This week has been a busy one on the news front. On Wednesday, Governor Richardson ended weeks of speculation by using his line item veto on the controversial food tax. We were there for the press conference, which also included details about the Governor’s plan to balance the budget without the food tax included. Here’s the full press conference, if you are inclined to watch it.

We’ll be keeping an eye on how this all develops in the coming weeks and months. It will be especially interesting to see what programs/services might lose out on those federal stimulus dollars, if the Governor has to dip into the $20 million he mentioned in the press conference.
And ultimately, we may still be headed to another special session, depending on how the next round of revenue projections pans out.

This week, we also wanted to pay tribute to the memory of former U.S. Interior Secretary Stewart Udall. The career public servant passed away last weekend at his home in Santa Fe. Here’s a special online only segment of THE LINE, where our panelists discuss their memories of Udall, and talk about his lasting legacy of protecting our nation’s outdoor wonders.

Have your own reflections on the legacy of Stewart Udall? Leave a comment below, or send us an email at infocus@knme.org.

 This is also a good time to pull this video out of our archive.  It’s a webisode that we’ve had up on our site for several months now.  It looks at Udall’s legacy as Interior Secretary with an emphasis on Canyonlands National Park in Utah.

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