Democracy for New Mexico

ACTION ALERT: Repeal the NM Death Penalty

From the New Mexico Coalition to Repeal the Death Penalty:

HB 576 Assigned to Senate Rules and Judiciary Committees
House Bill 576 "Abolish the Death Penalty" has been assigned to Senate Rules and Senate Judiciary Committees. The bill will first be heard in Senate Rules. We do not currently have the date of the next hearing, but it is critical that all of the members of Senate Rules and Judiciary are contacted within the next week. Keep your eyes on your email for the confirmed date and time for the Senate Rules hearing.

In addition to contacting your own senator, please call, write, and make a personal visit to ALL the committee members (listed on the continuation page) and ask for their support of HB 576. Letter to senators should be addressed to: Senator _____, Capitol Building, Santa Fe, NM 87501.

Please note below those Senators that have supported repeal in the past. Your communication with past supporters is equally if not more vital than your communication with non-supporters. Please frame your calls, letters, and visits around thanking them for their support in the past and asking for continued support in 2005.

Letters to the Governor
As HB 576 moves through the Senate and gets closer to the Governor Richardson's desk, it is important that the governor continues to hear from repeal supporters in the form of a personal letter. Even if you have already written Governor Richardson, please take a moment to contact him again and urge him to support HB 576 if it reaches his desk.

Governor Richardson maintains that he supports capital punishment with appropriate safeguards in place. Please continue to emphasize our victims' services proposal, the ineffective use of state resources, as well as the lack of guaranteed safeguads against the unjust application of the death penalty.

Write Governor Richardson at:
Office of the Governor
Capitol Building, Room 400
Santa Fe, NM 87501

Letters to the Editor
With all of our outstanding press coverage, there are many opportunities to WRITE WRITE WRITE!

Show the public that the citizens of New Mexico support repeal and that we are united behind our VICTIMS' FIRST legislation. Letters to the editor will be most effective with senators and the Gov. Richardson if they highlight New Mexico's unique position to support victims while repealing the death penalty.

We would like to have original newspaper clippings from any press coverage in your area. Please send original articles, op-eds, and letters to the editor to our office at:

NMCRDP
PO Box 8552
Santa Fe, NM 87504

Don't Forget to Call and Thank Our House Supporters, Especially the Five Republicans: Justine Fox-Young, Brian Moore, Teresa Zanetti, Dub Williams, and Larry Larranaga

NM Coalition to Repeal the Death Penalty
(505) 986-9536
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Senate Rules
Sen. Linda M. Lopez (D) Bernalillo
Committee Chair
Past repeal supporter
986-4737
Capitol 320A

Sen. John T. L. Grubesic (D) Santa Fe
Committee Vice Chair
Newly elected repeal supporter
986-4260
Capitol 414B

Sen. Rod Adair (R) Chaves, Lincoln
986-4385
Capitol 416F

Sen. Ben D. Altamirano (D) Catron, Grant, Socorro
Past repeal supporter
986-4733
Capitol 105A

Sen. Kent L. Cravens (R) Bernalillo, Sandoval
986-4391
Capitol 416 D

Sen. Dianna J. Duran (R) Dona Ana, Otero
986-4701
Capitol 109C

Sen. Dede Feldman (D) Bernalillo
Past repeal supporter
986-4482
Capitol 300A

Sen. Steve Komadina (R) Sandoval
986-4377
Capitol 416C

Sen. Gerald Ortiz y Pino (D) Bernalillo
Newly elected repeal supporter
986-4380
Capitol 414A

Senate Judiciary
Sen. Cisco McSorley (D) Bernalillo
Committee Chair
Past repeal supporter
986-4485
Capitol 319A

Sen. Richard C. Martinez (D) Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Santa Fe
Committee Vice Chair
Past repeal supporter
986-4389
Capitol 414D

Sen. Rod Adair (R) Chaves, Lincoln
986-4385
Capitol 416F

Sen. Kent L. Cravens (R) Bernalillo, Sandoval
986-4391
Capitol 416D

Sen. John T. L. Grubesic (D) Santa Fe
Newly elected repeal supporter
986-4260
Capitol 414B

Sen. Clinton D. Harden, Jr. (R) Colfax, Curry, Harding, Quay, San Miguel, Taos, Union
986-4369
Capitol 416E

