Viante New Mexico is a grassroots, nonpartisan, educational platform, providing a one-of-a-kind scorecard that shows how legislators are representing New Mexicans through their attendance and how they are performing based on three key issues: Education, Crime, and Quality of Life. Executive Director, Rhiannon Samuel, invites...
Ernie C'de Baca is the CEO and President of the Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce. Today he explains the "financial burden" the City Council's proposed "Sick Leave Bill" would be on small business. Ernie emphasis that Albuquerque and New Mexico need to develop a reputation...
Rio Grande Foundation President, Paul Gessing reviews the following hot-button political issues in New Mexico over the past three weeks: The economic impact of canceling the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta estimated to be $187,000,000.00 What is the latest from the Governor's office about re-opening New Mexico?...
New Mexico House Minority Leader James (Jim) Townsend joins the program today to tell us about the new movement sweeping our state called RESPECT New Mexico. Jim has served four-terms representing the people of District 54. His closest friends are both Democrats and Republicans. As...
Vince Torres loves people in his work as a Pastor, and he loves people in his work in politics. He explains in the program today why he thinks our parental rights and religious freedoms are under attack by people that want to silence Christians. Vince...
Paul Gessing is the President of the Rio Grande Foundation. His knowledge of the issues and players in New Mexico politics makes for a lively discussion. These are just a few of the topics Paul addresses for us on this show with links to the...
Congressman Steve Pearce is the Chairman of the Republican Party of New Mexico. Primary election day is next Tuesday, June 2, 2020. The Congressman offers some insight into President Trump and the goals the Republican party has to secure our borders, streamline the process of...
Paul goes to work for us today, explaining the "All Together New Mexico" document released by Governor Lujan-Grisham on May 15, 2020. The first topic we discuss today is the "contact tracing" requirements for restaurants. Paul raises the question if these rules are an infringement...
Rhiannon Samuel is the Executive Director of Viante (Vee-on-tay) of New Mexico. Viante has just released its Legislative Scorecards for 2020. Rhiannon has a lot to say about New Mexico legislators that don't show up to vote! For more information go to https://viantenm.org/....
Paul is the President of the Rio Grande Foundation. Each time he visits our program, he addresses the critical political issues facing New Mexicans. I invite him to ABQ Connect because Paul takes the risk of offering our listeners well thought out solutions to the...