By Rob Nikolewski │ New Mexico Watchdog
SANTA FE – The troubled $48 million computer program handling New Mexico’s unemployment taxes and claims has dramatically improved, the secretary of the state’s Department of Workforce Solutions said Wednesday.
But at least one state senator is skeptical.
DWS Secretary Celina Bussey said average telephone wait times on Mondays — typically [...]

UPDATE: ATTORNEY GENERAL KING ISSUES STATEMENT ON PRC WHISTLEBLOWER LAWSUIT:  From the AG’s spokesman, Phil Sisneros:

Attorney General King took immediate action to address the various concerns mentioned in the email from Mr. Feliciano.  The email mentioned a number of issues including alleged misconduct, a request for legal representation, and a legal opinion.  The allegations [...]

I am in Chicago for a few days of meetings with other watchdogs from around the country.   This is a great city and the weather is perfect.  Blackhawk mania has infected everyone and everything.  Even the statutes outside the Art Institute are wearing Blackhawk helmets.  I’ll be posting on New Mexico soon.

God bless our troops and their families. Let us remember today those who have sacrificed so much for the defense of our country and the liberties we enjoy. (Photo credit to QandO blog, dedicated to Stuart Lee Barnett, SP3, KIA, RVN, 8/16/70)

Thanks greatly to the leadership of Sen. Tim Keller, the State Investment Council has received some much needed reform.  No longer will the Governor have a virtual lock on appointments and be able to direct the SIC’s decisions from afar.  Already we are seeing new SIC members take a hard look at what had been [...]

I’ve been quiet here for a couple days.  Another site I administer, New Mexico Liberty, got hit with two separate waves of spam attacks.  It’s taking some time to clean up the mess, including hundreds of fake members that got onto the rolls.  Please forgive my absence while I do some mopping up.

A company that says it has $500 million literally in the bank should be able to show bank records confirming that claim.  The firm that has issued a letter of credit to buy that sum of industrial revenue bonds to be issued by Rio Rancho for solar start-up Green2V says it has that kind of [...]

THE GREENLINING INSTITUTE
They strong arm financial institutions. They hurl charges of false racism. They’ve been called shakedown artists. They have leveraged the Community Reinvestment Act into a profitable enterprise for themselves and allies. And they are spreading across the nation.
ACORN? No, the Greenlining Institute, a similar organization that has flown under [...]

Liberty, the United States Constitution, the Bill of Rights, fiscal responsibility, the freedom to prosper–got a problem with that?  Unfortunately, many of our political leaders seem to have forgotten what has made America great.  A lot of New Mexicans will try to jog their memories tomorrow.
HERE’S THE LINEUP FOR ALL NEW MEXICO TEA PARTY TAX [...]

We’ve got piles of documents to wade through, calls to make, questions to place and numbers to crunch.  Sometimes we have to put our heads down and just dig.  Please check back for new reports from your team at New Mexico Watchdog. We’ll have new stuff this week.