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Morning Fix: N.M.'s Fast Future

Average payment of $87 per household coming as state-sponsored economic stimulus package.
Raton scores license for horse racing, hopes for brighter economic future.
NMI has a piece on T or C angling for a NASCAR track.
KOB has the heartbreaking report of the man who lost his mother in the South Valley duplex fire.
UNM is back in session.
KNME-TV's new chief arriving from Waco.

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Comment by NMGolfHacker on August 26, 2008 at 9:27am: "SANTA FE (AP) - New Mexicans earning up to $70,000 are in line for a tax rebate that will average about $87 under legislation signed into law by Governor Richardson"

Tax rebate? Uuuummmmm, I have paid taxes, yet will not get a "tax rebate".

Comment by jonnyblujeans on August 26, 2008 at 10:32am: It sounds like Mad Marty and the Guvna are up to their old tricks. When will they put public money towards something worthwhile...like building more roads on West Side? Downtown has a lot of crime. Anyone living outside of Nob Hill is a sprawl-head. Jennifer James is god. Bluegrass music.

There, now the rest of the commenters can take the morning off.

Comment by mombat on August 26, 2008 at 11:11am: I think the tax rebate is a bad idea. As a lump sum that money could make a difference: as little bits going out to individuals it will buy a few groceries and a little gas.
And hey Mr Blue Jeans make glaring over generalizations much?

Comment by jonnyblujeans on August 26, 2008 at 12:35pm: mombat, if you didn't get the joke, you're part of it :)

Comment by mombat on August 26, 2008 at 12:58pm: Sorry- I am extremely grumpy today and as have said before sometimes the sarcasm indicator is not lit.

Comment by sophie on August 26, 2008 at 1:21pm: If you haven't yet read this past week's Alibi, you'll see that they have a whole story on local generalizations. My favorite? Maybe this one, from Marisa DeMarco:

Land of Entrapment
"This is the land of entrapment," cheeseball invaders say to one another. The phrase says to me that you think this place is second-rate, but somehow you got stuck here in Craptown and can't leave. Speaking of, those who bandy about the snobby "Entrapment" jest—and let's face it, it's an inside joke for outsiders—are likely not to turn off the faucet when brushing their teeth, because they like the sound and it was never a problem in Florida. Woe is you, without agency in your life or an ability to make decisions about where you want to live. If you don't like it, point your car at a "real city." Us that love Burque don't want to share our precious water with you anyway.

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