[CedarDave]

Heavily excerpted.

Moise is Steve Moise, the new chief investment officer for the State Investment Council. The SIC is is responsible for investing $14 billion in New Mexico's permanent funds, and is the second largest state fund after Alaska and the 30th largest in the world. It has been embroiled in Pay-to-Play scandals involving the corrupt Richardson administration and his appointed political cronies. Moise has now taken over and power has shifted from Richardson appointees to those appointed by the state legislature (which in itself leads to problems).

A good read for NM citizens on how political power is accumulated and used in the state.

[CedarDave]

The article is a few days old, but worth reading in its entirety.

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[latina4dubya]

my cousin in NM shot a man in a fit of jealous rage... (he felt the man had a thing for his wife)... his lawyer told him he could pay off a certain judge and do no time... so he did... and he did NO time...

[Rogle]

The number of those who the Gov. could appoint was not always as it has been. For all commissions under the Johnson administration there was a balance between the number of appointees by the gov and those made by the legislature. That all changed in 2003 when Richardson was elected and took over as Gov. He insisted that he have the right to make the majority of the appointments and his lap dog Ben Lujan made sure it happened.

[cicero2k]

I can never forget the presidential in 2000, when NM was close; too close for even CBS to call for Al Gore. Bush had a slight lead for hours, 99% of the precincts were in.

Slowly, votes were found for Al Gore until he took the state.

NM has always been tarnished in my mind since.