Senators: We were led to N.M. by will of people By STATE SENS. RODNEY ELLIS, MARIO GALLEGOS and JOHN WHITMIRE Aug. 5, 2003, 7:43PM To paraphrase one of the greatest civil rights activists of the 20th century, "We are sick and tired of being sick and tired." Fannie Lou Hamer uttered these infamous words during her crusade in the 1960s and 1970s to encourage political participation and the right to vote by African-Americans, Hispanics and other minorities. We and our fellow senators are in Albuquerque, N.M., because the same important issue faces the citizens and state of Texas. What we...