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Mama Lucy Gang
The Mama Lucy Gang was an alliance of liberal politicians that controlled the New Mexico House of Representatives in the 1970s. The "gang" was named after a restaurant run by Mrs. Lucy Lopez. Some of the future politicians had eaten there in their student days. Poor students were never turned away hungry, but were allowed credit or given food for work. Mama Lucy was an inspiration to the future lawmakers. They were mostly members of the Democratic Party but included Republicans. They enacted reforms related to education, the environment and equal opportunity. After a short period out of power in 1979–82, their successors continued to control the House until 2000. In 1973 the representatives presented a memorial to Mama Lucy in the House. Background Mrs. Lucy Lopez, known as Mama Lucy to her friends, ran the Plaza Hotel Restaurant and Bar in Las Vegas, New Mexico, for fourteen years with her husband before moving across the street to another restaurant on the Las Vegas Plaza. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mama Lucy And Her Daughter Loretta
Mama(s) or Mamma or Momma may refer to: Roles * Mother, a female parent *Mama-san, in Japan and East Asia, a woman in a position of authority *Mamas, a name for female associates of the Hells Angels Places * Mama, Russia, an urban-type settlement in Mamsko-Chuysky District of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia * Mama Airport, an airport there *Mama (river), a tributary of the Vitim in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia * Mama Municipality, Yucatán, a municipality of Yucatán * Mama, Yucatán, the municipal seat of the Mama Municipality, Yucatán Anatomy *The breast, the upper ventral region of a mammal's torso; see: ** Mamma (anatomy) of humans ** Mammary gland of female mammals ** Udder of female quadruped mammals Art, entertainment, and media People and fictional characters *Big Bad Mama, stage name of Lynn Braxton, professional wrestler from the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling *Big Mama, former manager of American professional wrestler Jimmy Valiant (born 1942) * Gemma Teller Morrow, a character on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Miguel County, New Mexico
San Miguel County is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the population was 29,393. Its county seat is Las Vegas. San Miguel County comprises the Las Vegas Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Albuquerque–Santa Fe–Las Vegas combined statistical area. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.4%) is water. Adjacent counties * Mora County - north * Harding County - east * Quay County - southeast * Guadalupe County - south * Torrance County - southwest * Santa Fe County - west National protected areas * Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge * Pecos National Historical Park (part) * Santa Fe National Forest (part) Demographics 2000 census As of the 2000 census, there were 30,126 people, 11,134 households, and 7,537 families living in the county. The population density was 6 people per square mile (2/km2). There were 14,254 housing units at an average d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cloudcroft, New Mexico
Cloudcroft is a village in Otero County, New Mexico, United States, and is located within the Lincoln National Forest. The population was 674 at the 2010 census. Despite being located in an otherwise arid region, its high elevation (; one of the highest in the U.S.) allows for a mild summer that makes it a popular tourist attraction in west Texas and southern New Mexico. It was named by Fodor's in 2002 as the Number 3 "Most Overlooked and Underrated Destination Spot." Tourism remains the primary economic driver of the village. History In the 1890s, the El Paso and Northeastern Railroad, organized by brothers Charles Bishop Eddy and John Arthur Eddy, arrived in the newly founded town of Alamogordo intending to continue the rail line north to the mining town of White Oaks and beyond. This required a steady supply of timber. In 1898 the Eddy brothers sent a survey crew into the Sacramento Mountains to determine the feasibility of extending a line up the summit to harvest the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Sanchez
John A. Sanchez (born January 11, 1963) is an American politician who served as the 29th lieutenant governor of New Mexico from 2011 to 2019. Early life Sanchez, the youngest of eight children, was born and raised in North Valley, New Mexico. Sanchez's great-great grandfather was a territorial legislator in 1860, and his grandfather served as a state representative in 1930. Career In 1997, Sanchez was elected Trustee for the Village of Los Ranchos. Sanchez, a one-time flight attendant and real estate agent, started Right Way Roofing, a small business in Albuquerque, after high school. In 1993, Right Way Roofing was named Small Business of the Year by the Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce. New Mexico House of Representatives 2000 election Sanchez was elected to the New Mexico House of Representatives, defeating 30-year incumbent and Speaker of the House Raymond Sanchez, 51%-49%, a difference of just 206 votes. Tenure Sanchez only served one term, representing Bernal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond G
Raymond is a male given name. It was borrowed into English from French (older French spellings were Reimund and Raimund, whereas the modern English and French spellings are identical). It originated as the Germanic ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ (''Raginmund'') or ᚱᛖᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ (''Reginmund''). ''Ragin'' (Gothic) and ''regin'' ( Old German) meant "counsel". The Old High German ''mund'' originally meant "hand", but came to mean "protection". This etymology suggests that the name originated in the Early Middle Ages, possibly from Latin. Alternatively, the name can also be derived from Germanic Hraidmund, the first element being ''Hraid'', possibly meaning "fame" (compare ''Hrod'', found in names such as Robert, Roderick, Rudolph, Roland, Rodney and Roger) and ''mund'' meaning "protector". Despite the German and French origins of the English name, some of its early uses in English documents appear in Latinized form. As a surname, its first recorded appearance in Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Apodaca
