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On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 02:55:03 GMT, Yosemite Sam <mud@flap.net> wrote:

Q: How do ya run for the DemoCrapic VP nod?

A: SPEND! SPEND! SPEND! SPEND THOSE TAX$$ AWAY!


http://sports.espn.go.com/prorodeo/news/story?page=g_news_PRCA_moving_060211
The exact details of the agreement to move the PRCA to New Mexico are
still being finalized. This includes the exact location of the
headquarters and ProRodeo Hall of Fame in Albuquerque. However, the
package will include state funding assistance to help finance the
construction of a new facility within the next 18 months, and $5
million to promote the sport of ProRodeo....

This announcement builds upon the efforts the Richardson
Administration has already made to grow rodeo in New Mexico. These
include the $3 million the Governor has pledged to improve rodeo
facilities at local fairgrounds across the state...

Last year, Governor Richardson created the New Mexico Rodeo Council,
and he supports building the new equestrian facility that was
recommended to him by the Council.

http://www.newwest.net/index.php/topic/article/6251/C66/L36

On Saturday, the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association announced it
would move its headquarters from Colorado Springs for Albuquerque.
According to KOAA-TV Colorado Springs,  New Mexico offered the PRCA a
$17 million incentive package to move the assocation and the Rodeo
Hall of Fame to the city.

The Governor told the PRCA that he plans to build a $30 million
equestrian center next door to the PRCA facility. Richardson created
the New Mexico Rodeo Council last year, and in December pledged
$700,000 to improve rodeo arenas around the state.

http://www.scsun-news.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060324/NEWS01/603240335/1081/SILVERCITY

Gov. Bill Richardson's plan to lure an NFL team to New Mexico is
unlikely to succeed any time soon, said former Pittsburgh Steelers
quarterback and four-time Super Bowl champion Terry Bradshaw in an
exclusive interview with the Sun-News.

Richardson held a series of news conferences last week and traveled to
Mexico to pitch the idea of combining efforts to attract the first
binational team in the history of the National Football League.

The governor said he has selected the Barrett Sports Group of Los
Angeles to conduct a preliminary study to see if it is feasible to
bring an NFL team to New Mexico, and if so, what it would take. The
Legislature appropriated $300,000 to pay for the study, the city of
Albuquerque chipped in another $100,000, and an additional $100,000 is
available through the Finance Authority, Richardson said.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11630251/

New Mexico governor signs spaceport bills
Legislation clears way for space authority as well as local taxes

Helping fund the facility, estimated to cost $225 million, was a
priority during the state's recent legislative session for Richardson,
who wants to help British entrepreneur Richard Branson's Virgin
Galactic build the spaceport.

One of the bills that Richardson signed allows local governments to
impose a local-option gross receipts tax levy to provide money for the
spaceport � revenue that New Mexico officials estimate could amount to
$10 million to $12 million a year. Another measure shifts to the
Spaceport Authority the functions previously handled by the spaceport
commercialization division in the Economic Development Department.

Separately, the Legislature approved $100 million in state funding for
the spaceport over three years, as part of a more than $700 million
capital improvement financing measure.