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OFFENSE Total yards (avg.): 457.3 Rushing Passing 340.2 Postseason: 435.0 315.0
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OFFENSE Total yards (avg.): 339.0 Rushing Passing 136.8 202.2 Postseason: 292.5 144.5 148.0 First downs: (307) Passing Rushing 160 116
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Postseason: (27) 3 11 13 DEFENSE 273.6 Yards allowed (avg.): Rushing Passing 101.6 172.0 Postseason: 358.5 134.5 224.0
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Educators address members of the House Education Committee about a range of issues, from the state’s unpopular new teacher evaluation system to an overload of testing. LOCAL NEWS, C-1
Den Denver’s record-setting offense and Seattle’s relentlessly stingy defense. efense. A wintry setting and the best two teams in the NFL. Find out why hy this Super Bowl has everything fans could ask for. SPORTS, INSIDE DE
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Teachers voice concerns at the Roundhouse
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While both coaches are strong motivators, Carroll
Gov. Susana Martinez
Longtime senator’s political tactics rankle natural allies
has persistently said the necessary track repairs on the Southwest Chief line are the responsibility of the federal government, not the taxpayers of New Mexico.
Martinez could derail plan to save Chief route By Patrick Malone The New Mexican
The greatest threat to derail Amtrak’s Southwest Chief from running through Northern New Mexico isn’t at ground level on its aging tracks, but perched four stories high in the New Mexico state Capitol. A proposed partnership to bring Colorado, Kansas and New Mexico together with Amtrak and track owner Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway to keep the train route active beyond 2015 could hinge on New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez’s support. The partnership calls for each to shoulder a share of the track maintenance costs, and proponents of the plan in all three states view Martinez as its foremost obstacle.
Please see CHIEF, Page A-4 Sen. John Arthur Smith, D-Deming, unilaterally killed a bill last year that would have tapped the state’s $12 billion land-grant endowment to pay for more early childhood programs by refusing to let the Senate Finance Committee, which he chairs, vote on the measure. Smith says he is comfortable with his decision and unfazed by the resulting attacks from critics. LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN
Gay nightlife: The end of an era in Santa Fe? Locals, mayoral hopefuls speak out after Rouge Cat goes dark By Loren Bienvenu For The New Mexican
Santa Fe was once known for its gay nightlife. Hot spots like The Drama Club, the Cargo Club and The Paramount thrived during the height of the scene in the 1980s and ’90s, catering to visitors from around the country as well as the city’s own tight-knit LGBT community. But in recent years, the clubs have disappeared. Last week, the downtown dance club Rouge Cat became the latest, and perhaps last, public LGBT-oriented venue to go dark. “It’s the end of an era,” said reigning Miss Santa Fe Pride and drag performer Bella Gigante. Santa Fe is still known as a gay-friendly destination — and that reputation is likely to increase following the New Mexico Supreme Court’s
Critics fault John Arthur Smith’s handling of education funding measure By Milan Simonich The New Mexican
t age 72, with his shock of white hair and grandfatherly shuffle, state Sen. John Arthur Smith does not look like a magnet for controversy. Yet in the last year, Smith has emerged as one of the biggest targets of criticism among the state’s 112-member Legislature. Some of his most outspoken opponents used to be his natural allies. And two weeks into the 2014 legislative session, the chorus of denunciations is only growing louder. One of his chief critics is Sam Bregman, chairman of the state Democratic Party. Bregman recently accused fellow Democrat Smith of bossism and said Smith should become a Republican because he had lost touch with working-class people. The spokesman for New Mexico’s three Catholic bishops says Smith is so paternalistic about state finances that he is trying to stop the public from voting on how it spends its own money. And the Center for Civic Policy has com-
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piled a list of Smith’s goofs, hoping to persuade other senators that he is wrong as often as he is right about money management. All the sharp jabs at Smith revolve around one high-profile issue. He opposes using part of the state’s $12 billion land-grant endowment to pay for more early childhood education programs. Smith’s personal stand on the issue did not inflame Bregman, but his political tactics did. A 24-year senator from Deming, Smith unilaterally killed a bill last year that would have tapped the endowment for more early childhood funding by refusing to let the Senate Finance Committee, which he chairs, take a vote on the measure. Bregman fears Smith will impede the measure again in this legislative session, and he said Smith might as well join the Republican Party because he is undercutting Democrats. For his part, Smith says he is comfortable with his decisions and unfazed by all the attacks. “You know as well as anybody that I have pretty thick skin,” Smith said one recent day,
after the bishops’ spokesman had just let go a blistering attack on him during a rally outside the Capitol. As for Bregman’s suggestion that he bolt the Democratic Party, Smith said he had no intention of budging. But, Smith added, he felt like Ronald Reagan in 1962. That’s when Reagan said he did not leave the Democratic Party, but the party left him. Among state senators, freshman Michael Padilla of Albuquerque is the most direct in challenging Smith for bottling up the bill to expand early childhood education. “I’m a member of this chamber, and I want the chance to vote on it,” Padilla said. “The amendment is a way to turn our economy around and make sure our workforce is at its best.” Sen. Peter Wirth, D-Santa Fe, said he had received many questions and complaints from his constituents about how Smith could refuse to hear a bill that had already cleared the House of Representatives and two Senate committees.
Please see SENATOR, Page A-5
Please see NIGHTLIFE, Page A-4
Wolf numbers hit record level Officials say more Mexican gray wolves live in the wild in the Southwest now than at any time since the U.S. government began reintroducing them in the region. LOCAL NEWS, C-1
DJ Oona Bender was the manager and resident disc jockey at Rouge Cat, which recently closed. CLYDE MUELLER/THE NEW MEXICAN
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Lotteries A-2
Neighbors C-5
Opinions B-1
Obituaries Cecilio Benitez, 80, Jan. 28 Nellie U. Montoya, 90, Santa Fe, Jan. 30 Hans Horst Paap, 61, Santa Fe, Jan. 22 Christine M. Quintana, 81, Santa Fe, Jan. 25 Albert Smith, Jan. 19 Brandon Kevin Struck, Jan. 28 Laura Jean Warren, Jan. 26 PAGE C-2
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‘The Jewel in the Manuscript’ Rosemary Zibart’s play about Fyodor Dostoevsky, 2 p.m., discussion with students follows; Warehouse 21, 1614 Paseo de Peralta; $20, students $10; 989-4423. Thursday, Saturday and Sunday performances through Feb. 16.
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