Legislative Alert: NM Arts Funding

Legislative update forwarded from Arts Alliance The last Arts Alliance legislative update explained that the House Appropriations and Finance Committee had tabled the discussion of New Mexico Arts funding and established a subcommittee to review the situation. Please take a moment to call the two representatives on that subcommittee and other members of the HFAC. The message is simple: Please restore full funding to New Mexico Arts. Subcommittee Brian Egolf, Jr. (D-SF) --986-4211 Kathy McCoy (R-Cedar Crest) -- 986-4214 Other HFAC members: Kiki Saavedra, chair, (D-ABQ) -- 986-986-4316 Lucky Varela, deputy chair (D-SF) -- 986-4318 Danice Picraux, vicechair (D-ABQ) -- 986-4438 Ray Begaye (D-Shiprock) -- 986-4436 Richard J. Berry (R-ABQ) -- 986-4452 Donald Bratton (R-Hobbs) -- 986-4227 Joni Marie Gutierrez (D-Mesilla) -- 986-4234 John Heaton (D-Carlsbad) -- 986-4432 Rhonda King (D-Stanley) -- 986 4438 Larry Larranaga (R-ABQ) -- 986-4215 Antonio Lujan (D-LasCruces) -- 986-4436 Patricia Lundstrom (D-Gallup) -- 986-4435 Nick Salazar (D-OhkayOwingeh) -- 986-4433 Don Tripp (R-Socorro) -- 986-4220 Richard Vigil (D-Ribera) -- 986-4242 Jeannette Wallace (R-LosAlamos) -- 986-4452 Thank you! Cricket Appel, Executive Director Arts Alliance, Inc. PO Box 27657, Albuquerque, NM 87125 505/268-1920; 505/232-5383 (fax)