Sen. Linda M. Lopez (D) Bernalillo
Past repeal supporter
986-4737
Capitol 320A

Sen. William H. Payne (R) Bernalillo
986-4276
Capitol 415H

Sen. Lidio G. Rainaldi (D) Cibola, McKinley
Past repeal supporter
986-4310
Capitol 302A

Sen. Michael S. Sanchez (D) Valencia
Past repeal supporter
986-4727
Capitol 102A

Big Rally at SF Roundhouse Saturday for Election Reform

To generate renewed support for Voter Verifiable Paper Ballots and Automatic Audits of election results, there will be a Rally from Noon to 2:00 PM at the East entrance to the Roundhouse in Santa Fe on Saturday, March 5. The goal is to attract at least 300 people so we can keep our election reform requirements in the spotlight as bills are negotiated.

It's hoped that the Saturday date will permit those who work during the week to participate and express their views along with those who have had the time and energy to attend weekday events. The media and selected legislators and bill analysts have been invited.

There are many election reform bills percolating on both the House and Senate sides as we move into the last stages of the 60-day Legislative Session in Santa Fe. At the moment, passionate, behind the scenes negotiations are taking place, with constant give and take and day-to-day changes shaping the final bills.

As Terry Riley of NN Democratic Friends says, "We do not have a crystal ball, so we cannot know that our bill, the McSorley Bill (SB1065), is the best.  We have reviewed almost every bill out there and we believe that the McSorley Bill has the greatest chance of improving our election system the most.  We believe that the McSorley Bill will make election fraud unbelievably difficult to try much less succeed and so we want to continue supporting the McSorley Bill."

The Senate Rules Committee has bypassed McSorley's bill and is currently involved in finalizing its own version of election reform, working with Governor Richardson's office and his recommendations on this issue. While this version of the bill may provide many of the requirements we support, in its current form it's not as clear and comprehensive as the McSorley bill. United New Mexico Voters and others are working to substitute language from the McSorley bill into this one and/or to get SB1065 passed on its own.

One factor that's affecting the process is the cost of the changes in terms of voting machine purchases and other expenses. But we believe you get what you pay for. We want an election process that is trustworthy and transparent.

Please stand up with your fellow progressives on March 5th and ask the New Mexico Legislature to provide us with an election reform bill that is strong and effective. You are urged to bring signs and your friends. You can download some protest signs created by Terry Riley here and here.

Click to get some idea of how many election reform bills are floating around at the Legislature this year. Scrolls down the document to the topic "Elections."

UPDATE: No Election Reform Bills on Wednesday's SJC Calendar

There is currently no election reform bill set to be heard at the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, March 2nd. It was previously thought that the bill would pass from the Senate Rules Commitee and be heard on Wednesday, but as has been noted, things are very fluid at the Legislature at this point in the session.

Please check the calendar for the Senate Judiciary Committee regularly though, as it can change rapidly.

The progress on this issue was previously reported on this blog. When the bill is scheduled to be heard, you are urged to attend and communicate our continuing support for Voter Verifiable Paper Ballots and Automatic Audits.

Update on DPBC Meetings

Here's an update to our previous post, with additional information on these meetings of the Democratic Party of Bernalillo County:

Bernalillo County Ward/Precinct Meetings
Thursday, March 28, 2005, 6:30 - 8:30 PM
(finalized locations will be forthcoming later this week)

Bernalillo County Central Committee Meeting
Saturday, April 2, 2005 - Albuquerque Convention Center
09:00 AM: Registration
10:00 AM: County Central Committee Meeting begins

Resolutions Committee Meeting
Thursday, March 31, 2005, 7:00 PM
(location will be forthcoming later this week)

Credentials Committee Meeting
Friday, April 1, 2005, 7:00 PM
(location will be forthcoming later this week)

Information from DPBC e-news. To subscribe, send your name, county and email address to dpbc@att.net.

DPBC Ward & Precinct Election Date Set

The Democratic Party of Bernalillo County will hold its Ward and precinct elections from 6:30 to 8:30 PM on March 28, at various locations around town. Not all locations for the "cluster ward" meetings have been announced, but here's the list so far:

South Valley Cluster - Wards 10, 12A, 12B, 13A, 13B, 14A, 14B
Westside Community Center
1250 Isleta Blvd. SW

West Side Cluster – Wards 16A, 16B, 23A, 23B, 29
Taylor Ranch Community Center
4900 Kachina St. NW

North Valley Cluster – Wards 11A, 11B, 11C, 15A, 15B, 17A, 17B
Raymond Sanchez Center
9800 4th NW

Sandia Cluster: Wards 24A, 24B, 27A, 27B, 30A, 30B
IBEW Hall
4921 Alexander Blvd. NE

Highlands Cluster - Wards 18A, 18B, 19A, 19B, 25A, 25B, 26
Plumbers Hall
510 San Pedro SE

The meeting locations of two additional clusters have not yet been finalized. I'll be updating this information when we receive it.

