My husband came here in April ‘02 to take a job at Kirtland as he’d retired from the AF in Montana and had trouble finding a decent paying job. I joined him when our house was finished being built and after I helped get the hotel I managed through the busy summer season. Now I’m out of town typically 5 days a week, sometimes up to 2 weeks so I miss the worst of it.
We also have the Armed Response Team monitoring out alarm which helps as we’ve had 1 false alarm and they were out here within 5 minutes, gun drawn. That helps make me feel more secure.
But yes, things were badly damaged in NM by Richardson and his cronies that still hold power. Chavez didn’t help either. Hopefully Susana Martinez can get more Rs in the legislature for next year and can get more cooperation. She’s trying to do a good job and is mostly succeeding.
I know that a lot of people on here poke a bit of fun at Johnson, but he was a great Governor. Stopped a lot of the cronyism, misappropriation of funds. Roads got built, other improvements.