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Although making laws for the state is serious business, there were a few moments of levity — some of it unintentional — during the 2013 Legislature. Here are a few of them. Freshman hazing: The Legis- lature was crawling with newbies this year. Hazing of freshmen who get their first bill passed has been a tradition in the Roundhouse for years. Usually this just consists of harsh-toned, tedious and often silly questions over usually innocuous legislation. But this year it went overboard in both chambers. In the Senate, lawmakers tended to play with procedure. When con- sidering the first bill of Sen. Mark Moores, R-Albuquerque, after the usual barrage of weird and tedious questions, the Senate, nearly unani- mously (perhaps some weren’t in on the joke) voted against the bill. How- ever, moments later — to nobody’s surprise — someone moved to bring the bill back to a vote, and it passed unanimously. Sen. Lisa Torroco, R-Albuquerque, went through even more good- natured torture. Her fellow senators began asking such hard, technical questions, Torroco asked to allow an expert on the floor — usually a routine request. But this became a new avenue of abuse, with the body at one point voting against allowing the expert. After several minutes, the Senate finally voted to pass her bill. On the other side of Roundhouse, the House adopted a new tradition: Freshmen presenting their first bill had to sing at least part of a song. Six sections, 44 pages 164th year, No. 76 Publication No. 596-440 Editor: Rob Dean, 986-3033, [email protected] Design and headlines: Kristina Dunham, [email protected] Main office: 983-3303 Late paper: 986-3010 Calendar A-2 Classifieds E-4 Lotteries A-2 Neighbors C-6 Opinions B-1 Police notes C-2 Real Estate E-1 Sports D-1 Time Out/puzzles C-5 Index The University of New Mexico conquers the Mountain West with a win over The University of Nevada, Las Vegas. SPORTS, D-1 Reverting to a stall tactic meant to bring St. Michael’s out of its suffocating zone defense, Albuquerque Hope Christian avenges last year’s loss by claiming a 42-29 victory in the Class AAA state championship game in The Pit. SPORTS, D-1 Huskies strip away Horsemen’s crown Lobos win MWC title Pasa pick Gerry Carthy and the Santa Fe University of Art and Design Celtic Ensemble St. Patrick’s Day celebration, 3-5 p.m., O’Shaughnessy Performance Space, Benildus Hall, Santa Fe University of Art and Design, 1600 St. Michael’s Drive, 473-6196, $10 at the door, gerrycarthy.com. More events in Calendar, Page A-2 and Fridays in Pasatiempo Today Mostly sunny and breezy. High 65, low 32. PAGE D-6 Obituaries Randolph N. Allen, 73, Feb. 17 Anne Embree, 67, March 12 Elizabeth “Bessie” Fink, 94, Santa Fe, March 4 Johnnie Gonzales, 75, March 7 Andreita Romero, 97, Tesuque Pueblo, Feb. 19 Filemon Romero, 94, Santa Fe, March 12 Barbara Ann Boomhower Wadleigh, 76, Santa Fe, March 10 PAGE C-2 Locally owned and independent Sunday, March 17, 2013 www.santafenewmexican.com House Majority Whip Moe Maestas, D-Bernalillo, sponsor of the Breaking Bad bill, debates the measure during the last minutes of the session on Saturday. The production tax credit was approved as part of a broader business tax cut measure. PHOTOS BY LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN Session had share of lighter moments By Steve Terrell The New Mexican Legislators ‘beat the buzzer’ with a last- minute tax measure, Gov. Susana Martinez said in a news conference Saturday. TIME’S UP Lawmakers wrap up Roundhouse business with late budget deal, avert special session 2013 LEGISLATURE $1.25 N ew Mexico lawmakers wrapped up their work Saturday by rushing through a last- minute package of business tax cuts sup- ported by Republican Gov. Susana Marti- nez to encourage economic development. By approving the tax measure, the Democratic- controlled Legislature averted a possible special session later this year. The governor said she would sign the tax cuts as well as a $5.9 billion state budget she previously had threatened to veto. The tax measure cleared the Legislature in the final minute of the session, with the House agreeing to it as time ran out. “We beat the buzzer,” Martinez said at a news conference after the session. “It was a dramatic close to the session. It came down to literally the last few seconds, but this was an important victory for all of New Mexico.” The governor made business tax cuts a center- piece of her legislative agenda and has complained that