Rio Grande Foundation

Recent Articles

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  Media uses RGF information to ask MLG health advisor tough questions on “the science”
  by Paul Gessing
  April 22, 2021
  The Rio Grande Foundation recently gained access to the transcript of a deposition on the Gov.’s decision making process relating to COVID 19 and found “the science” to be lacking. Channel 4 KOB TV’s Patrick Hayes used this information to ask the Gov.’s health advisor David Scrase some questions during the press conference this week. […]
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  Is New Mexico REALLY “Following the Science” on COVID?
  by Paul Gessing
  April 20, 2021
  Recently (on February 29, 2021), Tracie Collins, M.D., New Mexico Secretary of Health was deposed in a case in US brought by various businesses that have opposed the Gov.’s lockdown policies relating to COVID 19. The Deposition was videotaped, so we can provide broadcast news outlets (or even just YouTube and similar platforms) with clips. […]
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  RGF requests and publishes public payrolls: Part 1: New Mexico Cities
  by Paul Gessing
  April 19, 2021
  New Mexico cities big and small are required to provide various public records. Unfortunately the process of requesting many of those records is onerous. That’s where the Rio Grande Foundation comes in. We have requested, received, and published public payroll records for most of New Mexico’s major cities. You can find that information here. To […]
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  Democrats walk fine line on energy
  by Paul Gessing
  April 19, 2021
  The following appeared in the Albuquerque Journal on April 18, Santa Fe New Mexican, and other New Mexico media outlets. If there were an overall theme for New Mexico’s current political situation it would be the ongoing attempts by Democrats to placate their environmentalist base which opposes traditional energy sources while at the same time […]

Errors of Enchantment

Errors of Enchantment is the official blog of the Rio Grande Foundation that addresses public policy issues facing New Mexico.

• You know government is too big when….
  April 21, 2021 by Paul Gessing
  The Rio Grande Foundation offices are near the new Bernalillo County headquarters building. This is the building which was formerly filled with PNM staffers and was purchased by the County. Cost of the building quickly went up by 50% to nearly $50 million. The big letters on top were added this week. The building is […]
• Article uses RGF research to blow apart case for NM Spaceport
  April 20, 2021 by Paul Gessing
  At RGF we tend to follow New Mexico media outlets pretty closely, but we had missed The Sierra County Sun. The Spaceport is based in Sierra County and no County wants manned commercial space launches than Sierra County, one of the most economically-challenged counties in our already-economically-challenged State. Later this year (October 18 of 2021) […]
• Is New Mexico REALLY “Following the Science” on COVID?
  April 20, 2021 by Paul Gessing
  Recently (on February 19, 2021), Tracie Collins, M.D., New Mexico Secretary of Health was deposed in a case in US brought by various businesses that have opposed the Gov.’s lockdown policies relating to COVID 19. The Deposition was videotaped, so we can provide broadcast news outlets (or even just YouTube and similar platforms) with clips. […]
• RGF requests and publishes public payrolls: Part 1: New Mexico Cities
  April 19, 2021 by Paul Gessing
  New Mexico cities big and small are required to provide various public records. Unfortunately the process of requesting many of those records is onerous. That’s where the Rio Grande Foundation comes in. We have requested, received, and published public payroll records for most of New Mexico’s major cities. You can find that information here. To […]