League Days at the Legislature 2022

 

Wednesday, February 2, 5:30-7:30 pm

LWVNM Legislative Reception

Rio Chama Restaurant, 414 Old Santa Fe Trail

 (two doors north of the Roundhouse)

 

We will be honoring

Edward Chavez, Former New Mexico Supreme Court Justice
Justice Chavez is a former Justice and Chief Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court. Chavez was born in Santa Fe. He was appointed to the Supreme Court by Governor Bill Richardson and served from March 10, 2003 to March 2018. Justice Chavez oversaw the litigation concerning the New Mexico House Redistricting maps in 2011. He received his undergraduate degree from Eastern New Mexico University in 1978 and his J.D. from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 1981. Justice Chavez was the co-Chair of the 2020 New Mexico First Redistricting Task Force. The findings of that task force were the basis for the 2021 Redistricting Act that Justice Chavez helped write. The Redistricting Act created the Citizen Redistricting Committee that was chaired by Justice Chavez.

 

Thursday, February 3, 2019
Program at New Mexico State Land Office
310 Old Santa Fe Trail
Just down the street from the Roundhouse on the same side

Across from the El Sendero

9:45                              Welcome from Stephanie Garcia Richard, State Land Commissioner

 

10 -10:15                     Explanation of packet contents, answer questions from League members

 

10:30 – 11:15              Speaker on key issues for the session – to be determined

 

11:15 – 12:00              Taxes and Funding for Essential Services -  Amber Wallin, Deputy Director, New Mexico Voices for Children  Ms. Wallin oversees New Mexico Voices for Children’s research and policy work.  She also manages the KIDS COUNT program and does policy research on education, tax and budget, hunger, and economic issues.  She joined NM Voices in 2012 as a Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Fellow, after which she was a Research and Policy Analyst and later KIDS COUNT Director.  Wallin has worked in the public sector at the municipal, state, and federal levels, working in the government department at New Mexico State University and the budget department at the city of Las Cruces prior to joining the Voices team. She received her MPA from NMSU.

Accommodations: The Desert Inn is now El Sendero and is the most convenient, most affordable place to stay since it is on the same block as the State Capitol, the New Mexico Land Office and the Rio Chama Restaurant. The hotel is not offering a special rate this year so you can book on your own. Please note that in addition to any rate you are quoted there is a $10 parking fee.