If it is “old oil money”, Yates, Jr. is related to the Bush crime family.
They definitely do not want Gov. Martinez in the Trump Administration for some reason.
Any guesses as to why? Or is coal mainly the reason?
She's a Trump critic, not a supporter.
Yates Petroleum is a somewhat small, family owned oil outfit from I think Artesia or maybe Roswell, NM reaching back to the 1930’s. I do not think they would have ever been fish big enough for the Bush’s to deal with. Pappy Bush was in Midland, Tx in the late 40’s until the mid 50’s but then left to the off shore part of the oil business, primarily in the Gulf.
As to why they want to keep the governor out of the loop is beyond me. NM politics is very quirky to me, I guess because they are so small population wise and political power wise. Politicians there prey on Hispanics and Indians maintaining their power in the capital of Santa Fe. Californicators started moving in there about 20 years ago and have thoroughly entrenched themselves in the government.
As a “red state” it is lost forever but thank goodness they don’t have many electoral votes.