Garfunkle: God bless you please John Arthur Smith, our state turns its lonely eyes to you…coo coo choo.

]]> http://newmexicoindependent.com/27300/seeking-answers-on-finders-fee-windfalls#comment-9486 babyfatt Wed, 13 May 2009 23:58:02 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=27300#comment-9486 I seldom agree with John Arthur Smith--though I am always (if reluctantly) grateful for the countervailing influence he provides with regard to state finances--but in this instance he's exactly correct. One hopes that our legislators will use the opportunity provided by the Bush recession (not to mention the Richardson scandals) to shine some light on how state investment funds are managed. The real problem is that in some ways New Mexicans have grown so inured to corruption from both parties and at all levels of our politics (from Domenici to Richardson, Wilson to Aragon) that corruption has lost its shock value. To paraphrase Simon and Garfunkle: God bless you please John Arthur Smith, our state turns its lonely eyes to you...coo coo choo. I seldom agree with John Arthur Smith–though I am always (if reluctantly) grateful for the countervailing influence he provides with regard to state finances–but in this instance he's exactly correct. One hopes that our legislators will use the opportunity provided by the Bush recession (not to mention the Richardson scandals) to shine some light on how state investment funds are managed. The real problem is that in some ways New Mexicans have grown so inured to corruption from both parties and at all levels of our politics (from Domenici to Richardson, Wilson to Aragon) that corruption has lost its shock value. To paraphrase Simon and Garfunkle: God bless you please John Arthur Smith, our state turns its lonely eyes to you…coo coo choo.

]]> http://newmexicoindependent.com/27300/seeking-answers-on-finders-fee-windfalls#comment-5958 babyfatt Wed, 13 May 2009 22:58:02 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=27300#comment-5958 I seldom agree with John Arthur Smith--though I am always (if reluctantly) grateful for the countervailing influence he provides with regard to state finances--but in this instance he's exactly correct. One hopes that our legislators will use the opportunity provided by the Bush recession (not to mention the Richardson scandals) to shine some light on how state investment funds are managed. The real problem is that in some ways New Mexicans have grown so inured to corruption from both parties and at all levels of our politics (from Domenici to Richardson, Wilson to Aragon) that corruption has lost its shock value. To paraphrase Simon and Garfunkle: God bless you please John Arthur Smith, our state turns its lonely eyes to you...coo coo choo. I seldom agree with John Arthur Smith–though I am always (if reluctantly) grateful for the countervailing influence he provides with regard to state finances–but in this instance he's exactly correct. One hopes that our legislators will use the opportunity provided by the Bush recession (not to mention the Richardson scandals) to shine some light on how state investment funds are managed. The real problem is that in some ways New Mexicans have grown so inured to corruption from both parties and at all levels of our politics (from Domenici to Richardson, Wilson to Aragon) that corruption has lost its shock value. To paraphrase Simon and Garfunkle: God bless you please John Arthur Smith, our state turns its lonely eyes to you…coo coo choo.

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