If you are planning on running for precinct or ward chair, or if you want to vote on the candidates running for these positions in your ward, please attend these meetings. Click to find out you are in. Use your precinct number to find .

(This information was received via email from the DPBC. An Official Call concerning the ward and precinct meetings should legally set out this information but I haven't seen one yet.)

NOTE: ALSO CHECK UPDATE ABOVE.

State Domestic Partner Retiree Health Insurance Defeated

The NM Senate Judiciary Committee met last night and voted 6 - 4 to table SB 340, the State Domestic Partner Retiree Health Insurance amendment. (This bill would have permitted domestic partners to enroll and receive healthcare benefits under the retirement program.) Democratic Senators McSorley, Lopez, Grubesic, and Sanchez voted for the bill; Democratic Senators Rainaldi and Martinez voted with Republican Senators Adair, Cravens, Harden, and Payne to table the bill. Tabling the bill essentially kills it in this session.

Click for contact information for Senate Judiciary Committee members.

It looks like SB 576, Domestic Partner Benefits, and SB 597, the "simple" DOMA, will be heard at the earliest on Friday, March 4.

(Based on information from Equality New Mexico.)

ACTION UPDATE: DOMA & Domestic Partnership Bills

From Equality New Mexico:
Two Senate Judiciary Committee hearings are coming up this week:

Senate Bill 340, extending domestic partner health insurance to cover state retirees, was supposed to be heard Saturday and is now scheduled for Monday (today) at 2 PM. 

Senate Bill 597, the "simple" DOMA defining marriage between one man and one woman, and Senate Bill 576, Domestic Partner Benefits, will most likely be heard on Wednesday, March 2.  We'll send out more info as soon as we have it. 

The hearing rooms for both will no doubt again be small, but please contact the Senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee and ask them to vote YES on Senate Bill 340, YES on Senate Bill 576, and NO on Senate Bill 597.  Besides asking them all to vote YES on SB 340, here are some more specific messages to pass along.  Additional talking points are below.  Thanks!!

Senator Cisco McSorley, Democrat, Senate Judiciary Committee Chair, District 16, Bernalillo County (Albuquerque)  cisco.mcsorley@nmlegis.gov

"Thank you for being a champion for our families."

Senator Richard C. Martinez, Democrat, Senate Judiciary Committee Vice Chair,  Los Alamos, Rio Arriba & Santa Fe Counties (Espanola), richardc.martinez@nmlegis.gov , 986-4389

"DOMA hurts gay families.  Please oppose SB 597.  Please support SB 576, Domestic Partner Benefits."

Senator Rod Adair, Republican, District 33, Chaves & Lincoln Counties (Roswell) radair@dfn.com, 986-4385

"DOMA hurt gay families.  Please oppose SB 597.  Please support SB 576, Domestic Partner Benefits."

Senator Kent L. Cravens, Republican, District 21, Bernalillo & Sandoval Counties (Albuquerque) klcravens@alphagraphics.com, 986-4391

"DOMA hurt gay families.  Please oppose SB 597.  Please support SB 576, Domestic Partner Benefits."

Senator John T.L. Grubesic, Democrat, District 25 Santa Fe County (Santa Fe) john.grubesic@nmlegis.gov,  986-4260

"Thank you for being a champion for our families."

Senator Clinton D. Harden, Republican, District 7, Colfax, Curry, Harding, Quay, San Miguel, Taos & Union Counties (Clovis) charden@theosogroup.com, 986-4369

"DOMA hurt gay families.  Please oppose SB 597.  Please support SB 576, Domestic Partner Benefits."

Senator Linda M. Lopez, Democrat, District 11, Bernalillo County (Albuquerque) 986-4737

"Thank you for being a champion for our families."

