Happy 100th New Mexico from FarmingtonBloomfield Chamber

For Immediate Release Monday, January 23, 2012 Contact: Diane Kinderwater 505-986-4702

Farmington-Bloomfield Chamber Members Presented Giant Birthday Card to State Senate Monday

On Youtube- http://youtu.be/9QsQmA3Ccfo Video and singing happy birthday

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Members of the Farmington- Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce made a special presentation to the New Mexico State Senate and Lt. Governor John Sanchez as they presented a 100th Happy Birthday card to the New Mexico State Senate on Monday, January 23, 2012. The chamber members were joined by Senate Republican Caucus Chair Steve Neville R-San Juan-2) and Senator Bill Sharer (R-San Juan 1) who represent San Juan County.

This year, 2012, is the state’s centennial with celebrations planned throughout the year. New Mexico was officially welcomed as the 47th state to join the union on January 6, 1912 when President William H. Taft signed the statehood legislation.

The giant birthday card states: For 100 years the question has been asked: Red or Green?
Happy 100th New Mexico! It was signed by over 300 citizens of San Juan County. The question “Red or Green?” was adopted by the legislature in 1999 as the official question of the state. Chiles and frijoles were adopted as New Mexico’s state vegetables in 1965.

Prior to the Senate presentation, the brigade of Red Coat members from the Farmington-Bloomfield Chamber and Senators Neville and Sharer sang Happy Birthday to New Mexico. A video of their rendition can be seen on YouTube address at: http://youtu.be/9QsQmA3Ccfo

NM Senate Republican Whip on eliminating Statute of Limitations for Homi...

SB 37 No Time Limit to Prosecute Certain Crimes
Senator Bill Payne
Soundbite and Quote on NewMexicoRepublicanSenators.blogspot.com


Santa Fe –New Mexico Senate Republican Whip Bill Payne is sponsoring a bill to remove the statute of limitations for certain crimes that take someone’s life.

Currently, only first degree murder has no statute of limitation, or time limit for prosecuting a first degree murder case.

Under Senate Payne’s bill, the statute of limitation would be eliminated for any type of homicide. It would remove the six year statute of limitation for second-degree murder. It would also remove the time limit for a case to be tried for: every degree of murder, voluntary and involuntary manslaughter, assisted suicide and vehicular homicide.

Senator Payne said criminals should not get away with a homicide because the calendar runs out.

“This is bill is not about changing penalties, it is eliminating the time limit in finding evidence to charge someone with a homicide,” Senator Payne said. “Someone should not get away with taking another’s life if enough evidence to charge a person with homicide is found one day after the current statute of limitations runs out.”

He said because of improved technology, and advances in forensics and DNA testing, reliable evidence can be found many years after a homicide is committed.