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Tipping Point NM episode 342: Talking infrastructure bills, deregulation, and railroads with analyst Marc Scribner
By Paul Gessing on Oct 08, 2021 03:12 pmMarc and Paul discuss the ongoing debate in Washington over various “infrastructure” bills. They discuss infrastructure and transportation more broadly and how it is funded. Finally, they discuss a new policy brief Marc wrote about America’s freight railroads in which he discusses their tremendous economic impact (including in New Mexico), the fact that these railroads build and maintain …
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Should we blame politicians for COVID deaths?
By Paul Gessing on Oct 08, 2021 02:47 pmI’m old enough to remember when candidate Joe Biden blamed President Trump for each of 200,000 COVID deaths in the United States. See clip below. This was a bogus statement at the time. While the Trump Administration’s approach to COVID certainly can be questioned, the fact is that no one in the world has had …
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MLG’s top health advisor: masking indoors could last 2-3 more YEARS
By Paul Gessing on Oct 07, 2021 02:41 pmIn his latest update on the (now 19 months old) COVID 19 pandemic, Gov. Lujan Grisham’s top medical advisor Dr. David Scrase laid the groundwork for indoor masking for another 2-3 years. As reported in the Santa Fe New Mexican, Scrase said “We need to think of longer-term solutions to manage this pandemic — things …
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RGF offers comments on PED’s critical race theory laden social security standards
By Paul Gessing on Oct 07, 2021 10:25 amPlease see the following comments regarding the Public Education Department’s proposed social security curriculum. (Here is a PDF of our comments). See the actual comments below the discussion of HOW to submit your own! PED is NOW accepting public comments and will do so until November 12, 2021 at 5 p.m. (MDT). There will be …
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Episode 341: Oil, Gas and Hydrogen, Balloon Fiesta, Soccer Stadium Update and more
By Paul Gessing on Oct 07, 2021 09:03 amOn this week’s conversation, Paul and Wally discuss the New Mexico Oil and Gas Association conference that Paul attended. Gov. MLG also made headlines with her talk of hydrogen as an energy source. After a year hiatus, Albuquerque’s International Balloon Fiesta is back. They stood up to the Gov. on vaccine mandates. Paul and his …
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RGF’s NM United postcards, coming to a mailbox near you?
By Paul Gessing on Oct 06, 2021 01:42 pmRGF has sent out the following postcard to certain “swing” voters. If you are a hard-core conservative Republican who ALWAYS votes in municipal elections (in Albuquerque) you likely won’t get one. But we want to share the information with everyone right here:
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On KOAT Channel 7 RGF Reacts to poll showing United Stadium lacks support
By Paul Gessing on Oct 05, 2021 04:59 pmEarly voting at the county clerks’ offices is taking place now. A new poll says that overwhelming majorities of Albuquerque voters are against the use of taxpayer dollars to finance the stadium. While gratified by this news, we recognize that polls are often inaccurate and that the only poll that REALLY matters is the actual …
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Early (early) voting begins October 5! (and some good news)
By Paul Gessing on Oct 04, 2021 11:37 amEarly voting at county clerk’s offices kicks off October 5. Here are the particulars in Bernalillo County and here they are for absentee ballots, same day voter registration, and a list of County Clerk’s offices for early voting throughout New Mexico. All elections matter, but the elections taking place this fall are particularly important. This is …
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NY Times notes COVID’s 2 month cycle, questions impact of interventions
By Paul Gessing on Oct 04, 2021 08:48 amThe following is directly cut from the New York Times’ morning email titled “COVID in retreat.” The data not only show that COVID cases are declining, but that the virus seems to operate on a two month cycle “and occurred when human behavior was not changing in obvious ways.” The entire email is worth a read, …
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