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Permalink Reply by Will on November 3, 2008 at 9:07am

Wish I had know this last Tuesday.

Permalink Reply by amanda judith on November 3, 2008 at 9:19am

i know. late breaking news. i would have liked to have posted this a month ago.

Permalink Reply by jeff on November 3, 2008 at 9:36am

what is your source?
here's the breakdown going to NMSU:

"(7) to the board of regents of New Mexico state university:
(a) nineteen million dollars ($19,000,000) to plan, design, construct, equip and furnish the arts complex in Las Cruces in Dona Ana county;
(b) two million four hundred thousand dollars ($2,400,000) for an agricultural center for research, education and services in Las Cruces inDona Ana county;
(c) six million dollars ($6,000,000) to design, plan, construct, equip and furnish the Dona Ana east mesa center to be used primarily for classroom and laboratory space at the Dona Ana branch in Las Cruces in Dona Ana county;
(d) five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) to renovate and expand the trades building at the Dona Ana branch campus of New Mexico state university in Las Cruces in Dona Ana county;
(e) one million dollars ($1,000,000) to plan, design, construct, equip and furnish renovations of the general classroom buildings at the Alamogordo branch campus in Otero county;
(f) three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for infrastructure renovation and expansion at the Carlsbad branch campus in Eddy county; and
(g) one million dollars ($1,000,000) for infrastructure renovation and expansion at the Grants branch campus in Cibola county;"

Permalink Reply by amanda judith on November 3, 2008 at 11:08am

good question! i love that question!

so, the source is an extension agent in alcalde, and it is hidden in (b) i believe.

i know this sounds like an attack on money for education, and as a student, i am certainly not trying to do that. I support 95% of this bond issue, just not the money for GMO research. Also, i believe that there is also money included for buying up water rights down south, which i disagree with as a farmer. again, that source is the extension agent.

http://extension.nmsu.edu/

Permalink Reply by Stephen Smith on November 17, 2008 at 12:36pm

Ouch. Sorry for the GMO funding, but there were four higher education design projects in this bond issue that my architecture firm is working on, so I had to vote "Yes".