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April 23, 2016 Edition of RGF Weekly Radio Show

Welcome to the April 16, 2016 Rio Grande Foundation weekly radio program Tipping Point! We hope you’ll join us live each week on “The Rock of Talk” … 95.9FM and 1600AM from noon to 3:00pm.

This week’s broadcast features:

  • A discussion of Intel and the likelihood of cuts or closure at their Rio Rancho facility.
  • Paul Gessing interviews Jarret Skorup of the Michigan-based Mackinac Center on the economics and politics of film subsidies.
  • Megan Richardson, a rancher, discusses issues with the federal wolf reintroduction program.
  • Eddy and Paul discuss pleas from certain sectors of New Mexico’s oil and gas industry for protection from lower prices.

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Paul’s April 25, 2016 Interview on KSVP Radio

In this week’s interview with Mike Smith of KSVP radio topics include: Farmington’s clean air despite being downwind from two coal power plants, freeing unions to represent only their members, free trade in oil and gas and efforts by some New Mexico producers to reduce imports, climate shenanigans with New Mexico’s AG Hector Balderas, and Intel’s job cuts.



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Paul’s April 18, 2016 Interview on KSVP Radio

In this week’s interview with Mike Smith of KSVP radio Paul discusses: New Mexico’s dropping graduation rates, New Mexico’s publicly-funded television/radio stations fundraising with far-left Amy Goodman, free trade, and our upcoming event on the legacy of Justice Antonin Scalia and the future of the United States Supreme Court with Ilya Shapiro.



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April 16, 2016 Edition of RGF Weekly Radio Show

Welcome to the April 16, 2016 Rio Grande Foundation weekly radio program Tipping Point! We hope you’ll join us live each week on “The Rock of Talk” … 95.9FM and 1600AM from noon to 3:00pm.

This week’s broadcast features:

  • Dowd and Paul interview Mike Stark, assistant county manager of San Juan County on the Four Corners economy and the fact that Farmington lost more population than any other city in America.
  • Dowd and Paul further discuss Gary Johnson’s campaign for the White House, the proposed mountain roller-coaster for the Sandias, the proposed moratorium on oil and gas development in Sandoval County, Tax Day, and the push for tax hikes in New Mexico.

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Inaugural Edition of New RGF Weekly Radio Show

Welcome to the first broadcast of the new Rio Grande Foundation weekly radio program Tipping Point! We hope you’ll join us live each week on “The Rock of Talk” … 95.9FM and 1600AM from noon to 3:00pm.

This week’s broadcast featured:

  • Hour #1: Dowd Muska breaks down the Albuquerque Rapid Transit lawsuits.
  • Hours #2 and 3: The challenge of turning around New Mexico and what the Rio Grande Foundation does to achieve that goal.

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Rio Grande Foundation Launches NEW Radio Show “Tipping Point New Mexico” This Saturday, April 9 from noon to 3pm

The Rio Grande Foundation is launching a new radio show on a new home, “The Rock of Talk” 95.9FM and 1600AM. The show called “Tipping Point New Mexico” will air Saturdays weekly from noon to 3pm.

Hosts will rotate but will include RGF’s Paul Gessing, Dowd Muska, and Burly Cain.

Issues addressed on the show will include New Mexico’s economy and the importance of 2016 in turning our state around. If you want to participate in the discussion, you can call in at: 505-550-5500.

This week we’ll talk about Albuquerque Rapid Transit, the push by some to raise taxes in New Mexico, and more.

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Paul’s April 4, 2016 Interview on KSVP Radio

In this week’s interview with Mike Smith of KSVP radio I discuss the new University of Cincinnati study that (again) shows fracking is safe vis a vis groundwater, two new studies that answer the critics on “right to work,” the push by some for tax hikes in New Mexico, and our state’s reliance on federal transfer payments to boost personal incomes.



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Watch Video of Sunshine Week Panel Discussion

I recently appeared on a panel discussion in Las Cruces to discuss the influence of “outside money” in local campaigns. Aside from myself, panelists included Sen. Joe Cervantes, Daniel Chand, PhD, Viki Harrison of Common Causes, and Las Cruces City Counselor Gill Sorg.

You can read my detailed comments on Sunshine Week itself and the appropriateness of the topic here. Video below:

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RGF President Paul Gessing’s Recent Discussion of Oil and Gas and New Mexico’s Economy

I recently sat down with Wally Drangmeister of the New Mexico Oil and Gas Association to discuss New Mexico’s economy and how it depends on the oil and gas industry as well as potential ways to use the industry as a bridge to a more prosperous economy. The show originally aired on the Energy New Mexico Hour which airs on Sunday mornings from 10 to 11am. Take a listen here.

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Paul Gessing’s Recent Radio Appearances

Things have been quite busy here at RGF. This includes several recent radio appearances. I was on Bob Clark’s show for an hour discussing tax cuts and a variety of other subjects relating to listener calls;

Also, KUNM had a series of interviews with myself and other politicos and policy watchers relating to Governor Richardson’s legacy.

I discussed Richardson’s lack of action on education reform here;

His scandals here;

and, his record on tax cuts and spending here;