This past Friday, Santa Fe City Councilman Dave Pfeffer went to the county courthouse to change his party affiliation from "Democrat" to "Republican". Below is a copy of the remarks he made before doing so: ON BECOMING A REPUBLICAN Why a City Councilor leaves the Democratic Party 10:00AM, Friday, March 4, 2005 Santa Fe County Courthouse, 102 Grant Avenue, Santa Fe, New Mexico Thank you all for coming out this morning. Before we go inside the courthouse, I’d like to make a brief statement. Although a Democrat, I was elected to the nonpartisan Santa Fe City Council three years ago...