New Mexico In Depth (https://nmindepth.com/prominence/commentary/page/2/)
COMMENTARY: If you think the political operatives and PACs who package candidates should pick your elected representatives and make campaigns for office incredibly expensive, stop reading and do not answer your door.
I’ll be blunt: the 2014 campaign for governor feels like canned reality TV. New Mexico needs a leader with a strong vision, an ability to communicate it in simple terms that unifies, and the know-how to make it happen. All I see is politics as usual.
COMMENTARY: Martin Esquivel was a member of a governmental board refusing to disclose an important report to the public while also on the board of an organization advocating for the report’s release to the public. The two are irreconcilable.
COMMENTARY: The flood of Central American immigrants into the United States is alarming. But don’t direct your anger at them. First, we Americans need to take a long, hard look in the mirror.
COMMENTARY: We at New Mexico In Depth were a bit confused – befuddled might be a better word – at your press release yesterday implying the media hasn’t scrutinized the behavioral health situation. We think maybe you’re a little behind on your reading.
COMMENTARY: The state’s leading transparency group considered giving the governor and attorney general its top award even as it prepared to sue them for keeping an audit secret. That’s ludicrous, and it’s indicative of changes the organization needs to make.
COMMENTARY: Today officially launches a journalistic project documenting the lives of the women in an immigrant family I’ve spent months getting to know. I hope you’re challenged and enriched by the experience like I have been.
COMMENTARY: If the law enforcement effort really is dependent on absolute secrecy of the audit, then Human Services Department officials need to stop leaking it. They can’t have it both ways.
COMMENTARY: Madame Governor, you say you want the media to help the public understand your administration’s decision to suspend Medicaid payments to organizations. First, you can help by telling your employees to answer reporters’ questions.
COMMENTARY: The appearance created by the inclusion of yet-to-be-identified industry representatives in secret Health Insurance Exchange committee meetings, coupled with the exclusion of the public, threatens the integrity of the Exchange.