It's Crazy Time in Santa Fe.

January every year brings around the crazy season in Santa Fe as the state legislature is back in session.

Big news this session is that longtime Speaker of the House Ben Lujan will not see re-election in the fall because he is battling lung cancer.

Second biggest news seems to be the complete impasse between the Democrats who control the legislature, and Governor Susana Martinez who governs the state from the executive branch. The impasse hurts all of us, as nothing is being accomplished in getting good legislation passed.

A side story during this session was that a group of Republican legislators who were attending a private dinner at the Eldorado Hotel were surrounded by an unruly crowd of Occupy Santa Fe protestors who draped yellow crime tape over the diners, and injured a guest of State Rep. Bill Rehm, hitting her with a menu and injuring her eye.

On the opening day of the session on Jan. 17, tea party groups from all over the state assembled for a rally at the west entrance of the Roundhouse, and Occupy protestors had their own rally on the east steps.

Here are some pictures I took of the tea party rally:

Yep. Crazy days in Santa Fe.



Dax Contreras of Los Hispanos Unidos:



Santa Fe TEA Party table:


Santa Fe TEA Party activists Orlando Baca and Sherry Morrison:


Lt. Gov. John Sanchez:


State Representative Jim Smith:


Energy guru Marita Noon:


Honoring our military vets:

We're brewing up some tea in Santa Fe

Tomorrow is our third annual Tax Day Tea Party here in Santa Fe.

We're assembling on the Plaza at noon, to petition the government for the redress of our grievances.

If you are in or around Santa Fe, and you see this, we invite you to join us. It will be a good time bringing our smaller government, lower taxe and less spending on all levels of the government, personal responsibility and free market capitalism message to the public arena. We are a non-partisan grassroots organization, and everyone is welcome to join us as long as you aren't there to disrupt our party.

We have a great slate of excellent speakers, partiotic music, tea party signs, U.S. Constitutions available for a small donation.

Wear your patriotic clothes, bring your flag and a sign (or get one at our table up by the bandstand), your camera, and a chair if you will need one.

The event will last from noon - 1:30 p.m.

LET'S RALLY!


Tea Party 2010