New Mexico in Focus; Jonah Goldberg and SF Intl. Folk Art Market

KNME-TV (Television station : Albuquerque, N.M.) · July 13, 2012

The economy is front and center on New Mexico in Focus this week, as The Line looks at recent job losses in New Mexico and what kinds of policies can turn the state around. The arrival of Bendix/King in Albuquerque has been tempered by Schott Solar’s shutdown and layoffs at HP. NMiF goes to the Santa Fe International Folk Art Market for a lesson in how to impact the global economy. Now in its ninth year, the market will bring more than two million dollars in sales, 90 percent of which returns to artists from countries around the world. The Line also keeps up with the recent debate over open government. Should elected officials be allowed to skirt transparency laws by using personal emails to discuss official business? And of course the opinion panel discusses the week’s headlines on the clock. And conservative commentator and editor of the National Review Online, Jonah Goldberg, sits down to assess the stormy political climate and whether or not compromise should be a dirty word. Host: Gene Grant. Correspondent: Matt Grubs, New Mexico in Focus Producer. Guests: Jonah Goldberg, Editor, National Review Online; Charlene Cerny, Founder, Santa Fe International Folk Art Market; Julia Mutale, Hipego Ltd., Zambia. Line Guest: Richard Romero, Former NM Senate President Pro Tempore. Line Panelists: Jamie Estrada, Former U.S. Commerce Department Official; Sophie Martin, Editor in Chief, New Mexico Law Review and Dan Foley, Former NM House Republican Whip.