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Pretending things would have been alright with other leadership is just wrong

March 10, 2010 by New Mexico FBIHOP

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Original Author: 
Matt
I think that one aspect of the discussion of New Mexico's budget problems that is glossed over, especially by opponents of Gov. Bill Richardson, is the fact that New Mexico is not alone in this.

The latest was the New Mexico Republican Party's 2002 gubernatorial candidate, and current Lt. Gov. candidate, John Sanchez. Here's part of an interview with Sanchez:

The Republican says the state would be "flush" with cash instead of struggling to cope with massive budget shortfalls. Government would be more efficient - and more effective.
To say that things would have been better off is one thing, but to say that the state would be "flush" with cash seems like something out of Pollyanna rather than reality.

In fact, New Mexico, as bad as it has been, is in better shape than a number of states (California, Nevada, New York, Florida and Michigan in particular would love to switch places with New Mexico).

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities wrote:

But in over half the states, new gaps have recently emerged for 2010, as revenues have fallen short of the projections on which the 2010 budgets were based (even though the projections themselves seemed pessimistic at the time).

Wrong time, wrong place for a Democratic primary

February 25, 2010 by Bleeding Heartland

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Original Author: 
desmoinesdem
Ed Fallon confirmed this week that he is trying to recruit a primary challenger against Governor Chet Culver. Fallon has been sounding the alarm about Culver's re-election prospects for some time. He now believes Culver will lose to Terry Branstad, and Iowa Democrats would have a better chance nominating someone else for governor.

I voted for Fallon in the 2006 gubernatorial primary and wrote a short book's worth of posts at this blog on why I supported his 2008 primary challenge to Congressman Leonard Boswell.

This time, I think his efforts are misguided, and I explain why after the jump.  

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"Free Holden Caulfield" - Learning To Question Authority

Submitted by Waxing America on Mon, 02/22/2010 - 06:29
Original Author: 
paul soglin
In his New Yorker blog, Hendrik Hertzberg wrote last week of his high school encounter with J. D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye." Hertzberg remembers the "cool" English teacher, Mr. Perkins, who assigned the book to his Suffern, NY, eleventh-grade class. A few days later, school authorities confiscated the books and the next year Mr. Perkins was gone. But the spark was lit. As for me and my friends, we were shocked. We were hurt. But we were also...

Lessons For Milwaukee Area: Urban Investment A Key To Regional Revival: Brookings Institution

Submitted by The Political E... on Fri, 02/12/2010 - 06:26
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jer45y@gmail.com (James Rowen)
A few years ago, the prestigious Brookings Institution said in a major study the Great Lakes could be revived economically with, among other initiatives, a concentrated strategy that focused on cities and older neighborhoods.

If the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission took its role more seriously, it could have produced a master plan for the region this comprehensive and coordinated - - as its enabling statutory authority allows.

Instead, we get piecemeal planning, such as a 35+years interval between housing plans, endorsement of adding 120 miles of new freeway lanes, and a water supply study, nearly five years in the drafting, that is only now, at the end, considering the socio-economic impact of moving Lake Michigan water to Waukesha and an expanded service area to the even=farther west and south of the city.

Here is the summary of Brookings report .

Executive Summary

It's really a beautiful 3am in NY. Where are you and how's the weather? (via Twitter)

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