Senator William H. Payne, Republican, District 20, Bernalillo County (Albuquerque)  william.payne@nmlegis.gov, 986-4276

"DOMA hurt gay families.  Please oppose SB 597.  Please support SB 576, Domestic Partner Benefits."

Senator Lidio G. Rainaldi, Democrat, District 4, Cibola & McKinley Counties (Gallup) 986-4310

"DOMA hurts gay families.  Please oppose SB 597.  Please support SB 576, Domestic Partner Benefits."

Senator Michael S. Sanchez, Democrat, District 29, Valencia County (Belen) senatormssanchez@aol.com,  986-4727

"Thank you for your support.  Please encourage all Democrats to do the right thing: oppose SB 597 and support SB 576.  DOMA=Discrimination."   

Talking Points:

On February 1, the New Mexico State Senate introduced a "simple DOMA" (Defense of Marriage Act) that aims to insert the phrase "between a man and a woman" into the current NM statute defining marriage as a "civil contract."

SB 597 discriminates and denigrates:  Marriage is state-regulated body of civil law designed to protect couples and families.  It is a civil right, not a heterosexual privilege. 

SB 597 is anti-equality and anti-gay:  SB 597 would codify second-class citizenship for all gay, lesbian, and bisexual New Mexicans. 

SB 597 would be the first explicitly anti-gay law in NM.

SB 597 is anti-family:  The 2000 census reported one in three New Mexico lesbian households and one in four gay-male households have children under 18 living at home.  There are few rights more basic than the right to love, bond, and create family.  There are few tasks more basic to government than to protect loving, committed families.

SB 597 is bad business:  Businesses value tolerance in their work states and work places.  (The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Every Day Life, Richard Florida, Basic Books, 2002). "Diversity and quality of life" brought THE GAP to New Mexico (ABQ) over Texas (El Paso). Reports suggest treatment of gays were a large factor ("Corporate Doubles and El Paso," Albuquerque Journal, Business Outlook, April 23, 2001).

SB 597 is expensive: 18 other states in the US are about to spend millions of dollars in court deciding the legality of their "defense of marriage acts" (DOMAs). Why would New Mexico want to be 19th, spend a million dollars, and find out what every other state will pay to find out: DOMAs are unconstitutional?

SB 597 is unconstitutional:  It violates the NM Human Rights Act and the New Mexico constitution's guarantees of equal protection under the law.

SB 597 is NOT about marriage:  It's about not wanting gay New Mexicans to have rights, to be equal citizens.  Many of the same people who voted against civil rights for gay people will likely vote in favor of DOMA.

SB 597 is politically dangerous for legislators who vote against marriage equality: 94% of state legislators across the country who voted against discriminatory marriage bills were re-elected in November 2004. This re-election rate is higher than average for all state legislators (90% for House incumbents, 92% for Senate incumbents).

SB 597 violates separation of church and state:  No civil marriage laws can or will compel any religious organization to perform same-gender marriage ceremonies.  SB 597, however, does impose a religious definition of marriage on an entire body of civil law.  (Note: a significant number of religious denominations do perform same-gender unions, so the definition of religious marriage differs, even within a religious context.)

Support SB 576 - Domestic Partner Rights & Responsibilities Act
Sponsored by Senator Cisco McSorley

SB 576 creates a licensing process for Domestic Partners that requires the submission of an affidavit to the County Clerk followed by the recording of a Certificate of Domestic Partnership.

Right now, unmarried couples have no legal recognition for their relationships under NM law.  This creates many hardships for gay, lesbian, and heterosexual unmarried couples and families.

No matter how much money unmarried couples spend on legal agreements like wills and powers of attorney to protect each other and their children, they cannot duplicate many of the rights and protections that NM offers to couples who can marry.

SB 576 is not marriage, but it goes a long way to protect children and families from unnecessary hardship.

SB 576 in brief:
SB 576 creates a system of Domestic Partnerships for any two unmarried adults, gay or not gay.  This could include senior citizens or disabled people who cannot get married to each other because one or the other would lose their social security or other benefits.

A domestic partnership is not a marriage and a domestic partner is not a spouse.

Domestic Partnership confers all the NM state (no federal) rights, benefits, protections, responsibilities and obligations of New Mexico civil marriage in the areas of...
Death & Inheritance
Insurance benefits
Health care decision-making
Family Relationship
Dissolution of a Domestic Partnership

People wishing to become Domestic Partners will go to any County Clerk and file Parties must live together or be going to live together

Be over 18
Capable of consent
Not married to anyone else and not related by blood
Pay $25

County Clerks will send a Domestic Partnership License to the couple, which must be filled out and returned for recording within 90 days.  A recorded Domestic Partnership License will be mailed to the partners after being filed by the clerk.

