OPINION: Martinez Clear Choice in New Mexico
Las Cruces Sun News
June 10th, 2014
By: Sydney Gardner
http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-opinion/ci_25929027/your-opinions
With Attorney General Gary King clinching the Democratic nomination for governor, I’m more certain than ever that I’ll be voting for Gov. Susana Martinez in November.
Governor Martinez’s leadership style is head and shoulders above chronically incompetent King, who has botched every major corruption case he has ever laid hands on. Governor Martinez, on the other hand, has done a brilliant job on a whole range of issues, from cutting taxes to reforming education.
Thanks to her bipartisan tax reforms — which the Democratic Senate Finance chairman called “the closest thing since I’ve been here to true, total tax reform” — New Mexico is cultivating a strong private sector that will end our economic dependence on Washington.
To make New Mexico’s government more transparent, she’s required all state business to be transacted on state email, eliminated corruption in state contracting and filmed legislative sessions so anyone can watch them.
By reforming education, Martinez has given our children a better chance to chase their dreams. That’s because her reforms brought accountability to a system that sorely lacked it. Martinez’s reform has already increased reading scores and graduation rates.
To me, the choice between King and Martinez is easy. With four more years of Martinez’s leadership, New Mexico will once again be a Land of Enchantment.