Roswell Daily Record
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THE VOICE OF THE PECOS VALLEY
April 16, 2015
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Senate leader says special session imminent By Jeff Tucker record STaff WriTer The Republican leader of the New Mexico Senate told a large group of Chaves County Republicans Wednesday that state lawmakers will likely convene soon in Santa Fe for a special legislative session. State Sen. Stuart Ingle, the SenateÕ s minority floor leader, told the Chaves County Republican Women a special session would likely be called by Gov. Susana Martinez in the next two or three weeks so that state lawmakers may pass a capital outlay bill, and perhaps other bills, such as a highway funding bill. Ò WeÕ ll probably have to go back and do a little corrective work in a special session, probably sometime in the next 30 days,Ó Ingle told the GOP faithful of about 150 people. Ò It wonÕ t be the first time weÕ ve done
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New Mexico Senate Minority Floor Leader Stuart Ingle speaks at Wednesday’s monthly luncheon of the Chaves County Republican Women. Ingle, R-Portales, said state lawmakers will likely convene soon for a special legislative session to pass a capital outlay bill. that and it certainly wonÕ t be the last.Ó State lawmakers failed to agree on a proposed $270 million capital outlay bill in
the 60-day legislative session that ended March 21. The annual bill would have appropriated capital funding to each of the 70 House
and 42 Senate districts, but this year, the Democrat-controlled Senate and the Republican-controlled New Mexico House of Representatives quarreled over language in a capital outlay bill in the final days of the regular session. After speaking at the monthly GOP luncheon along with state Sens. Cliff Pirtle and Gay Kernan and state Reps. Candy Spence Ezzell and Bob Wooley, Ingle told the Daily Record he believes a special session will be called by the governor in a few weeks. Ò I just think if weÕ re going to do a special session, because of the time it takes to get the severance bonds sold to fund it, weÕ ll do something in the next two to three weeks,Ó said Ingle, R-Portales. Ingle, a member of the Senate since 1985, said he would like to see a highway construction bill also considered in a potential spe-
cial session. Ò I wish we could take a look at some permanent source of funding for some highways,Ó Ingle told the newspaper. Ò There are lot of things being talked about. Highway funds were basically used by the (Bill) Richardson administration for the (New Mexico Rail Runner Express) train and all kinds of other things that were financed out of there, and we donÕ t have any money anymore.Ó IngleÕ s prediction of an imminent special session follows other leaders who have said state lawmakers would likely be reconvened for a special session. Last week, Lt. Gov. John Sanchez told the Daily Record pressure was building from both public and private organizations for the governor to call a special legislative session to pass a capital outlay bill. Sanchez told the newspaper on April 7 negotiations
with Democrat leaders for a special session were ongoing. The lieutenant governor said he and Martinez, both Republicans, were negotiating with Senate Democrat leaders to try to strike a deal to avoid a lengthy and expensive special session. Sanchez and Ingle both said their preference is for a one, or at most, two-day special session. Sanchez said the cost for a single day of a legislative session is about $50,000. Ò If weÕ ve got to go in and weÕ ve got to spend $50,000 in order to inject over a quarter of a billion dollars through capital spending, I think itÕ s well worth it,Ó Sanchez said last week. Michael Lonergan, a spokesman for Martinez, said Wednesday afternoon the governor also wants to avoid an expensive special session. See SESSION, Page A3
Community backs child abuse awareness rally
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Chaves County CASA and the Children, Youth and Families Department held their first Child Abuse Community Awareness Rally Wednesday on the Chaves County Courthouse lawn. About 100 people attended, said CASA Executive Director Carrie-Leigh Cloutier. A free lunch was provided to everyone who attended by CASA and CYFD. “Next year it will be bigger and better,” Cloutier said. Left: Roswell Mayor Dennis Kintigh chats with a member of Church on the Move, who dressed up as an orangutan to entertain the children.
Health care panel needs boost
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By Jeff JackSon record ciTy ediTor Local health care officials are spreading the word that their monthly meetings are open to the public. The Chaves County Health Planning Commission holds one-hour meetings on the fourth Wednesday of each month at the
Unity Center, and organizers want as many people as possible to attend. Ò Obviously you need people involved with health care because they are the individuals who actually do the heath care delivery system,Ó said Julie Morrow of the state Department of HealthÕ s Southeast New Mexico office.
A wide variety from the community is encouraged to attend the noon meetings, said Morrow, who works as the social and community service coordinator for the departmentÕ s Public Health Division. SheÕ s also a registered See PANEL, Page A3
AerSale: Part of Roswell community By dylanne PeTroS record STaff WriTer
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Who says yucca plants and cacti can’t get along? This large yucca and what appear to be Claret Cup Cactus were spotted just before Sunday in a front yard in Roswell.
Roswell has been AerSaleÕ s home for the past five years, and they want to keep Roswell the home base for many years to come. AerSale has locations in the United States in Miami, Chicago and Dallas, and overseas in Rio de Janeiro, Singapore, Dublin and Cardiff, Wales. Altogether, the company employs about 350 people, 150
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of which are employed in Roswell. While the headquarters are in Miami, Valery Brakeman, human resources manager at the Roswell location, said AerSaleÕ s biggest operation is here in Roswell. Ò We do the maintenance on the aircraft we own,Ó she said. AerSale doesnÕ t only do maintenance on aircrafts but the company also buys, sells and leases aircrafts. Ò WeÕ re kind of like a giant
Avis for aircraft,Ó Brakeman said. AerSale also buys aircrafts and breaks them down to sell parts separately. Ò In many of the active aircraft currently being operated around the world, the value is more in the parts than it is in the whole,Ó said David Querio, director of quality for AerSale. Right now, the AerSale team in Singapore is working to sign See AERSALE, Page A3
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