New Mexico isn’t competitive with neighboring states because of its corporate income tax. The measure will reduce the state’s corporate income tax rate from 7.6 percent to 5.9 percent over five years and provide a tax break for manufacturers that sell most of their goods or services outside New Mexico. The legislation will narrow two recently enacted business incentives to limit their cost to the state. It allows cities and counties to raise taxes to offset revenue the state will no longer pro- vide them over 15 years. Please see LEGISLATURE, Page A-5 Please see LIGHTER, Page A-5 By Barry Massey and Jeri Clausing The Associated Press Pope explains name selection, calls for ‘church for the poor’ VATICAN CITY — The focus of Pope Francis’ papacy began to emerge Saturday as he offered some intimate insights into the conclave that elected him pontiff, describing how he was immediately inspired to name himself after St. Francis of Assisi because he wants to see a church that is “for the poor.” His comments provided further evidence that this first Latin Ameri- can papacy would be one that looks beyond the con- fines of the church itself to the most disadvantaged, named for a 13th-century friar who renounced a wealthy, dissolute lifestyle to embrace a life of poverty and sim- plicity and go out in the countryside to preach a message of joy and peace. “Let me tell you a story,” Pope Francis began in a break from his prepared text during an audience for a few thousand journalists and Vatican communications officials in the Vatican’s auditorium. Francis then described how dur- ing the conclave he was comforted Please see POPE, Page A-6 By Nicole Winfield The Associated Press INSIDE u What passed, what failed and what was signed. PAGE A-4 Pope Francis Francis says church is human institution with virtues, sins Legislators got laughs out of newbie hazing, good-bye brownies
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Although making laws for the state is serious business, there were a few moments of levity — some of it unintentional — during the 2013 Legislature. Here are a few of them.
Freshman hazing: The Legis-lature was crawling with newbies this year. Hazing of freshmen who get their first bill passed has been a tradition in the Roundhouse for years. Usually this just consists of harsh-toned, tedious and often silly questions over usually innocuous legislation.
But this year it went overboard in both chambers.
In the Senate, lawmakers tended to play with procedure. When con-sidering the first bill of Sen. Mark Moores, R-Albuquerque, after the usual barrage of weird and tedious questions, the Senate, nearly unani-mously (perhaps some weren’t in on the joke) voted against the bill. How-ever, moments later — to nobody’s surprise — someone moved to bring the bill back to a vote, and it passed unanimously.
Sen. Lisa Torroco, R-Albuquerque, went through even more good-natured torture. Her fellow senators began asking such hard, technical questions, Torroco asked to allow an expert on the floor — usually a routine request. But this became a new avenue of abuse, with the body at one point voting against allowing the expert. After several minutes, the Senate finally voted to pass her bill.
On the other side of Roundhouse, the House adopted a new tradition: Freshmen presenting their first bill had to sing at least part of a song.
Six sections, 44 pages
164th year, No. 76Publication No. 596-440Editor: Rob Dean, 986-3033, [email protected] Design and headlines: Kristina Dunham, [email protected] Main office: 983-3303 Late paper: 986-3010
Calendar A-2 Classifieds E-4 Lotteries A-2 Neighbors C-6 Opinions B-1 Police notes C-2 Real Estate E-1 Sports D-1 Time Out/puzzles C-5Index
The University of New Mexico conquers the Mountain West with a win over The University of Nevada, Las Vegas. SportS, D-1
Reverting to a stall tactic meant to bring St. Michael’s out of its suffocating zone defense, Albuquerque Hope Christian avenges last year’s loss by claiming a 42-29 victory in the Class AAA state championship game in The Pit. SportS, D-1
Huskies strip away Horsemen’s crown
Lobos win MWC title
PasapickGerry Carthy and the Santa Fe University of Art and Design Celtic Ensemble St. Patrick’s Day celebration, 3-5 p.m., O’Shaughnessy Performance Space, Benildus Hall, Santa Fe University of Art and Design, 1600 St. Michael’s Drive, 473-6196, $10 at the door, gerrycarthy.com.More events in Calendar, Page A-2 and Fridays in Pasatiempo
todayMostly sunny and breezy.High 65, low 32.
