STATE LAWMAKERS ARE NOW IN SANTA FE FIR A SPECIAL SESSION ON FIXING NEW MEXICO’S HUGE BUDGET DEFICIT. BUT UNM POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR GABRIEL SANCHEZ SAYS THERE’S NO AGREEMENT IN PLACE BEFORE THE SESSION STARTS.
SANCHEZ SAYS YOU’D LIKE TO SEE AT LEAST AN AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE FROM ALL INVOLVED BEFORE SESSIONS LIKE THIS GET UNDERWAY, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT THE SPECIAL SESSION WILL COST TAXPAYERS 50-THOUSAND DOLLARS A DAY.
THROW IN THE FACT THE GOVERNOR WANTS LAWMAKERS TO CONSIDER RE-INSTATING THE DEATH PENALTY, AND SANCHEZ SAYS THE ODDS OF THIS BEING A SHORT SESSION AREN’T GOOD.
