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Grisham – my mom – is an incredible person
Taylor Grisham
My mom will not turn her back on working families because she understands our struggles. She will never forget our New Mexico values that she instilled in us.
Most people know my mom as a strong woman who has dedicated her life to helping people and giving a voice to those who don’t have one. They know her as a cabinet secretary who served under three different governors. They know her as the person who posed as a stroke victim and went undercover to expose abuse and neglect at a nursing home.
They know her a determined county commissioner who fights for ethics and integrity. They know her as a candidate for Congress. And I’m sure that every person who has met her has experienced her humor and her outgoing personality.
But I know her as Mom.
My Mom is an incredible person who gives more of herself to friends and strangers alike than anyone I’ve ever known. I can’t count the number of people who spent time in our house, at my mom’s invitation, who had no other place to stay. And I don’t remember a day when she didn’t get a phone call from someone in need.
I wish voters could see her determination when she gets those phone calls and drops everything to help that person.
These are the qualities she will take to Congress. I can think of no other person who will better represent us in Washington D.C. She will not turn her back on working families because she understands our struggles. She will never forget our New Mexico values that she instilled in us.
This short video is from her child’s heart:
Taylor Grisham, 27 lives in Albuquerque and graduated from the University of New Mexico with her mechanical engineering degree in 2007.
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The Women Vote! Super Pac has given Ms. Grisham a whopping $102,065!
http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/indexpend.php?strID=C00473918&cycle=2012
I bet that adds up to a lot of TV ads.
In 2004, Ms. Grisham was appointed Secretary of Health, promising to clean up Ft. Bayard Medical Center. During the legislative session from January to March 2005 – Ms. Grisham pushed legislation to get a private management company to manage Fort Bayard Medical Center.
In November 2005 – GEO Care got the $3.5 million contract to assume full management of Ft Bayard and to design and build a new facility. Interestingly according to The Institute of Money in State Politics, in 2006 the GEO Groupcontributed $43,750 to Richardson’s re-election campaign. It was the old “Pay to Play” scheme. GAO also gave political contributions to Ms. Grisham when she previously ran for Congress.
GEO terminated the contract. The federal government decertified the facility earlier this year after inspectors found problems with infection control, food preparation and response to reports of abuse in 2008. Where was Ms Grisham? In June 2007, Grisham resigned as Secretary of Health to run for Congress and did receive GEO Care money.
Here is a series of articles on her administration as Health Secretary – not very good reading.
http://www.abqjournal.com/news/state/381221nm08-16-05.htm
http://www.abqjournal.com/cgi-bin/print_it.pl?page=/news/state/285180nm02-14-08.htm
http://www.abqjournal.com/cgi-bin/print_it.pl?page=/news/state/462672nm05-24-06.htm
http://www.therealmichelle.com/2012/05/24/michelle-lujan-grisham/
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Sidebar/Prison-firms-donate-thousands-to-Richardson
The Grisham campaign criticizes Mr. Griego’s Super PAC, but maybe “Mommie Dearest” can explain her Super PAC support of $78,471.80 from Women Vote! Nobody mentions this. Here is the breakdown:
http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/outside-spending/candidate/grisham-michelle-lujan/H8NM01257/
Maybe Ms. Taylor Grisham can explain some things about her mother. New Mexicans need more information on Ms. Grisham, who is a co-owner of the Delta Consulting Group and a registered lobbyist.
In 2008, the Delta Consulting Group was awarded the Executive Services contract for the New Mexico Medical Insurance Pool and is responsible for the day to day operations with Delta’s co-founder Deborah Armstrong serving as the Pool’s Executive Director. How did Ms. Grisham get the contract? Is it as much as $650,000?
It is really amazing that no one is looking at the relationship between the New Mexico Medical Insurance Pool and Ms. Grisham’s Delta Consulting Group – it is a lucrative business. The contract supposedly went thru a competitive RFP process. See attached:
http://www.hsd.state.nm.us/pdf/hcr/A%20New%20Mexico%20Response%20to%20HRP%20Solicitation.pdf
It is complex but deserves the highest scrutiny!
Here is lobbyist money from Delta.
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/SantaFeNorthernNM/Legislature-2010-Lobby-reports–Big-spenders-are-unions–green-
http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/contributor.phtml?d=749451606
It is interesting that during the primary, the Delta Consulting Group’s website has been down. Why?
http://www.deltaconsultingnm.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage
So if New Mexicans elect Ms Grisham, do we elect a lobbyist who could garner more business for her consulting business – just asking? Maybe Ms. Taylor Grisham can tell us about her mother’s activities. Incredibly there are a lot of questions that should be answered before the primary.
Look clearly I do not agree with Grisham’s politics but I thought it was a nice video and to see her daughter care enough to do that is nice. Will it change some minds, I bet it does and that is why they do this stuff.
Relax on how irritated some of you get, the Lincoln Douglas Debates are no more!
All of our moms are great persons – so what? Next thing will be comments from sons, nephews, nieces, ad nauseum . . .
Oh my, now now we have close family members writing Op/Ed political recommendations for their Moms. This obviously should carry great credibility.
I love my Mom too. Has this any relevant to the campaign? I don’t think so! Maybe all the children of the candidates can submit letters praising their father or mother.
Then there is the sad case of Cate Edwards praising her father, John Edwards in 2007:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6mLS8ZlUQ8&feature=related
I’m sorry this commentary irritates me.