Tipping Point New Mexico

On this week's interview Paul sits down with recently retired federal judge James Browning. Browning has been a fixture on the federal bench in Albuquerque for decades with important cases including the 2006 trial of NM State Treasurer Robert Vigil and the Sheryl Williams Stapleton corruption case (to name just two). Now, Judge Browning, despite being "retired" is in the role of hearing examiner...

On this week's episode Paul and Wally recap the election results. It was a blue "tsunami" election with New Mexico going bluer, but much of the country switching from GOP to Democrat. What does it mean for the nation? How about the Supreme Court? What about New Mexico? You don't want to miss this thoughtful analysis with honest discussion, not partisan posturing. We go through it all! In other...

On this week's Tipping Point NM interview Paul sits down with Dalva Moellenberg. Dal is an attorney currently representing a variety of agriculture and energy interests in a Surface Water Permitting Rule process. If adopted, this new rule could have some profoundly negative effects on these and other industries making the permitting process more complicated and less certain than it is now. Don't...

Paul and Wally make their predictions for the 2026 elections. They put forth final Senate and House numbers and discuss the winners of the Hull, and Cunningham races as well as Amendment 4. There are some important issues being voted on around the region and West. Divestment kerfuffle targeted at Elon Musk highlights peril of government ownership of businesses. The latest on discussions of our...

On this week's interview Paul sits down with Scott Hindman, Founder and Executive Director of Excellent Schools New Mexico. Paul and Scott discuss Scott's decision to get involved in New Mexico education policy after being drafted to play Major League Baseball. How his organization works to improve actual schools and their approach to education, and the impacts and benefits of charter schools and...

RGF participates in debate over Amendment 4. Albuquerque Public Schools is looking for input on school closures. $456 MILLION in overruns from various New Mexico IT projects. Is Voices for Children coming around to our perspective? Why can't/won't New Mexico Democrats bring prosperity to NM? Trump touted the benefit of high oil prices (gasoline) over the weekend. Here's why Americans and New...

with Cyndi Bohannon and Dr. Victor Gamiz, two of the volunteers behind an exciting new project called "Judge the Bench." You can find more details at: https://judgethebench.com/ If you've ever felt overwhelmed by the number of judges on New Mexico's ballots. If you've ever wished for some objective information about the quality of judicial opinions in New Mexico and especially how they deal with...

On this week's conversation Paul and Wally discuss early voting and their voting plans. Both recommend voting in expanded early voting. There are some Albuquerque local ballot issues that should draw skepticism from voters. Paul and Wally analyze them. Two Supreme Court justices are up for retention. Our reasons for opposing retention are straightforward. Paul will be debating Bob Perls on...

On this week's interview Paul sits down w/ former New Mexico Rep. Bob Perls and current chair of the NM Forward Party for a friendly conversation/debate on Amendment 4 which will be on ballots this November. If passed the amendment would pay legislators an annual salary of approximately $68,000 annually. Bob and Paul agree about many reforms needed for New Mexico's Legislature and electoral...

On this week's Tipping Point conversation. Paul and Wally discuss the polling numbers in the Hull/Haaland gubernatorial race. They also discuss the numbers in the Greg Cunningham/Gabe Vazquez numbers from the Albuquerque Journal. Paul and Wally discuss the Haaland/Hull "debate" Hull's simple plan for eliminating the personal income tax is eminently reasonable. The "plan" for this November is for...