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Friday, January 18, 2019

Friday Photo Fun: A Disappearing Staff Chief 

Keith Gardner
How do you just disappear after eight years as the chief of staff to the Governor of New Mexico? Well, ask Keith Gardner because that's what he did. He conducted no exit interviews and made no announcement about what is next for him after concluding what had to be an often grueling stint on the Fourth Floor.

One of the longest serving chiefs of staff in the modern era, the former Roswell state representative, quietly left his office and his service to Gov. Martinez with nary a peep and headed to parts unknown. His wife, Stephanie, works as an an assistant principal for ABQ Public Schools so maybe he's hanging out here in the big liberal city.

Keith, 51, sure won't be going back to Roswell. You might recall the audio tape scandal involving him in which he was caught saying that he "hates" the place.

The pic is from veteran photographer Mark Bralley and was taken back when Gardner was a legislator.

YEAR OF THE WOMAN?

This pic of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham about to deliver her State of the State address gave us a chuckle. It's from photographer Anthony Jackson of NM In Depth.

There she is--a product of the "Year of the Woman" surrounded totally by male politicos. It looks as if she's crashing a meeting of the Good 'Ol Boys Club. Not another woman in sight.

But this pic will be a rarity. For the first time in NM history, women now represent a third of the state Legislature--38 out of the 112 lawmakers. That's up from just  two 50 years ago.

And that's this edition of Friday Photo Fun.


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