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obituariesRandolph N. Allen, 73, Feb. 17Anne Embree, 67, March 12Elizabeth “Bessie” Fink, 94, Santa Fe, March 4Johnnie Gonzales, 75, March 7
Andreita Romero, 97, Tesuque Pueblo, Feb. 19
Filemon Romero, 94, Santa Fe, March 12
Barbara Ann Boomhower Wadleigh, 76, Santa Fe, March 10
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Monday, March 12, 2009
House Majority Whip Moe Maestas, D-Bernalillo, sponsor of the Breaking Bad bill, debates the measure during the last minutes of the session on Saturday. The production tax credit was approved as part of a broader business tax cut measure. Photos by Luis sánchez saturno/the new Mexican
Session had share of lighter moments
By Steve TerrellThe New Mexican
Legislators ‘beat the buzzer’ with a last- minute tax measure, Gov. Susana Martinez said in a news conference Saturday.
tIME’S UpLawmakers wrap up Roundhouse business with late budget deal, avert special session
2013 LEGiSLATuRE
$1.25
New Mexico lawmakers wrapped up their work Saturday by rushing through a last-minute package of business tax cuts sup-ported by Republican Gov. Susana Marti-
nez to encourage economic development.By approving the tax measure, the Democratic-
controlled Legislature averted a possible special session later this year. The governor said she would sign the tax cuts as well as a $5.9 billion state budget
she previously had threatened to veto.The tax measure cleared the Legislature in the
final minute of the session, with the House agreeing to it as time ran out.
“We beat the buzzer,” Martinez said at a news conference after the session. “It was a dramatic close to the session. It came down to literally the last few seconds, but this was an important victory for all of New Mexico.”
The governor made business tax cuts a center-piece of her legislative agenda and has complained that New Mexico isn’t competitive with neighboring
states because of its corporate income tax.The measure will reduce the state’s corporate
income tax rate from 7.6 percent to 5.9 percent over five years and provide a tax break for manufacturers that sell most of their goods or services outside New Mexico. The legislation will narrow two recently enacted business incentives to limit their cost to the state. It allows cities and counties to raise taxes to offset revenue the state will no longer pro-vide them over 15 years.
Please see LEGISLAtUrE, Page A-5
Please see LIGHtEr, Page A-5
By Barry Massey and Jeri ClausingThe Associated Press
Pope explains name selection, calls for ‘church for the poor’
VATICAN CITY — The focus of Pope Francis’ papacy began to emerge Saturday as he offered some intimate insights into the conclave that elected him pontiff, describing how he was immediately inspired
to name himself after St. Francis of Assisi because he wants to see a church that is “for the poor.”
His comments provided further evidence that this first Latin Ameri-can papacy would
be one that looks beyond the con-fines of the church itself to the most disadvantaged, named for a 13th-century friar who renounced
a wealthy, dissolute lifestyle to embrace a life of poverty and sim-plicity and go out in the countryside to preach a message of joy and peace.
“Let me tell you a story,” Pope Francis began in a break from his prepared text during an audience for a few thousand journalists and Vatican communications officials in the Vatican’s auditorium.
Francis then described how dur-ing the conclave he was comforted
Please see popE, Page A-6
By Nicole WinfieldThe Associated Press
INSIDEu what passed, what failed and what was signed. pAGE A-4
Pope Francis
Francis says church is human institution with virtues, sins
Legislators got laughs out of newbie hazing, good-bye brownies
