We live in a time where patriotism is not as simple as it used to be. Patriotism is such a deceptively difficult concept, and maybe there never was a time in U.S. history when people fully agreed what it meant. Nowadays, it seems that to call yourself “patriotic,” you must be able to check off…
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Nota Bene by AHD: July 25th, 2018
I. The RTW dominoes continue to fall: Roosevelt county isn’t necessarily a bastion of industry and working populations but their county commission approved an Americans for Prosperity backed Right-to-Work ordinance Wednesday making it the sixth New Mexico county to enact such an ordinance bypassing the union influenced Democratic majority in the Roundhouse. Read more about…
Have New Mexico Republicans abandoned Congressional District One?
New Mexico’s first congressional district was never a Republican bastion, but it used to be close. Made up primarily of Bernalillo county and the state’s largest city, Albuquerque, the district supported the Republican Presidential candidate until 1988, and was represented by a Republican for forty straight years. That ended with Rep. Heather Wilson’s departure in…
How Will Tax Reform Impact New Mexico?
The GOP‘s $1.5 trillion tax overhaul won congressional approval early Wednesday morning and is expected to be signed into law by President Trump. So how will New Mexicans be impacted? In a nutshell, most New Mexicans will get a tax cut – at least for the next eight years. But the answer is a little…