[NENA] Call Rep. Larry Larranaga about HB 331/346

Sat Mar 7 16:33:39 EST 2009

Yes John.  I am a paid dues member of the NENA BOD.

Don Silva 
Albuquerque, NM 
dgsilva01 at msn.com 
505-821-8568

To: dgsilva01 at msn.com
CC: members at noreste.org
Subject: Re: [NENA] Call Rep. Larry Larranaga about HB 331/346
From: ingram1ja at yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 20:43:29 +0000

Don,

Thanks for your reply. It's still not clear to me that you are, or are not a NENA member. If you are not a NENA member, what are you doing on our email list?

You may intrepret my email about HB 331/346 in any way you desire. However, there is only one finding of the commission, and Mimi's bill addresses that. 

Are you proposing that the finding is wrong, and we need to do nothing, and let the district court decide this constitutional issue?

 I believe NM is better served by passing this bill, and let's avoid the courts, for now.

John
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From:  DON SILVA 
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 13:23:12 -0700
To: <ingram1ja at yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: [NENA] Call Rep. Larry Larranaga about HB 331/346

 John, 

Part of the time I spent in the legislature was during Larry's first term.  My last term was his first.  Also, parts of NENA are served by different legislators.  Larry is not our representative.

When I served in the legislature I lived in Cherry Hills.   We moved to the Estates at Desert Ridge Trails in 2004.

My take on the use of the mailing list is not to endorse political candidates which your email does not do.  Sharing information about legislation is OK so long as it doesn't advocate one side or the other. However, your email does advance a political position such as supporting or advocating legislation. I would consider it not advisable to use the mailing list for advocating/working against a piece of legislation.  We would not allow that to take place in our HOA.

Don Silva 
Albuquerque, NM 
dgsilva01 at msn.com 
505-821-8568

To: sanjuansu at aol.com; dgsilva01 at msn.com; members at noreste.org
CC: jjyar at q.com
Subject: Re: [NENA] Call Rep. Larry Larranaga about HB 331/346
From: ingram1ja at yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 19:36:45 +0000

I don't believe funding our schools "sufficently" is a "political" issue. In fact, it's a NM constitutional requirement.

Don, as a former state representative, you know that better than most of us. 

Our email list is not supposed to be used to endorse political candidates. 

It can be used to share information about legislation concerning the funding of our public schools. 

So, Don, if you choose, you can call Larry and tell him that you want him to vote NO on HB 331/346 if you want.

John Adams Ingram

P.S. I didn't know that Don Silva, the former state rep lived in NorEste. Are you the same Don Silva, and do you live in NorEste?
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From:  sanjuansu at aol.com
Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:19:47 -0500
To: <dgsilva01 at msn.com>; <ingram1ja at yahoo.com>; <members at noreste.org>
Subject: Re: [NENA] Call Rep. Larry Larranaga about HB 331/346

 I remember several emails stating that this mailing list was NOT to be used for political issues.

 -----Original Message-----
 From: DON SILVA <dgsilva01 at msn.com>
 To: ingram1ja at yahoo.com; members at noreste.org
 Cc: Joe & Jean Yardumian <jjyar at q.com>
 Sent: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 11:18 am
 Subject: Re: [NENA] Call Rep. Larry Larranaga about HB 331/346

           John, 

 With all due respects to your opinion, I served 8 years in the Legislature in the 80's.  
 Yes that was a while ago but during my terms, as well as before it, and up until now, the idea has always been to put more money into education.  Well, I voted many times to increase educational funding and we have done that.  Throwing more money at education in New Mexico is not the answer.  I agree with Rep. Larranga.  Education needs a lot more than money to make it work better.

 Don Silva 
 Albuquerque, NM 
dgsilva01 at msn.com 
 505-821-8568

Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 09:13:25 -0800
 From: ingram1ja at yahoo.com
 To: members at noreste.org
 CC: ingram1ja at yahoo.com
 Subject: [NENA] Call Rep. Larry Larranaga about HB 331/346

Hello NENA members:     My name is John Ingram. I used to be president of NENA. I live on NW corner of Henriette Wyeth and Oakland, 8901 Henriette Wyeth NE.     There's an urgent matter regarding our public schools, and State House Dist. 27 Rep. Larry Larranaga coming-up tomorrow, Sunday, Mar 8.     Background: 3 years ago, the State Legislature commissioned a study by outside professional group to determine why too many of our schools and students are performing so poorly.      The commission issued a report several months ago with the finding that the State Legislature, which controls education funding, has consistently underfunded our schools by about 15% a year, or $350 million annually. This goes back to 1982.     FYI: in 1981, the Legislature voted to remove property taxes as the sole source of school funding. Instead, they voted to be accountable and responsible for funding our schools with state income taxes, gross receipts/sales taxes, and a small percentage of the interest generated by investing the $7.9 billion Permanent School Fund in Wall Street.      Since 1982, K-12 and (now) pre-K public school funding has steadily declined from more than 50% of the overall NM state budget to 43% today.      However, the NM State Constitution legally requires the Legislature to "sufficiently" fund our schools.      The study commission reported that the State Legislature is not meeting its constitutional mandate. School districts are threatening to sue the Legislature in district court regarding this issue unless they pass HB 331/346.     House Bill 331/346, sponsored by Rep. Mimi Stewart, will help correct this problem.      House Bill 331/346 increases gross receipts/sales taxes by three-quarters of one percent and produces about $350 million annually to fund our public schools.      Rep. Stewart amended the bills yesterday so HB 33/346 no longer requires an increase in state income taxes for top earners who are paying 4.9 percent rate.      Now, the sole source of the additional $350 million generated by HB 331/346 is the 3/4 of 1% increase in gross receipts/sales taxes.     Rep. Stewart is a personal/professional friend of mine. I checked with her yesterday about HB 331/346 and progress toward passing the measures.      Rep. Stewart informed me that the House Appropriations & Finance Committee with hold a hearing on HB 331/346 tomorrow, Sunday, Mar 8, at 1:30 pm at State Capitol in House Finance Committee Room.      The House Finance Committee must pass HB 331/346 out of committee so the bills can go to the House for a floor vote.      NENA's representative in the House is Rep. Larry Larranaga.      Rep. Larranaga also sits on the House Appropriations and Finance Committee. He is a powerful, and well respected legislator who listens to his constituents and wants to do the best he can for our public schools. I've talked to him many times.     However, Rep. Larranaga is planning to vote NO on HB 331/346 tomorrow.      If you believe that HB 331/346 is in order, and we must increase funding for our schools, please call Larry, and have others who live at your home, who are registered voters, call him, too.      By the way, Research and Polling, INC. did a survey of registered voters on this issue. Friday's ABQ Journal, page 3 reported that a majority supports HB 331/346.     Here are links so you can check this out if you need to:      Rep. Larranaga , HB 331 , HB 346     If you want, or need, to talk to me about this issue, my mobile phone is 505-217-8020.     Thanks for your consideration,  John=      _______________________________________________
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