Jerry Apodaca (born October 3, 1934) is an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as the 24th governor of New Mexico from 1975 to 1979 and chair of the president’s council on physical fitness and sports from 1978 to 1980. Personal life Apodaca graduated from the University of New Mexico in 1956 with a bachelor of science degree; he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Apodaca would later enter the insurance business. Politics In 1965, he was elected to the New Mexico Senate, in which he served for four two-year terms from 1966 to 1974. Apodaca was elected governor of New Mexico as a Democrat in 1974, becoming the first Hispanic governor in the U.S. since 1918, along with neighboring Arizona Governor Raúl Héctor Castro, who was also elected that year. Apodaca narrowly defeated his Republican opponent, Joe Skeen, later a long-term member of the United States House of Representatives from New Mexico. At the campaign, Jimmy Carter, the outgoing gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manny Aragon
Manny M. Aragon (born March 22, 1947) is a former New Mexico State Senator. Life Manny M. Aragon was born to Charlotte and Mel Aragon. Career Aragon served in the New Mexico Senate from 1975 to 2004 as a Democrat representing the Valencia and Bernalillo counties, District Fourteen. Following the New Mexico State Penitentiary riot in 1980, Aragon assisted and comforted survivors. In 1988, he was elected president pro tempore of the State Senate. He remained in that position until 2001. In 2001, he served as the second Hispanic chairman of the Council of State Governments (CSG). Aragon then served as president of New Mexico Highlands University New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU) is a public university in Las Vegas, New Mexico. Founded in 1893, it has satellite campuses in Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, Farmington and Roswell. NMHU has an average annual enrollment of approximate .... Later life In 2009, as a private citizen, he was found guilty of three counts of c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaves County, New Mexico
Chaves County is a county in New Mexico, United States. As of the 2019 census, the population was 64,615. Its county seat is Roswell. Chaves County was named for Colonel Jose Francisco Chaves, a military leader there during the Civil War and later in Navajo campaigns. The county was created by the New Mexico Territorial Legislature on February 25, 1889, out of land from Lincoln County. Chaves County comprises the Roswell, New Mexico Micropolitan Statistical Area. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.2%) is water. It is the fourth-largest county in New Mexico by area. Adjacent counties * De Baca County - north * Roosevelt County - northeast * Lea County - east * Eddy County - south * Otero County - southwest * Lincoln County - west National protected areas * Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge * Lincoln National Forest (part) Demographics 2000 census As of the 2000 census, there were 61,382 peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddy County, New Mexico
Eddy County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the population was 53,829. Its county seat and largest city is Carlsbad. The county was created in 1891 and later organized in 1892. It is north of the Texas state line. Eddy County comprises the Carlsbad- Artesia, NM Micropolitan Statistical Area. Carlsbad Caverns National Park is located in this county. Eddy County is the location of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. History In 1866, Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving drove vast herds of cattle along the Pecos and set up "cow camps" in Seven Rivers and what is now Carlsbad. John Chisum soon joined them and brought an estimated 100,000 head of cattle of his own through the Pecos Valley. In 1881, Charles B. Eddy came to the area, and with his brother, John, and partner Amos Bissell, developed the Eddy-Bissell Cattle Company. In 1884, the Eddy brothers and Bissell broke ground on the Halagueno Ranch which encompassed an area from Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernalillo County, New Mexico
Bernalillo County () is the most populous county in the U.S. state of New Mexico.Bernalillo County from the website of the New Mexico Office of the State Historian As of the 2020 census, the population was 676,444. The , Albuquerque, is the most populous city in New Mexico. Bernalillo County is the central county of the Albuquerque, NM |
David Salman
David Milton Salman (11 February 1936 – 28 February 2010) was a New Mexico, USA, state representative who was known for sponsoring the first bill for use of medical marijuana in the state. Early years David Milton Salman was born in Houston, Texas, on 11 February 1936. He was from a Jewish family that was involved in shipping in Houston. He graduated from high school in Las Vegas, New Mexico and went on to Princeton University, graduating in 1958. In 1958–59 he served in the Army Field Artillery. Salman purchased the former La Cueva Ranch in Mora County, New Mexico, which he revitalized by producing farm products, particularly raspberries. He was president of the Salman Ranch from 1960 to 2002. Salman was president of Sierra Gold Dairy for over twenty years at the same time as being a vice president of the First National Bank in Las Vegas. He was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Las Vegas Hospital. Salman was a member of the board of regents of the New Mexico Highla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter K
Walter may refer to: People * Walter (name), both a surname and a given name * Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968) * Gunther (wrestler), Austrian professional wrestler and trainer Walter Hahn (born 1987), who previously wrestled as "Walter" * Walter, standard author abbreviation for Thomas Walter (botanist) ( – 1789) Companies * American Chocolate, later called Walter, an American automobile manufactured from 1902 to 1906 * Walter Energy, a metallurgical coal producer for the global steel industry * Walter Aircraft Engines, Czech manufacturer of aero-engines Films and television * ''Walter'' (1982 film), a British television drama film * Walter Vetrivel, a 1993 Tamil crime drama film * ''Walter'' (2014 film), a British television crime drama * ''Walter'' (2015 film), an American comedy-drama film * ''Walter'' (2020 film), an Indian crime drama film * '' W*A*L*T*E*R'', a 1984 pilot for a spin-off of the TV series ''M*A*S*H'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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