I’ll give Gov Lujan Grishan a pass on this one. First off, it was the new and previous mayor, plus other city, county and state elected officals from that area that requested this. Second, with the town being a hot bed of the virus, think of the people on I-40 stopping for gas, supplies or even overnight. When they leave they would very likely carry the virus with them, including the Indians who come to shop and carry it back to the reservation.
On the other hand, the rest of the state continues to be locked down tight with only golf courses, some parks opened and some restrictions on non-essential services being lifted. Most counties aside from ABQ, Santa Fe, the Rio Grande corridor and the pueblo and Navajo reservation areas in the west central and northwest parts of the state have less than a dozen total cases of the virus and a couple still have none. She needs to open up these areas while focusing on those counties with heavy virus infection.
3henever I came through there on I-40, I came through there and kept right on going.