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On Governor Bill Richardson’s official blog, someone tried to have a little fun before the final weekend and make a humorous post, declaring the State Capitol Building a “Valentine Disaster” because of “bovine manure.”
The blog initially began, “After declaring a weather-related disaster for Northwest New Mexico, Governor Bill Richardson decided another disaster declaration was necessary for the State Capitol Building.” Later, the blog was forced to clarify that the post was, indeed, only a joke.
In addition to writing that the Roundhouse “has been severely impacted by an extreme amount of bovine manure from the First Floor of the Roundhouse, beginning in January of 2003 and intensifying in duration and quantity since that time,” the post poked fun at the typical tension between the House and Senate.
WHEREAS, House and Senate members refuse to communicate, refuse to pass each other’s bills and are threatening to throw flour tortillas at each other;
This is in reference to the so-called tortilla tax that would apply the gross receipts tax to many staple foods including the flour tortilla, a New Mexico favorite.
KOB reporter Gadi Schwartz theorized on Twitter that “Someone must be bored in the gov’s office on the 4th floor.”
Though the blog was a joke, the Independent can’t say that we haven’t heard as bad on the House or Senate floor.
