This week, “New Mexico in Focus,” KNME-TV, channel 5’s weekly one-hour public affairs show will take a look at and grade the first 100 days in office for not just President Obama, but also the New Mexico Congressional delegation. “New Mexico in Focus” will air on Friday, May 1 at 7 p.m. on channel 5/5.1 and repeat on Sunday, May 3 at 6:30 a.m.
Additional topics up for discussion on this week’s episode are the handful of prominent New Mexicans that President Obama has tapped to assist his administration in Washington, D.C., the latest on the Albuquerque Mayor’s race, and the New Mexico connection to a presidential scandal in New York City.
David Alire Garcia will be joined this week by Deanna Archuleta, who will leave her position as a Bernalillo County Commissioner to work in the Interior Department, and Taos artist Cristina Sporrong, while Gene Grant and regular “The Line” panelists Whitney Waite Cheshire and Jim Scarantino will be joined by Carter Bundy, spokesman for the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, and Teresa Cordova, professor with the UNM School of Architecture and Planning.
Producers of ‘New Mexico In Focus’ are Kevin McDonald and Kathy Wimmer. Closed captioning has been made possible by a gift from Mrs. Elspeth G. Bobbs.