Rio Grande Foundation
Economist and Rio Grande Foundation scholar Scott Moody came to New Mexico to discuss his findings with legislators, media outlets, and candidates for office. On January 12, in Albuquerque, Moody presented his findings to an audience of citizens and legislators in Albuquerque. Watch the video here:
Moody’s powerpoint slides can be found here.
His video presentation can be found below:
On Wednesday, December 9, the Rio Grande Foundation hosted a candidate forum to which each of the five currently-declared candidates was invited. Only two, Rep. Janice Arnold-Jones and Doug Turner participated while the Weh campaign was represented in the opening session by Whitney Cheshire. Video of the forum is below:
On December 2nd, the Rio Grande Foundation hosted a unique event called “Liberty in Concert” with Jamie Story who is president of theGrassroot Institute in Hawaii and a former Miss Texas. The event included a brief classical concert and talk about her work for our sister think tank the Texas Public Policy Foundation and in the liberty movement.
Jean Baugh offers a brief introduction here:
Jamie’s presentation can be found here:
In case you missed it or were not able to attend, syndicated columnist Jonah Goldberg spoke at the New Mexico Turnaround conference which was held on Friday and Saturday the 18th and 19th of September. The video appears in two parts below:
Albuquerque voters are voting now to decide whether or not to extend a 1/4 cent transportation tax. RGF President Paul Gessing was interviewed for a segment on Channel 13’s news broadcast on the fact that the tax has no expiration date and that voters would benefit from seeing $35 million in their pockets rather than being used by local government. An article and video of the story are available here.
Paul Gessing of the Rio Grande Foundation was a panelist at Rep. Heinrich’s town hall meeting this past Saturday, August 22nd. Video of the event is now available:
Check it out and let me know what you think: