Tuesday, December 06, 2022Howie Watch Is Back As MLG Travelogue Resumes And National Media Tout Early Childhood Advances
You'll recall that early in her term she nearly hightailed it to DC when Scranton Joe gave her serious consideration for a cabinet position but that fell through. Now freshly re-elected to a second term and her national ambitions apparently reignited, MLG took flight to an international climate change conference in Egypt and then followed up with more stops that got the chatter going of another MLG DC power play: Less than two weeks after returning from Egypt, the governor set out for a three-city trip, beginning with a stay in New Orleans for a meeting of the Democratic Governors Association. The political organization, which she previously chaired, spent millions of dollars on her reelection campaign.
From there, Lujan Grisham is scheduled to travel to Washington, D.C., and has meetings planned with members of Congress.
After her meetings, she will travel to Philadelphia to attend the 2022 Bloomberg American Health Summit. The governor is poised to deliver a keynote address Tuesday "focused on her administration's efforts to combat poverty and hunger in addressing social determinants of health in New Mexico," That's not all the national action the administration is seeing. The WaPo in early November highlighted the state's early childhood department and the effort to transform child care led by Secretary Elizabeth Groginsky. This past week there was a glowing profile from CNN of the state's passage of the constitutional amendment for early childhood education as well as free child care for most NM parents as pushed through by MLG. What's missing from the conversation is what a second MLG term will look like and what will be front and center at the 60 day legislative session that begins next month. Maybe that's not as interesting as the currents on the Potomac? Given that backdrop, our Howie watch is back. Howie Morales, the state's lieutenant governor had the spotlight on him during MLG's tense moments playing for a cabinet position. While nothing now seems imminent in that regard, her second hunt for a national position can be said to be on. In turn the lights are back shining on the state's #2--just in case. (Stop squinting, Howie.) GEORGE "JEEP" GILLILAND  Gilliland served as the Business Rep for Local #49 for 3 terms before he was elected President of the New Mexico State Federation of Labor in 1990. During his leadership tenure, he fought three major issues including Right to Work (killed 15 times), keeping the prevailing wage in place, and re-writing an improved New Mexico Workers' Compensation Act. Gilliland also taught at the Rocky Mountain Labor School for nine years. At this year's legislative session the state Senate recognized Gilliland, a Democrat, taking note of his long service to labor and his community. This is the home of New Mexico Politics.
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