NM Legislative Special Session: we’ll discuss with State Senator Joe Cervantes, State Representative Joanne Ferrary and Benjamin A. Baker the recent controversy over the “special session” called by the Governor that the Legislature closed in a day without considering most of her agenda. What happened and why? What should have happened? What’s next on those serious issues? Mr. Baker is the Senior Public Safety Advisor for the Governor’s Office. [Please note that the Governor's Office will hold a town hall on this issue Thursday evening at 5:30 p.m. in the Las Cruces Convention Center located at 680 E University Ave.]
Mr. Biden has withdrawn, Ms. Harris is running for President. We’ll discuss these developments and how the campaign looks with Democrat Robert McNamara and Republican Merrit Allen.
Las Cruces’s proposed overhaul of the animal ordinance: as city councilors and meeting attendees know, animal advocates have waged a long campaign to significantly change the city’s animal ordinance. We’ll discuss the compromise proposal that recently passed legal review with advocates Kathe Stark and Geri Wheelis, LCPD Supervisor for Animal Control Gino Jimenez, and City Attorney Brad Douglas. What are the issues? How much of what advocates wanted is in the ordinance? How will it change city practices?
We’ll be joined by Zeke Rodriguez, a local conservative, to discuss issues and how to talk with each other across the partisan divide.
Our friend, Jamar Cotton returns to talk about the fantastic season the Banitas, Las Cruces’s women’s football team, is having, along with two of his players. This past Saturday they won another playoff game in their effort to return to the national finals at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.
As many listeners know, our friend and pubic benefactor John Paul Taylor died Grbruary 12, 2023; he and his wife had reached agreement to donate their interesting home in Mesilla to the state, for a museum, fully effective after their deaths. Their daughter Mary Helen Ratje and museum director Alexandra McKinney will discuss the museum and the “Taylor Talks” starting 27July.
Co-hosts, Daisy Maldonano and Peter Goodman discuss items in the news, locla and national.
Peter and Daisy talk with writer and national podcaster, Julia Brewer Daily, about her writing and her podcast,“Writers over 50”.
Peter and Daisy talk with city officials, Natalie Green and Kevin Wilson the city's affordable housing programs.
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