About Today...

Do you know what today is? The first day all state legislators get together to find a way to cover a five hundred million dollar budget shortfall. Let’s be honest we don’t need the newspapers or the television to tell us how bad things are for a lot of people, we can see with our own eyes and by talking with our family and friends that things are real bad.

At home when the money is not coming in what do most people do? Cut out the items we could do without. What do our elected officials do in Santa Fe? They do the opposite and raise taxes on everything they can think of.

Elected officials, always say the same things when I point this out to them.

1. No one ever contacts me and tells me not to raise taxes.
2. What is a few more cents on the dollar?
3. We can’t cut anything because I want to get re-elected.

Do any of those reasons make sense to you or would you run your household like this?

The major problem the Republican Party has in Santa Fe is they all do their own thing. If ONE Republican votes for ANY tax or fee increase Democrats put out a press release claiming that their effort to raise taxes was bi-partisan.

We cannot allow this to happen again. Republican legislators need to stick together and pledge not to make our lives more expensive at a time when our incomes are already threatened. Contact your elected officials and tell them if they vote for any TAX or FEE increase we will find their replacement this year. Things will never change if you don’t or won’t make a stand for what you believe.

----- Republican Legislators -----

House of Representatives
RepresentativeThomas A. Anderson - (R) e-mail kb5ysg@arrl.net
Representative Donald E. Bratton - (R) e-mail don.bratton@nmlegis.gov
Representative Janice E. Arnold-Jones - (R) e-mail jearnoldjones@aol.com
Representative Paul C. Bandy - (R) e-mail paul@paulbandy.org
Representative Zachary J. Cook - (R) e-mail zachjcook@gmail.com
Representative Anna M. Crook - (R) e-mail anna.crook@nmlegis.gov
Representative Nora Espinoza - (R) e-mail noralee@cableone.net
Representative Candy Spence Ezzell - (R) e-mail csecows@aol.com
Representative Keith J. Gardner - (R) e-mail gardners90@yahoo.com
Representative William J. Gray - (R) e-mail wjgray@pvtnetworks.net
Representative Jimmie C. Hall - (R) e-mail jimmie.hall@nmlegis.gov
Representative Dianne Miller Hamilton - (R) e-mail dianne38john4132@zianet.com
Representative Dennis J. Kintigh - (R) e-mail askdennis@denniskintigh.com
Representative Larry A. Larrañaga - (R) e-mail larry@larranaga.com
Representative Kathy A. McCoy - (R) e-mail katrina@swcp.com
Representative Jane E. Powdrell-Culbert - (R) e-mail jpandp@comcast.net
Representative William "Bill" R. Rehm - (R) e-mail bill.rehm@nmlegis.gov
Representative Dennis J. Roch - (R) e-mail denroch@hotmail.com
Representative James R.J. Strickler - (R) e-mail jamesstrickler@msn.com
Representative Thomas C. Taylor - (R) e-mail tom@tomtaylor.net
Representative Don L. Tripp - (R) e-mail trippsdon@netscape.net
Representative Shirley A. Tyler - (R) e-mail sntyler@valornet.com
Representative Gloria C. Vaughn - (R) e-mail NONE
Representative Jeannette O. Wallace - (R) e-mail wallace@losalamos.com
Representative James P. White - (R) e-mail james.white@nmlegis.gov

State Senate
Senator Rod Adair - (R) e-mail radair@dfn.com
Senator Vernon D. Asbill - (R) e-mail vernon@asbillforsenate.com
Senator Sue Wilson Beffort - (R) e-mail sue.beffort@nmlegis.gov
Senator Mark Boitano - (R) e-mail boitanom@aol.com
Senator Kent L. Cravens - (R) e-mail klcravens@alphagraphics.com
Senator Dianna J. Duran - (R) e-mail dianna.duran@nmlegis.gov
Senator Clinton D. Harden - (R) e-mail charden@theosogroup.com
Senator Stuart Ingle - (R) e-mail stuart.ingle@nmlegis.gov
Senator Gay G. Kernan - (R) e-mail ggkern@valornet.com
Senator Carroll H. Leavell - (R) e-mail leavell4@leaco.net
Senator Steven P. Neville - (R) e-mail nmsenate@msn.com
Senator William H. Payne - (R) e-mail william.payne@nmlegis.gov
Senator Sander Rue - (R) e-mail sanderrue@comcast.net
Senator John C. Ryan - (R) e-mail johnchrisryan@yahoo.com
Senator William E. Sharer - (R) e-mail bill@williamsharer.com