KSFR Story on Education Spending, January 21, 2019

January 22, 2019 KGFisher Comment

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2 weeks ago

Congratulations to Larry Barker at KRQE News 13 for being nominated for a Rocky Mountain Emmys award for his terrific investigative piece on the troubling lack of transparency in New Mexico's infrastructure funding process.

"Lawmakers call it Capital Outlay. Others call it pork. Whatever you call it, it’s the process the Legislature uses to fund public works projects. This year about $600,000,000 will be divvied up among the state’s 112 elected lawmakers. Each House and Senate member doles out their share to projects in their home districts. How does it work? Who is behind the expenditure of tens of millions? That’s a legislative secret." ... See MoreSee Less

The Money Game: Legislators shell out hundreds of millions, anonymously

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It’s a massive cement slab abandoned in Corrales, and it’s all there is to show for a $1,200,000 state-funded public works project. The site was supposed to be a museum visitor center. Instead, it...

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2 weeks ago

Former Leadership Intern Shea Nathaniel Fallick ('17) and his partner Zoe Ravina sent us this pic of them wearing their Think New Mexico "thinking caps" at the Loch Raven Reservoir near Baltimore, Maryland! ... See MoreSee Less

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4 weeks ago

"Incensed is the best word to describe my reaction to the 26 percent pay raise to $220,000 a year for New Mexico Lottery CEO David Barden (“Lottery chief gets 26 percent salary hike,” July 19). This $46,000 annual increase comes at the expense of college scholarships for New Mexico students.

When I retired from the U.S. Air Force after 24 years, my basic pay was $69,804 (a matter of public record). I commanded an organization of 2,200 people in four locations across the nation with an annual budget approaching $200 million. Where is the CEO’s and the lottery board’s sense of balance between executive compensation and their mission?

Have we descended so far that the only way to retain leadership is through money? Where is the sense of service to the nation, to the state, and most importantly, to worthy college students in New Mexico?" - Gary D. Payton, Colonel, USAF-retired ... See MoreSee Less

What happened to service?

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Incensed is the best word to describe my reaction to the 26 percent pay raise to $220,000 a year for New Mexico Lottery CEO David Barden (“Lottery chief gets 26

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AMEN. I agree.

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We are excited to celebrate our incredible Leadership Interns on #NationalInternDay! These future leaders of New Mexico are already hard at work helping Think New Mexico research and develop effective public policy reforms. ... See MoreSee Less

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Great intern talent this summer. Excellent choice by Think NM staff.

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4 weeks ago

"In a state like New Mexico, the promise of a tuition-free college education was no small thing, and it has helped many New Mexicans attain an education they otherwise couldn’t have afforded. So let’s remember Barden is raking in 26% more on the backs of New Mexico students – students trying to use a now-partial scholarship as a shovel to dig out of systemic and cyclical poverty in a state where half the population is on Medicaid and one in four residents is on food stamps; a state ranked 48th in the nation for childhood poverty where 27% of children live at or below the federal poverty level; a state where too many of the people who buy Barden’s tickets can ill afford to do so.

Try to explain Barden’s 26% raise to them." - Albuquerque Journal ... See MoreSee Less

OPINION | Editorial: NM's bad bet: Lottery CEO hits the salary jackpot

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OPINION | There's no telling if she's ever bought a scratcher or played the Powerball, but New Mexico Gov. Mic ...

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Good stuff, Fred. You're doing important work!

4 weeks ago · 1

Great editorial.

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