Tribute to Hillerman also scheduled
Topics for “New Mexico In Focus” this week are the New Mexico Senate and First Congressional Senate RDavid Brookshire and a Tribute to Tony Hillerman. The program airs Friday, Oct. 31 at 7 p.m. and repeats Sunday, Nov. 2 at 6:30 a.m.
Hosts are David Alire Garcia, managing editor, NewMexicoIndependent.com; and Albuquerque Journal columnist Gene Grant. Panelists are Margaret Montoya, UNM Schools of Law and Medicine; and Jim Scarantino, moderator, newmexicoliberty.com.
Guest panelists are Marco Gonzales, attorney, Modrall Sperling Law Firm; and 94 Rock’s T.J. Trout.
Guests are Steve Pearce (R), U.S. Senate candidate; Tom Udall (D), U.S. Senate candidate; Martin Heinrich (D), Congressional District 1 candidate; Darren White (R), Congressional District 1 candidate; Jim Belshaw, Albuquerque Journal columnist; David Dunaway, UNM Professor of English; and Ollie Reed, Jr., former Albuquerque Tribune columnist.
The candidates for New Mexico’s Senate and for Congressional District 1 sit down for one-on-one interviews with David Alire Garcia. Gene Grant and “The Line” panelists then take on some of the other items on the ballot this election, from the transit tax to judicial retention to bonds and amendments. And fellow authors, journalists, and poker buddies remember the late Tony Hillerman.