Election Reform on the House Side

Via United Voters of New Mexico:
Again now, with 20 days to go, is the time to get the message to our lawmakers about the need to add amendments to the election reform bills moving through the legislature. On TUESDAY amid a heavy agenda starting at 1:30 in Room 315, the House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee will be considering Rep. Mary Helen Garcia’s HB 1026 (which mandates VVPB but does not cover Automatic Audits) and Rep. Ed Sandoval’s HB 1063 (which has neither VVPB nor Automatic Audits, but has a better chance of passage).

Please take time today to call the HCPA Committee members and urge them to support Voter Verifiable Paper Ballots and Automatic Audits. They are:

Rep. Gale Beam of Albuquerque, 986-4844
Irvin Harrison of Gallup, 986-4464
Thomas Anderson of Albuquerque, 986-4226
Keith Gardner of Roswell, 986-4211
Joni Gutierrez of Las Cruces, 986-4234
Dianne Hamilton of Silver City, 986-4221
Al Park of Albuquerque, 986-4234

In your messages, say that only VVPBs allow voters to know their votes were registered as they intended and Automatic Audits are necessary to ensure that the electronic count is checked against the paper ballot count.

Please also phone the same message to the key election reform lawmakers: Speaker Ben Lujan of Santa Fe at 986-4782 and Rep. Ed Sandoval at 986-4840. Some Dem leaders argue that switching to VVPB-capable machines is too costly. Point out that buying more non-VVPB machines will be a waste of money and that half of NM counties already have electronic optical-scan machines that use VVPBs and it wouldn’t cost excessively to equip the rest of them with optical scan. At the Capitol, attention is paid to barrages of phone calls. Please make them! And if possible go to the Committee hearing and raise your citizen’s voice.

Results of Friday Election Reform Bill Hearing

On Friday, February 25, 2005, the Senate Rules Committee passed the combination election reform bill, sponsored by Rules Committee Chair Linda Lopez and Senator Ortiz y Pino, on a straight party line without recommendation. All Democrats on the committee voted for the bill, while all Republicans voted against the bill.  Senators Lopez and Ortiz y Pino worked in conjunction with the Governor's office and the Secretary of State's office in crafting this bill, and it's been reported that the Governor supports it.

This bill presently includes requirements for what is called a "voter verified paper trail," as well some form of a recount procedure, but the language does not entirely fulfill all of our requirements.

This bill is called the Election Reform Substitute Bill (SRC/SB40) and combines/replaces Senate Bills 678, 680, 718 and 735.

This weekend the Senate Rules Committee will work on the combined bill, with the Governor's and Secretary of State's offices, to create amendments. There is a push to have these amendments include language that better matches our desires for a "voter verifiable paper ballot," as well as a more clearly defined automatic audit requirement.

This combined bill will next go to the Senate Judiciary Committee early next week. We have heard it will be considered on Wednesday, March 2, but this can change. It is believed the bill has a very good chance of passing the SJC, as its membership is 6 Democrats and 4 Republicans. Senator Linda Lopez, who is working on the amendments this weekend, is also a member of the SJC and so is in a good position to translate our concerns from the Rules Committee to the Judiciary.

The Senate Judiciary Committee reportedly will also be hearing Senator Cisco McSorley's election reform bill (SB1065) on Wednesday, upon which members of United Voters of New Mexico and Sonja Elison have worked very hard. There is a chance that our preferred language on voter verifiable paper ballots and automatic audit in this bill may be transferred to Sen. Lopez's combination bill if all goes well this weekend.

As things stand, it looks like people should try to attend the Senate Judiciary Committee meeting on Wednesday, March 2, at 2:30 PM in Room 321 to continue to impress upon the Democratic Senators that election reform is vital and must include provisions for voter verifiable paper ballots and automatic audits and recounts. But keep checking back in case of last-minute changes. At this point in the Legislature, things are very fluid and scheduling can change very quickly.

(Thanks to DFNM member Dory Shonagon for information included in this post. A report on these events with additional information, released by United Voters of New Mexico, follows below.)

LEGISLATION UPDATE
Thank you to everyone who attended the Senate Rules Committee this morning. It lasted until after 2pm, but we accomplished what needed to be done.

Bob Stearns of Verified Voting New Mexico summarizes:
Hi All, Charlotte and Wayne report that the Senate Rules Committee today passed the Election Reform Substitute Bill (SRC/SB40) without recommendation. Consideration began around noon and Senators Linda Lopez (also Committee Chair) and Gerry Ortiz y Pino went through the bill page by page. The Chair gave time for comment by VVPB and Automatic Audit supporters among the public attendees, and substantial discussion focused on the true nature of the VVPB as opposed to the end-of-day print-out tape produced by existing machines. The vote was partisan, with Dems voting for and Repubs against (the latter voting mainly against the Voter ID section of the bill, as being too weak).

Committee Chair Lopez said she intends to make amendments to the bill when it is considered probably early next week in the Judiciary Committee, of which she is a member. She also said that she will check with the House side to move the bill through. This appears now to be the Governor's Bill. Best, Bob S.

In addition, our statements, which all referred to VOTER VERIFIABLE PAPER BALLOTS and AUTOMATIC AUDITS, seemed to strongly affect all of the Senators. In addition to being concerned about the Voter ID section of the bill, the Republicans were concerned that if SRC didn't amend the bill before passing it on, that the other committees didn't have the expertise to do so. Our amendments were in part what they were referring to.

So not only was the bill passed as we hoped, I believe we also made an impact on the opinions of the Senators in attendance.

(To subscribe to the United Voters of New Mexico email list, send an email from the address that you wish to subscribe to, to update-subscribe@UVoteNM.)

SF Air America to Feature Mother Media, Sen. Ortiz y Pino and More Saturday

From Leland Lehrman at Mother Media:
Mother Media goes live again on the Santa Fe Air America affiliate KTRC 1260 AM, at 5 PM this Saturday, 2/26. We immediately preceed the Laura Flanders show on Air America.

Honored guests this week include Albuquerque State Senator Gerald Ortiz y Pino. Ortiz y Pino's bill, SB 718 forms core sections of the new Senate Election Reform Bill, which hits the Senate Rules Committee today (Friday) sometime after 8:30 AM. Ortiz y Pino and his aide Harry Pavlides have led the fight for Voter Verifiable Paper Ballots and Automatic Audits in the Legislature and we look forward to a complete update on the bill's status from the Senator's point of view.

Mother Media has also invited Governor Richardson and his political consultant Eli Lee, but cannot confirm their participation.

Eli and the Governor's office have been very open to public input on election reform, and are working on incorporating the all-important voter verifiable paper ballot with automatic audit provisions into their bill. We hope Eli or the Governor makes it on to advise us of their points of view.

Stephen Fox, the main author of Senate Bill 525, the Nutrition Council Act, will also join us this week.

SB 525 empowers New Mexico to design superior nutrition standards and education programs. National nutrition standards are deeply flawed and riddled with controversial allowances, such as unlabeled genetically modified food and aspartame or Nutrasweet, the highly toxic sweetener in nearly all "sugar-free" foods. Stephen and I agree New Mexico can do better.

As Stephen put it to me in a recent email: "We passed SB 525 in the House business and industry committee 7-4. I had a physician with me, Dr. Eliza Schmid, who taught at Stanford Medical School, and she blasted aspartame in detail, explained the biochemistry, and particularly drew attention to the effects on children of drinking diet cokes (the medical testimony was vital, I think, if for no other reason than the legislators [now] realize how they have been lied to for decades - the FDA and corporate control of the regulating process all came up ... it was great."

Even the FDA struggled for years to prevent legalization of aspartame: "Who knows more about the toxicity of aspartame than the FDA.  Their toxicologists, Doctors Adrian Gross and Jacqueline Verrett  strenuously objected to aspartame approval for 16 years. It wasn't just that aspartame is not safe and in original studies triggered brain tumors, seizures and all sorts of other tumors, it was that the manufacturer filtered out what they didn't want FDA to see." -  Dr. Betty Martini, Founder, Mission Possible Intl.

We're excited about this week's program. If you are too and have a cause or business you would like to promote, sponsorships are available. Call 505.982.3609 now because our introductory rates are ending soon.

Leland Lehrman, Mother Media
604 1/2 Galisteo Street
Santa Fe, NM  87505
leland@33o.com